Reconnaissance image taken over Lubeck, Germany following the major night raid by Bomber Command ...

Place Europe: Germany
Accession Number SUK11124
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Film copy negative
Place made Germany: Lubeck
Date made 29 March 1942
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Reconnaissance image taken over Lubeck, Germany following the major night raid by Bomber Command aircraft on 28/29th March 1942. Luberck was the first German city to be bombed by the RAF Bomber Command during the Second World War. It included 234 aircraft crossing the target in less than two hours.