Description
Ban-Tam-Kam, Thailand. C. 1945-05. In a round trip of nearly 2,500 miles from bases in India, RAF Liberator aircraft of Strategic Air Force, Eastern Air Command, smashed a 600 feet three span girder bridge at Ban-Tam-Kam, on the Bangkok-Singapore railway. The bridge, 600 miles north of Singapore had been hit before but the new strike has demolished it, denying the enemy the use of a vital supply link for their armies resisting in Lower Burma and Thailand. A low level oblique aerial photograph, from one of the attacking RAF Liberator aircraft, shows a bomb exploding in the centre of the bridge. See also OG2469.
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Accession Number
SUK14426
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain
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