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Khaeng Khoi, Thailand. 3 April 1945. Aerial view from one of the attacking RAF Liberator aircraft during the attack on the marshalling yards. Great clouds of smoke cover the target area, while a denser cloud of black smoke denotes a direct hit on an oil wagon standing in the middle of the yards. A main centre of Japanese locomotive and wagon repair facilities, seventy five miles north east of Bangkok was attacked by aircraft of No. 356 (Liberator) Squadron RAF of the Strategic Air Force, Eastern Air Command. To attack this target in Siam, the RAF crews flew a total distance of 2,200 miles and carried one of the heaviest bomb loads ever taken by them on such a long daylight mission. Since the destruction of the Makasan workshops at Bangkok, Japanese were compelled to use the Khaeng Khoi repair facilities to an increasing extent. In less than an hour, these facilities had been blasted away. The first wave of aircraft smashed the big carriage shop, setting it on fire, and causing explosions throughout the target area. Three large buildings blew up after another wave had attacked, and as remaining formations dived in, warehouses, transhipment sheds and locomotive sheds crumbled and burst into flames.
Khaeng Khoi, Thailand. 2 April 1945. The railway yard and workshops under attack by aircraft of No. 356 (Liberator) Squadron RAF of the Strategic Air Force, Eastern Air Command. Smoke is billowing fro
Khaeng Khoi, Thailand. 2 April 1945. The railway yard and workshops under attack by aircraft of No. 356 (Liberator) Squadron RAF of the Strategic Air Force, Eastern Air Command. Smoke billows up from
Khaeng Khoi, Thailand. 2 April 1945. Bombs bursting in the railway yard and workshops during an attack by aircraft of No. 356 (Liberator) Squadron RAF of the Strategic Air Force, Eastern Air Command.
Khaeng Khoi, Thailand. 2 April 1945. The railway yard and workshops under attack by aircraft of No. 356 (Liberator) Squadron RAF of the Strategic Air Force, Eastern Air Command. Dense black smoke is c
Khao Huagang, Thailand. 9 February 1945. Smoke rising from coastal and harbour facilities following an attack by aircraft of No. 159 (Liberator) Squadron RAF with the trip involving a round flight of
Chumphon, Thailand. 17 June 1945. Aircraft of No. 356 (Liberator) Squadron RAF of the Strategic Air Force, Eastern Air Command made a forty-mile sweep on the railway south of Chumphon on the Bangkok-S
