Heligoland

Heligoland

An annotated vertical aerial photograph of naval facilities at Heligoland. U boat pens and a burnt out oil storage facility are marked.

1945-04-23

One b/w photograph on an album page

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23/4/1945. Heligoland.
[missing letter]n aerial photograph of Heligoland [missing letter]aken after bombing raids in April 1945. The photo shows German Naval installations (U-boat pens) and a [missing letter]urnt out underground oil storage. [missing letter]asses of bomb craters are shown [missing letter]ith the larger being caused by 4000lb bombs.
Heligoland was also bombed very [missing letter]eavily after the end of the war, after all German troops had been evacuated. There were no civilians living on the island during the war.

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