Blohm & Voss dock Elbe 17

Blohm & Voss dock Elbe 17

In the foreground, a railway track with completely destroyed buildings beyond and U-boats nearing completion. In the upper left corner, a collapsed crane. In the middle, a ship in a drydock. To the right, a metal structure for submarines building.

Identification kindly provided by Jelle Bartelds of the Finding the location WW1 & WW2 Facebook group.

Submitted with description 'RAF picture of Hamburg docks showing bomb damage to the infrastructure, submarines and a ship. Dated 27/5/45'.

1945-05-27

One b/w photograph mounted on an album page

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