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Bangkok, Thailand. 18 April 1945. The west lock gate of the Klong Damneum Sadauk canal before a low-level daylight air attack by aircraft of No. 356 (Liberator) Squadron RAF of Strategic Air Force, Eastern Air Command. A similar attack was also made on the Klong Phasi Charoen canal. The canals were part of a large waterways system in the Bangkok area being used by the Japanese as an alternative communications route and the bomb damage caused by the air attacks reduced their efficiency by approximately 80%.
Bangkok, Thailand. 18 April 1945. A bomb exploding on the west end of the lock gate of the Klong Damneum Sadauk canal under a low-level daylight air attack by aircraft of No. 356 (Liberator) Squadron
Bangkok, Thailand. 18 April 1945. Aerial view of the Klong Phasi Charoen canal locks under air attack by aircraft of No. 356 (Liberator) Squadron RAF. This canal is part of an extensive canal system i
Bangkok, Thailand. 18 April 1945. During a low-level daylight air attack by aircraft of No. 356 (Liberator) Squadron RAF of Strategic Air Force, Eastern Air Command on the Klong Damneum Sadauk canal,
Bangkok, Thailand. 18 April 1945. During a low-level daylight air attack by aircraft of No. 356 (Liberator) Squadron RAF of Strategic Air Force, Eastern Air Command on the Klong Damneum Sadauk canal,
Bangkok, Thailand. 18 April 1945. Aerial view of the Klong Phasi Charoen canal locks which were attacked by aircraft of No. 356 (Liberator) Squadron RAF. As a result of the attack, one set of lock gat
Bangkok, Thailand. 18 April 1945. Bombs exploding on the west end of the lock gates on the Klong Phasi Charoen canal. Lock gates on the western canal system of Thailand between twenty five and fifty f
