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Thomas, Arthur Froude. Album 3
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IBCC Digital Archive
Date
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2020-02-11
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Identifier
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Thomas, AF
Description
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49 Items. An album containing 35 and 149 Squadron target photographs and pictures taken on a sightseeing tour over German cities to see bomb damage.
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[Photograph]
1568 MEW 16.2.45/8” 19500’ 115° 1558. WESSEL D1
NC4000IN 8MC500DT 2GP500LD 4GP250DT IFRC 5 SECS D1.149
16/2/1945. Wesel.
Wesel was almost totally destroyed in three attacks to prevent the German Army from holding up the British advance on the Rhine. Heavy bombing made the roads virtually impassable. In the photograph the attack is just starting & the first bombs can be seen exploding in the Town. Time 15-58. Height 19500’. Bomb load- 1 by HC4000lb, 8 by MC500lb, 2 by GP500lb & 4 by GP250lb. Aircraft D-Dog of 149 Squadron flown by F/Sergeant Bolton.
16/2/1945. Wesel.
The photograph shows how the attack on the target developed within one minute. A large number of bombs can be seen exploding with two sticks plainly marked. Time 15-58. Height 20,000’. Aircraft D-Dog of 149 Squadron flown by Flight-Sergeant Bolton.
[Photograph]
[inserted] Possible stick [/inserted]
[inserted][underlined] SPARE PHOTO [/underlined][/inserted]
40. TFD. 16.2.45. //8”. 20.000’. 093°. 15-58.
WESEL. V. 1x4,000. 10x500. 4x250. F/S. BOLTON. D149
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Wesel
Description
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Photo 1 and 2 are vertical aerial photographs of Wesel during the attack. The first image is at the start of the bombing and one explosion can be seen. In the second image, one minute later, there are many explosions.
Date
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1945-02-16
Format
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Two b/w photographs on an album page
Language
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eng
Type
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Photograph
Identifier
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PThomasAF20040019
Coverage
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Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force. Bomber Command
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IBCC Digital Archive
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This content is available under a CC BY-NC 4.0 International license (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0). It has been published ‘as is’ and may contain inaccuracies or culturally inappropriate references that do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the University of Lincoln or the International Bomber Command Centre. For more information, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ and https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/legal.
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Pending geolocation
Spatial Coverage
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Germany
Great Britain
England--Norfolk
Germany--Wesel (North Rhine-Westphalia)
Germany--Ruhr (Region)
Temporal Coverage
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1945-02-16
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David Bloomfield
Anne-Marie Watson
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Workflow A completed
149 Squadron
aerial photograph
bombing
RAF Methwold
target photograph