Ostend

Title

Ostend

Description

Typewritten report (SA126) interpreting photographs taken on 29 August 1942 during an attack on the fishing wharves at Ostend by eleven Bostons of 88 and 226 Squadrons, 2 Group, Bomber Command, escorted by fighters. It is reported that 44 x 500 lb bombs were dropped. An itemised list (a - j) describes the bomb damage.

Date

1942-08-30

Temporal Coverage

Spatial Coverage

Language

Format

Two typewritten pages

Rights

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Identifier

PWillettS19020066, PWillettS19020067

Collection

Citation

Great Britain. Royal Air Force, “Ostend,” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed June 13, 2025, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/collections/document/51040.