Gelsenkirchen
Title
Gelsenkirchen
Description
Two vertical aerial photographs taken during the bombing of Gelsenkirchen. All the ground detail is obscured by cloud and explosions.
In the first one Lancaster is visible near the centre of the image.
It is captioned '1187 NKL. 6.11.44 // 8" 19500. 101° 13.58 Gelsenkirchen Q IHC 4000IN: 6MC 1000DT: 6MC 500DT: JGP500LD: 37 secs F/O Allen Q 550'.
The second is captioned '1193. NKL. 6.11.44 // 7" 16000 085° 14.03 Gelsenkirchen A1 IHC 4000IN: 4CP15: 3CP14: 1x4: 33 secs F/O Shenker A550'.
In the first one Lancaster is visible near the centre of the image.
It is captioned '1187 NKL. 6.11.44 // 8" 19500. 101° 13.58 Gelsenkirchen Q IHC 4000IN: 6MC 1000DT: 6MC 500DT: JGP500LD: 37 secs F/O Allen Q 550'.
The second is captioned '1193. NKL. 6.11.44 // 7" 16000 085° 14.03 Gelsenkirchen A1 IHC 4000IN: 4CP15: 3CP14: 1x4: 33 secs F/O Shenker A550'.
Creator
Date
1944-11-06
Temporal Coverage
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Type
Format
Two b/w photographs
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Identifier
SBattleJ2004710v10035, SBattleJ2004710v10037
Collection
Citation
Great Britain. Royal Air Force, “Gelsenkirchen,” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed January 18, 2025, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/document/47078.
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