P00433.006
Photograph P00433.006 Second World War, 1939-1945WWII PARATROOPERS, POSSIBLY OVER CRETE OR GREECE.

The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
WWII PARATROOPERS, POSSIBLY OVER CRETE OR GREECE.
WWII PARATROOPERS, POSSIBLY OVER CRETE OR GREECE.

GREECE, C.1941-06. GERMAN PARATROOPERS ABOUT TO BOARD THE JUNKERS JU52 AIRCRAFT BEHIND THEM, TO PARTICIPATE IN THE INVASION OF CRETE. THIS PHOTOGRAPH WAS TAKEN FROM A GERMAN CAMERA ON CRETE.

Within a plane flying over Crete German paratroopers sit and await their fate, around them swirls a dark spectre of death.

Crete. c.1941-05. Paratroopers jump from their aircraft.

CRETE, 1941. GERMAN PARATROOPERS PARACHUTING ONTO THE ISLAND. (CAPTURED FILM)

CRETE, 1941. GERMAN PARATROOPERS PARACHUTING ONTO THE ISLAND. (CAPTURED FILM)
