Lot
160A
Lot 160A
Second World War, Selection of British Official and Press WW...
Hammer
£80
Second World War, Selection of British Official and Press WWII photographs, majority with information and stamp to reverse, largely R.A.F & Bombing related with overhead damage photographs, including; Crashed Nazi Plane (21.5.44), Damage to French Railway Yards at Juvisy, Cassino Captured by Allied Troops (May 1944), ‘What the Nazi Raiders Fear British Rockets Battery Opens Fire’ – The Rocket battery in action at night, ‘New R.A.F. I2,000 LB. Bombs Wreck Michelin Rubber Works’ (16/17.3.44), ‘R.A.F. Celebrates with Fireworks Sable-Sur-Sarthe, France’, ‘Liberation of Europe: R.A.F. Bombers Attack Steel Factory Near Caen on June 22nd’, ‘Damage in Berlin Central Areas’ (8.3.44), Female Bomb Workers working on “Factory Busting Bomb”, ‘R.A.F. Bomber Command Attack Permanent Way Depot at Chambly, France’ (May 1944), Areero After Allied Bombing (July 1944), ‘’Photographed by Heavy Bomb Explosion Flash: R.A.F. Attack on Aircraft Bearings Factory at LA Ricamarie’ (21.3.44), ‘German fortified positions in and around Mondeville steel work in the eastern suburbs of Caen after the attack by aircraft of R.A.F. (19.7.44) & ‘R.A.F. Bomber Command Attack Permanent Way Depot at Chambly, France’ (1/2.5.1944) etc. Mixed cond, varying sized, interesting lot. Total quantity 16. (16).
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