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  1. Aachen, Germany. C. 1944-04. The Post Office, telephone exchange and commercial buildings at ...

    Photograph

    Aachen, Germany. C. 1944-04. The Post Office, telephone exchange and commercial buildings at Aachen in 1944-04-05 after the attacks of RAF Bomber Command between 1943-07 and 1944-04.

    SUK13192

  2. Aachen, Germany. C. 1944-04. The Town Hall and public administrative buildings in Aachen on ...

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    Aachen, Germany. C. 1944-04. The Town Hall and public administrative buildings in Aachen on 1944-04-05 following the attacks of RAF Bomber Command between 1943-07 and 1944-04.

    SUK13193

  3. Aachen, Germany. C. 1944-04. This reconnaissance photograph of Aachen, taken five months before ...

    Photograph

    Aachen, Germany. C. 1944-04. This reconnaissance photograph of Aachen, taken five months before the great assault on the city from the ground, shows vividly the damage caused by the attacks of RAF Bom...

    SUK13190

  4. A bomb crater beside a civilian house damaged by a Japanese air raid. A serviceman indicates the ...

    Photograph

    Maker: Unknown Australian Official Photographer

    A bomb crater beside a civilian house damaged by a Japanese air raid. A serviceman indicates the depth of the crater.

    012784

  5. A bomb crater beside a civilian house damaged by a Japanese air raid. A serviceman indicates the ...

    Photograph

    Maker: Unknown Australian Official Photographer

    A bomb crater beside a civilian house damaged by a Japanese air raid. A serviceman indicates the depth of the crater.

    012785

  6. A bomb damaged civilian house at Mount Pleasant. A secret radio, operated by Australian prisoners ...

    Photograph

    A bomb damaged civilian house at Mount Pleasant. A secret radio, operated by Australian prisoners of war (POW), was hidden in the water storage tank in the roof of this house. See P02569.157. This neg...

    P02569.156

  7. A Chinese family outside one of the newly constructed homes, in the new Chinatown, situated near ...

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    A Chinese family outside one of the newly constructed homes, in the new Chinatown, situated near Matupi crater. Although razed by allied bombing, the town commenced to reappear soon after occupation b...

    099939

  8. A civilian house damaged by a Japanese air raid.

    Photograph

    Maker: Unknown Australian Official Photographer

    A civilian house damaged by a Japanese air raid.

    012782

  9. A crater at the edge of Tobruk Harbour made by a 1,000 pound bomb that had been aimed at the ...

    Photograph

    Maker: Cumpston, John S

    A crater at the edge of Tobruk Harbour made by a 1,000 pound bomb that had been aimed at the water distillation plant.

    020142

  10. A double decker London bus which took a nose dive into a bomb crater above Balham Tube Station, ...

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    A double decker London bus which took a nose dive into a bomb crater above Balham Tube Station, London 15 October 1940. The flooding of the underground railway station burst water mains killing at le...

    045269

  11. Aerial photograph of the city of Cologne (Koln) with the cathedral in the centre, showing damage ...

    Photograph

    Aerial photograph of the city of Cologne (Koln) with the cathedral in the centre, showing damage from bombing by allied air forces. To the left is the Hohenzollern bridge across the Rhine River, the p...

    P02028.074

  12. AERIAL PHOTO OF ROTTERDAM AERODROME DURING AN ATTACK BY THE R.A.F. NOTE THE BOMB CRATERS.

    Photograph

    Maker: Unknown British Official Photographer

    AERIAL PHOTO OF ROTTERDAM AERODROME DURING AN ATTACK BY THE R.A.F. NOTE THE BOMB CRATERS.

    005163

  13. Aerial view of part of Heligoland Island in the North Sea, which was subjected to a massive air ...

    Photograph

    Maker: Unknown

    Aerial view of part of Heligoland Island in the North Sea, which was subjected to a massive air raid by nearly 1,000 British medium and heavy bombers on 18 April 1945. The population of the island too...

    P04171.002

  14. Aerial view of part of the dock and hangars used by 10 Squadron RAAF while operating with RAF ...

    Photograph

    Maker: Unknown

    Aerial view of part of the dock and hangars used by 10 Squadron RAAF while operating with RAF Coastal Command at Pembroke Dock, Wales, United Kingdom. Three Short Sunderland flying boats can be seen ...

    P05117.012

  15. Aerial view of the bomb damaged German city of Köln (Cologne), showing the cathedral and the ...

    Photograph

    Maker: Unknown

    Aerial view of the bomb damaged German city of Köln (Cologne), showing the cathedral and the destroyed rail and road bridge over the Rhine River. This image was taken from a Lancaster bomber, flying a...

    P04171.004

  16. Aerial view of the bomb ravaged German city of Braunschweig (Brunswick). This image was taken ...

    Photograph

    Maker: Unknown

    Aerial view of the bomb ravaged German city of Braunschweig (Brunswick). This image was taken from a Lancaster bomber, flying at an altitude of approximately 800 feet. The Lancaster was piloted by 430...

    P04171.003

  17. A five roomed flat was extensively damaged in this building during the Axis bombing raid of the ...

    Photograph

    Maker: Stirton

    A five roomed flat was extensively damaged in this building during the Axis bombing raid of the night before. There were no casualties, as the occupants of the building were in air raid shelters.

    030037/02

  18. After Australian infantry had stormed the steep heights of Sattelberg, Private (Pte) D. ...

    Photograph

    Maker: Brown, Norman

    After Australian infantry had stormed the steep heights of Sattelberg, Private (Pte) D. Sutherland of Richmond, SA, has a bath in an abandoned tub. Pte J. E. Young of Morgan, SA, looks on while Pte R....

    016243

  19. A German Dornier bomber brought down by a recent air raid crashed on a shop next to a London ...

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    Maker: Unknown British Official Photographer

    A German Dornier bomber brought down by a recent air raid crashed on a shop next to a London station.

    003266

  20. A German propaganda photograph distributed by the British Air Ministry from captured German ...

    Photograph

    Maker: Unknown

    A German propaganda photograph distributed by the British Air Ministry from captured German photographs. The visual evidence does not support the German caption for this photograph. Although there is ...

    P02025.556

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