VOLKEL AIRFIELD, HOLLAND. 1944-09-03. THE AIRFIELD TWELVE MILES NORTH OF HELMOND, AFTER A RAID BY ...

Place Europe: Netherlands
Accession Number 128353
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

VOLKEL AIRFIELD, HOLLAND. 1944-09-03. THE AIRFIELD TWELVE MILES NORTH OF HELMOND, AFTER A RAID BY RAF BOMBER COMMAND. LANCASTER AIRCRAFT FROM NO. 460 SQUADRON RAAF HAD PARTICIPATED IN AN EARLIER ATTACK ON 1944-08-15 WHEN OVER 900 CRATERS WERE MADE IN THE CENTRAL PART OF THE LANDING GROUND.