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
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Publisher
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Identifier
PPappinJ1709, PPappinJ1710, PPappinJ1711, PPappinJ1712
Transcription
[photograph]
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[underlined] RELEASE DATE TUESDAY’S EVENINGS. AUGUST 1st 44. [/underlined]
BRITISH OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPH. CL.580.
CROWN COPYRIGHT RESERVED. XF
R.A.F. BOMBER COMMAND ATTACKS DONGES OIL REFINERY.
Great destruction was caused to the oil refinery at DONGES, near St. Nazaire by aircraft of R.A.F. Bomber Command in two raids – the first on the night of July 23/24 and the second on July 24/25. Storage tanks were demolished or punctured
Buildings were either destroyed or very badly damaged, and rail sidings and loading facilities disrupted.
Photograph shows – DONGES oil refinery before the first of the two attacks by aircraft of R.A.F. Bomber Command on the night of July 23/24
P.N.A. AUGUST. 1st 44 Tel. No. CEN. 7831.
[underlined] FOR PUBLICATION IN TUESDAY’S EVENINGS. AUGUST 1st 44. CL.580 [/underlined]
[page break]
[photograph]
[page break]
[underlined] RELEASE DATE TUESDAY’S EVENINGS. AUGUST 1st 44. [/underlined]
BRITISH OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPH CL.582.
CROWN COPYRIGHT RESERVED. XF
R.A.F. BOMBER COMMAND ATTACKS DONGES OIL REFINERY.
Great destruction was caused to the oil refinery at DONGES near St. Nazaire, by aircraft of R.A.F. Bomber Command in two raids – the first on the night of July 23/24 and the second on July 24/25. Storage tanks were demolished or punctured.
Buildings were either destroyed or very badly damaged, and rail sidings and loading facilities disrupted.
Photograph shows – Taken by a reconnaissance aircraft after the second attack by R.A.F. Bomber Command on the night of July 24/25. Great storage tanks have been blown wide open while others have been punctured. Just off the quay a tanker about 440 feet in length lies capsized. Severe damage has been done to the St. Nazaire/Savenay railway line which runs alongside the refinery
P.N.A. AUGUST 1st 44. Tel. No. CEN. 7831.
[underlined] FOR PUBLICATION IN TUESDAY’S EVENINGS. AUGUST 1st 44. CL.582. [/underlined]
[page break]
[underlined] RELEASE DATE TUESDAY’S EVENINGS. AUGUST 1st 44. [/underlined]
BRITISH OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPH. CL.580.
CROWN COPYRIGHT RESERVED. XF
R.A.F. BOMBER COMMAND ATTACKS DONGES OIL REFINERY.
Great destruction was caused to the oil refinery at DONGES, near St. Nazaire by aircraft of R.A.F. Bomber Command in two raids – the first on the night of July 23/24 and the second on July 24/25. Storage tanks were demolished or punctured
Buildings were either destroyed or very badly damaged, and rail sidings and loading facilities disrupted.
Photograph shows – DONGES oil refinery before the first of the two attacks by aircraft of R.A.F. Bomber Command on the night of July 23/24
P.N.A. AUGUST. 1st 44 Tel. No. CEN. 7831.
[underlined] FOR PUBLICATION IN TUESDAY’S EVENINGS. AUGUST 1st 44. CL.580 [/underlined]
[page break]
[photograph]
[page break]
[underlined] RELEASE DATE TUESDAY’S EVENINGS. AUGUST 1st 44. [/underlined]
BRITISH OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPH CL.582.
CROWN COPYRIGHT RESERVED. XF
R.A.F. BOMBER COMMAND ATTACKS DONGES OIL REFINERY.
Great destruction was caused to the oil refinery at DONGES near St. Nazaire, by aircraft of R.A.F. Bomber Command in two raids – the first on the night of July 23/24 and the second on July 24/25. Storage tanks were demolished or punctured.
Buildings were either destroyed or very badly damaged, and rail sidings and loading facilities disrupted.
Photograph shows – Taken by a reconnaissance aircraft after the second attack by R.A.F. Bomber Command on the night of July 24/25. Great storage tanks have been blown wide open while others have been punctured. Just off the quay a tanker about 440 feet in length lies capsized. Severe damage has been done to the St. Nazaire/Savenay railway line which runs alongside the refinery
P.N.A. AUGUST 1st 44. Tel. No. CEN. 7831.
[underlined] FOR PUBLICATION IN TUESDAY’S EVENINGS. AUGUST 1st 44. CL.582. [/underlined]
Collection
Citation
Great Britain. Air Ministry, “Donges Oil Refinery, France,” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed December 4, 2023, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/document/35371.
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