SUK13886 Accession Number: SUK13886

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Chumphon, Thailand. C. 1945-03. RAF Liberator aircraft and US Army Air Force B-24 aircraft of Strategic Air Force, Eastern Air Command, carried out a highly successful long-distance attack on Japanese rail yards at Chumphon, on the Kra Isthmus in the Malay Peninsula. This photograph, taken from an RAF Liberator during the attack, shows the devastation caused among the rail facilities. Coaches and trucks have been wrecked, lines torn up and administrative buildings gutted.

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Accession Number
SUK13886
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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