DUNKIRK, FRANCE. A RAF LOCKHEED HUDSON BOMBER, ONE OF THE MANY RAF AIRCRAFT ATTACKING THE COAST ...

Place Europe: France, Nord Pas de Calais, Nord, Dunkirk
Accession Number 005170
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Glass original quarter-plate negative
Maker Unknown British Official Photographer
Place made France: Nord Pas de Calais, Nord, Dunkirk
Date made c January 1940
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

DUNKIRK, FRANCE. A RAF LOCKHEED HUDSON BOMBER, ONE OF THE MANY RAF AIRCRAFT ATTACKING THE COAST OF FRANCE TO COVER THE MOVEMENT OF THE BRITISH TROOPS AT DUNKIRK. DENSE SMOKE FROM A BURNING OIL DUMP OBLITERATES MUCH OF THE COUNTRYSIDE.