SUK13885 Accession Number: SUK13885

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Rangoon, Burma. 1945-02-11. Aerial view from one of the attacking RAF Liberator aircraft at the height of the assault on Japanese supply dumps in the Rangoon area by RAF Liberator aircraft, US Army Air Force (USAAF) B-24 aircraft of Strategic Air Force, Eastern Air Command, and USAAF 20th Bomber Command Boeing B-29 SuperFortress aircraft. There was a tremendous concentration of bursts in the target area which contained petrol and ammunition stocks.

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Accession Number
SUK13885
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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