Duplicate print of British Air Ministry CL 2672. Oblique aerial photograph showing smoke rising ...

Accession Number P12719.006
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Place made Germany
Date made 1942-1945
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Duplicate print of British Air Ministry CL 2672. Oblique aerial photograph showing smoke rising from the target area during the daylight attack on Adolf Hitler's chalet complex and the SS guard barracks at Obersalzburg near Berchtesgaden, Germany, by 359 Avro Lancasters and 16 De Havilland Mosquitos of Nos. 1, 5 and 8 Groups. Original held in the collection of the Imperial War Museum.

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