Vallo-Taneberg oil refinery

Vallo-Taneberg oil refinery

Reconnaissance photograph of an oil refinery on a peninsular with large plume of smoke from damaged oil tanks upper right area. Oslofjord is to the left with Prinds Christians Batterie just visible on the edge top left. Explanatory note underneath mentions target 'VALLO (Near Oslo) oil refinery'. Submitted with description 'Reconaissance [sic] photograph showing damage to Tonsberg oil refinery, Norway (captioned as "Vallo, near Oslo") after operation by RAF Bomber Command on 25-26/04/1945. This was the last bombing flown by RAF heavy bombers in WWII'.

One b/w photograph mounted on an album page

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[underlined]VALLO (near OSLO) [/underlined] Oil refinery & Tankerage was attacked by B.C. on the night 25/26th. April, 1945 in condition of nearly complete cloud. This photograph taken 12 hours after the attack shows very heavy damage to the distillation & refining facilities, vacuum stills and power plant. The crude oil storage is burning fiercely.
[underlined] Air Staff Intelligence. P.I.
No. 496 [/underlined]