DIGGING OUT A 1000 POUND BOMB WHICH FAILED TO EXPLODE, FROM THE MAIN SQUARE IN TOBRUK. THE BOMB ...

Accession Number 007500
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Film original negative 3x4" safety base
Maker Hurley, James Francis (Frank)
Place made North Africa: Libya, Cyrenaica, Tobruk Area, Tobruk, North Africa: Libya, Cyrenaica, Tobruk Area, Tobruk
Date made c April 1941
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
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DIGGING OUT A 1000 POUND BOMB WHICH FAILED TO EXPLODE, FROM THE MAIN SQUARE IN TOBRUK. THE BOMB BORED FIFTEEN FEET INTO THE GROUND BEFORE STRIKING SOLID ROCK WHICH TURNED IT AT RIGHT ANGLES. (NEGATIVE BY F. HURLEY).

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