Caption | Strike photo from the combined 8th Air Force raid on the gun positions at Royan, France Apr 14 1945 showing the aftermath of a friendly fire incident. See Comment below. ww2dbase | |||||||
Photographer | Unknown | |||||||
Source | ww2dbaseUnited States National Archives via D. Sheley | |||||||
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Photos on Same Day | 14 Apr 1945 | |||||||
Photos at Same Place | Royan, France | |||||||
Added By | David Stubblebine | |||||||
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Licensing | Public Domain. According to the US National Archives, as of 21 Jul 2010: Please contact us regarding any inaccuracies with the above information. Thank you. |
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2. perejean says:
2 Sep 2013 05:20:35 AM
Tres intéressante
2 Sep 2013 05:20:35 AM
Tres intéressante
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14 Jan 2013 09:46:09 PM
During the bomb run, a B-17 Group and a B-24 Group ended up over the same space when the higher B-17s dropped their fragmentation bombs. 5 B-24’s of the 567th Bomb Squadron were hit with 3 damaged and the 2 seen in the photo destroyed. 11 airmen were killed.