Ludwigshafen

Ludwigshafen

A vertical target photograph of Ludwigshafen, orientated with the south west at the top. In the lower left corner is a bend in the River Rhine and the entrance to Kaiserworthhafen docks. Just visible at the bottom edge is the end of Luitpoldhafen dock. To the left of the docks is the stadium of the Sudwest Sportspark and then the distinctive railway lines of a large marshalling yard. Above the bend in the river, at the left edge, is an industrial area, which has suffered some bomb damage and there are more industrial areas towards the lower right of the photograph. The upper half of the image shows mainly a mixture of small residential areas separated by open countryside. Bomb craters are visible all over the area, most of them in the lower part. At upper left there are some puffs of cloud or smoke.

The photo is captioned:
'1799 SDL 5.1.45 // 7" 21000 164° 1509 LUDWIGSHAFEN E
1HC4000IN 12ANM64DT C35 sec W.C.Giles D. 186'.

On the reverse is written '1500'.

1945-01-05

One b/w photograph with caption on reverse.

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PDarbyCAH18010021, PDarbyCAH18010022