Accession Number | P12719.006 |
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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
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Duplicate print of British Air Ministry CL 2672. Oblique aerial photograph showing smoke rising ...
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.