Image: Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Fighter Command CH12788

Description: Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Fighter Command Pilot Officer J Allen (right) and Flight Sergeant W Patterson, a No 96 Squadron Mosquito crew based at West Malling, survey the wreckage of the Ju 88 which they shot down near Cranbrook in Kent on the night of 18-19 April 1944. The Junkers was one of eight enemy bombers destroyed by RAF night-fighters that night, during the last Operation Steinbock raid on London. The Ju 88A-4 belonged to 6 staffel KG 6 (Kampfgeschwader 6). The machine was code 3E+BP Werknummer 2537. Unteroffizier Helmut Barbauer and Unteroffizier Friedrich Schork were taken prisoner. Hugo Muhlbauer and Fritz Gotze were killed (see Ron McKay, Operation Steinbock.
Title: Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Fighter Command CH12788
Credit: http://media.iwm.org.uk/iwm/mediaLib//60/media-60790/large.jpg This photograph CH 12788 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums.
Author: Royal Air Force official photographer
Permission: This image was created and released by the Imperial War Museum on the IWM Non Commercial Licence. Photographs taken, or artworks created, by a member of the forces during their active service duties are covered by Crown Copyright provisions. Faithful reproductions may be reused under that licence, which is considered expired 50 years after their creation.
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License: Public domain
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