Image: Royal Air Force Coastal Command, 1939-1945. HU93030

Description: Royal Air Force Coastal Command, 1939-1945. Oblique aerial photographs taken from waist window a Consolidated Liberator of No. 311 (Czechoslovak) Squadron RAF during an attack on the German blockade-runner ALSTERUFER in the Bay of Biscay. Trails from rocket projectiles previously fired at the vessel can be seen to the right, while the aircraft has just scored a hit on the ALSTERUFER's stern with one of its bombs. Pilot Officer O Dolezal and his crew eventually left the vessel on fire and sinking to return to their base at Beaulieu, Hampshire.
Title: Royal Air Force Coastal Command, 1939-1945. HU93030
Credit: https://media.iwm.org.uk/ciim5/9/601/large_000000.jpg This photograph HU 93030 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums.
Author: No. 311 Squadron RAF
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.
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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