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The 8th United States Army Air Force (USAAF) bombing the German port of Wilhelmshaven, 27...

IMAGE number: NAM5925901
Image title: The 8th United States Army Air Force (USAAF) bombing the German port of Wilhelmshaven, 27 January 1943 (b/w photo)
Artist: Unknown photographer, (20th century)
Location: National Army Museum, London
Medium: black and white photograph
Date: 1943 AD (C20th AD)

Image description: The 8th United States Army Air Force (USAAF) bombing the German port of Wilhelmshaven, 27 January 1943. Photograph, World War Two, Air Operations (1939-1945), 1943. The raid on Wilhelmshaven port in Lower Saxony on 27 January was the first USAAF daylight bombing raid over Germany. It was flown by elements of the 369th Bomber Squadron of the 306th Bomber Group. The Royal Air Force (RAF) had previously attacked the port in 1939 and 1941 and both air forces raided Wihelmshaven again in 1944 and 1945. By the end of the war two thirds of the city's buildings had been destroyed. From a collection of 34 photographs relating to different theatres in World War Two, 1940-1944.
Photo credit: © National Army Museum / Bridgeman Images
Image keywords: plane / aircraft / transport / bombardment / aerial photograph / photography / aircraft / harbour / building / air raid / Photograph / Photography / Mzphoto

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