Donges Oil Refinery, France
Title
Donges Oil Refinery, France
Description
Two reconnaissance photographs of the Donges oil refinery, near Nantes in France before and after the bombing operations.
The photographs were released for publication in newspapers.
The second photograph shows extensive damage with many buildings, oil silos and transport links destroyed. A capsized ship is visible to the right of the jetty into the Loire river. Several bomb craters lie on the line of the railway to the left of the refinery.
The photographs were released for publication in newspapers.
The second photograph shows extensive damage with many buildings, oil silos and transport links destroyed. A capsized ship is visible to the right of the jetty into the Loire river. Several bomb craters lie on the line of the railway to the left of the refinery.
Creator
Date
1944-08-01
Temporal Coverage
Language
Type
Format
Two b/w photographs
Publisher
IBCC Digital Archive
Rights
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Contributor
Identifier
PPappinJ1709, PPappinJ1710, PPappinJ1711, PPappinJ1712
Collection
Citation
Great Britain. Air Ministry, “Donges Oil Refinery, France,” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed January 29, 2023, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/document/35371.
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