Attack on Hamburg
Autor:
No 106 Squadron RAF : Royal Air Force official photographer
Shortlink:
Zdroj:
Formát:
754 x 800 Pixel (57238 Bytes)
Popis:
An Avro Lancaster of No. 1 Group, Bomber Command, silhouetted against flares, smoke and explosions during the attack on Hamburg, Germany, by aircraft of Nos. 1, 5 and 8 Groups on the night of 30/31 January 1943. This raid was the first occasion on which H2S centimetric radar was used by the Pathfinder aircraft to navigate the force to the target. The pilot of the photographing aircraft (Lancaster 'ZN-Y' of No. 106 Squadron, based at Syerston) was Flt Lt D J Shannon who, as a member of No. 617 Squadron, took part in Operation CHASTISE (the "Dams Raid") during the following May.
Komentář k Licence:
This work created by the United Kingdom Government is in the public domain.
This is because it is one of the following:
- It is a photograph taken prior to 1 June 1957; or
- It was published prior to 1975; or
- It is an artistic work other than a photograph or engraving (e.g. a painting) which was created prior to 1975.
HMSO has declared that the expiry of Crown Copyrights applies worldwide (ref: HMSO Email Reply)
More information.
Licence:
Public domain
Credit:
![]() |
This photograph C 3371 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums. | ![]() |
Relevantní obrázky




(c) Bundesarchiv, Bild 183-B22222 / CC-BY-SA 3.0




(c) Bundesarchiv, Bild 101III-Zschaeckel-206-35 / Zschäckel, Friedrich / CC-BY-SA 3.0

(c) Bundesarchiv, Bild 101I-209-0090-28 / Zoll / CC-BY-SA 3.0





(c) Bundesarchiv, Bild 101I-013-0064-35 / Kliem / CC-BY-SA 3.0







(c) Bundesarchiv, Bild 146-1978-052-03 / CC-BY-SA 3.0







(c) Bundesarchiv, Bild 101I-020-1268-36 / Hähle, Johannes / CC-BY-SA 3.0








(c) Bundesarchiv, Bild 183-E0406-0022-018 / CC-BY-SA 3.0






Relevantní články
Druhá světová válkaDruhá světová válka byl globální vojenský konflikt v letech 1939–1945, jehož se zúčastnila většina států světa. Tento konflikt se stal s více než 62 miliony obětí na životech dosud největším a nejvíce zničujícím válečným střetnutím v dějinách lidstva. .. pokračovat ve čtení