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A aerial view taken during a night attack on the Westhafen docks, Berlin
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A aerial view taken during a night attack on the Westhafen docks, Berlin
A aerial view taken during a night attack on the Westhafen docks, Berlin. On the night of 7-8 October 1940, 42 aircraft of Nos. 3 and 4 Groups bombed 12 individual targets in the German capital for the loss of one Vickers Wellington. The broad streaks of light are German searchlights, the thin ones are tracer shells. The docks are clearly visible ( A ), illuminated by the explosion of a bomb on the inner harbour of the Spandau ship canal ( C ). Other features picked out include the Koenigs Damm bridge over the Verbindunge canal ( D ) and the Charlottenburg gas holders ( E ). This was the first photograph to show an RAF attack on Berlin.
Circa 7th October 1940
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Daily Mirror
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Berlin
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Media ID 21891412
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