English: 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.
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Air Ministry Second World War Official Collection
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Czech
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Royal Air Force, 311 Squadron
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Bay of Biscay
Beaulieu, Hampshire, England, UK
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Atlantic Ocean 1939-1945, Second World War
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Royal Air Force 1939-1945, Coastal Command
Atlantic 1939-1945
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Aerial Warfare
Operations
Rockets and Missiles
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photographs
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