SOMALILAND. 1940-08. A SUPERMARINE WALRUS AMPHIBIAN AIRCRAFT FROM HMAS HOBART BOMBED AND STRAFED ...

Place Africa: Somaliland
Accession Number P00444.086
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
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Description

SOMALILAND. 1940-08. A SUPERMARINE WALRUS AMPHIBIAN AIRCRAFT FROM HMAS HOBART BOMBED AND STRAFED AN ITALIAN HQ AT ZEILA. IN THIS LAST OF FOUR PHOTOGRAPHS ARROW 6 POINTS TO A MACHINE-GUN POST SILENCED BY THE AIRCRAFT ATTACK; ARROWS 7&8 POINT TO THE BOMBED AREA, 9 INDICATES THE MACHINE-GUNNED RESIDENCE AND 10 SHOWS THE POSITION OF SEVERAL VEHICLES ATTACKED DURING ONE OF THE WALRUS' CIRCUITS OF THE TOWN. (NAVAL HISTORICAL COLLECTION)