MED1939 Accession Number: MED1939

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Salonika, Greece. 5 December 1944. RAF armoured cars patrol outside Salonika, with a background of railway rolling stock which was destroyed by RAF air attacks. Units of the RAF Regiment who have played a notable part in the Greek campaign, assisting ground forces with armoured cars and personnel to harass the German retreat from Greece, have been operating north of Salonika not far from the Bulgarian border.

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Accession Number
MED1939
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Print
Physical Description
Support: Paper (Fibre-based)
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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