Description
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. Aerial view from an attacking aircraft on another section of the Bangkok-Singapore railroad, shows a direct hit on a train. The peculiar explosion of the bomb burst, combined with the railroad track makes a gigantic 'V' over the train.
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Accession Number
P02491.344
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain
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