Bielefeld Viaduct

Bielefeld Viaduct

Oblique aerial photographs of damaged Bielefeld viaduct. One image has the captions 'Approaching Bielefeld Viaduct after taking off in Auster TJ 520.' and 'Photograph taken in 1945 from an Auster TJ 520 of the Bielefeld Viaduct which had been attacked and destroyed on the 14th March 1945 by 617 sqdn using for the first time the new 22,000 lb Grandslam bomb'. The second photograph has the caption ' Closer views of the viaduct showing damage caused by the first ten-ton bombs to be dropped on the 3rd Reich.' and 'Photograph taken in 1945 from an Auster TJ520 of the Bielefeld Viaduct which had been attacked and destroyed on the 14th March 1945 by 617 sqdn using for the first time the new 22,000 lb Grandslam bomb'. The third and fourth photographs are captioned 'Close-up of the actual breach in the viaduct.' and 'Photograph taken in 1945 from an Auster TJ520 of the Bielefeld Viaduct which had been attacked and destroyed on the 14th March 1945 by 617 sqdn using for the first time the new 22,000 lb Grandslam bomb'.

1945

Four b/w photographs

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