Urft Dam and Politze

Urft Dam and Politze

Top - target photograph of Urft Dam showing river valley, cloud/smoke. Captioned 'METH 8.12.44//8" 9500 120 1106 URFT DAM, 14 MC 1000 DT C26 F/L BARDEN Z/106. Submitted with caption 'Target photo of the Urft Dam dated 8/12/1944. The pilot was F/Lt A G Barden, flying 106 Sqn Lancaster LM211 ZN-Z'.
Bottom - target photograph of Politze showing glare and no ground details. Captioned '3772 meth 13/14.1.45//NTC 8" 17900 320 2216 POLITZE, 1HC4000IN 7GP500DT 2MC500LD 29 SEC F/L BARDEN O/106'. Submitted with caption 'target photo of Politze dated 13-14/1/1945. The pilot was F/Lt A G Barden, flying 106 Sqn Lancaster ND501 ZN-O'.

1944-12-08

1945-01-13

1945-01-14

Two b/w photographs mounted on an album page

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