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. This interesting view of the marshalling yards, key junction on the Kra Isthmus for all supplies and military material for the Japanese armies in Burma and Thailand, shows the damage caused by the heavy attack carried out by RAF Liberator aircraft on the 20 May 1945. Practically a month later, no effort has been made to clear away the smashed rolling-stock or re-lay the permanent way. Bomb craters have filled with water.
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Accession Number
P02491.346
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain
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