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“R.A.F. Bomber Command Attack Troops and Armour Concentrations at Villers Bocage.” Normandy June 30th, 1944. (Watermarks do not appear on the actual photograph.)
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“R.A.F. Bomber Command Attack Troops and Armour Concentrations at Villers Bocage.” Normandy June 30th, 1944. (Watermarks do not appear on the actual photograph.)
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“R.A.F. Bomber Command Attack Troops and Armour Concentrations at Villers Bocage.” Normandy June 30th, 1944. (Watermarks do not appear on the actual photograph.)
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“R.A.F. Bomber Command Attack Troops and Armour Concentrations at Villers Bogage.” Normandy June 30th, 1944. (verso)
British War Office
“R.A.F. Bomber Command Attack Troops and Armour Concentrations at Villers Bogage.” Normandy June 30th, 1944Original Vintage Gelatin Silver Photograph10 1/4 x 8 in
25.9 x 20.3 cmPH12601Crown CopyrightsCurrency:Further images
Avro Lancasters carpet bomb a road junction near Villers Bocage, Normandy, France through which the 2nd and 9th SS Panzer Divisions were expected to move to carry out an attack...Avro Lancasters carpet bomb a road junction near Villers Bocage, Normandy, France through which the 2nd and 9th SS Panzer Divisions were expected to move to carry out an attack on the junction of the British and American armies. The daylight attack, by 266 aircraft of Nos. 3, 4 and 8 Groups, was carried out at 4,000 feet to ensure that the target indicators dropped by the Pathfinders were seen and 1,100 tons of bombs were dropped with great accuracy. A really good concentration of bomb bursts seen round the target area, with Lancaster’s passing over it.
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