SUK13867 Accession Number: SUK13867

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Chumphon, Thailand. C. 1945-02. Railway sidings received direct hits, and goods wagons were overturned and wrecked in the attacks by RAF Liberator aircraft and US Army Air Force B-24 aircraft of the Strategic Air Force, Eastern Air Command on the Japanese supply and transhipment centre at Chumphon. The Japanese have attempted to camouflage and hide their rolling stock by a covering of bamboo and earth forming a tunnel.

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Accession Number
SUK13867
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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