Collection related to RAAF Historical Section Accession Number: P02491.343

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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-Singapore railway. Bridges, rolling-stock, and marshalling yards were attacked. View from the beam hatch of one of the attacking aircraft shows bombs exploding on the permanent way just short of one of the bridges on the Bangkok-Singapore railway. The countryside is flooded owing to the torrential rain caused by the advancing monsoon.

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Accession Number
P02491.343
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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