A member of the Afrika Korps sitting on a crashed P40 tomahawk (A HS) aircraft that crashed in ...

Place Africa: North Africa, Western Desert, Western Desert (Egypt), El Alamein Area, El Alamein
Accession Number P03091.003
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Maker Unknown
Place made Egypt
Date made c 1942
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

A member of the Afrika Korps sitting on a crashed P40 tomahawk (A HS) aircraft that crashed in the desert. This is one of a series of photographs that belonged to a German officer who was captured on 24 October 1942 during the Battle of El Alamein.