Almost the entire landing ground of the Brussels/Melsbroek airfield in Belgium is covered with ...

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Accession Number SUK12729
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Place made Belgium
Date made c. August 1944
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

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Description

Almost the entire landing ground of the Brussels/Melsbroek airfield in Belgium is covered with large bomb craters, after RAF Bomber Command attacked this target 1944-08-15 as part of a programme of concentrated attacks on airfields in France and occupied Europe used by the Germans.