HERAKLION, CRETE, 1941-05-20. A GERMAN TROOP-CARRYING AIRCRAFT ON FIRE AND LOSING HEIGHT AFTER ...

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Accession Number 042228
Collection type Photograph
Object type Negative
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
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HERAKLION, CRETE, 1941-05-20. A GERMAN TROOP-CARRYING AIRCRAFT ON FIRE AND LOSING HEIGHT AFTER HAVING BEEN SHOT BY ANTI-AIRCRAFT FIRE, DURING THE GERMAN AIRBORNE INVASION OF CRETE. NOTE THE PARACHUTISTS IN THE AIR.