AN AERIAL VIEW OF MOUNT BATTEN, PLYMOUTH, ENGLAND. AIRCRAFT OF NO 10 SQUADRON RAAF CAN BE SEEN ...

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Accession Number 044906
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Film original negative 120 safety base
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
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Description

AN AERIAL VIEW OF MOUNT BATTEN, PLYMOUTH, ENGLAND. AIRCRAFT OF NO 10 SQUADRON RAAF CAN BE SEEN MOORED IN PLYMOUTH SOUND WITH TWO CABLE LAYING SHIPS UNDER THE TAIL OF THE SUNDERLAND AIRCRAFT FROM WHICH THE PHOTOGRAPH WAS TAKEN; ONE OF THE SHIPS WAS LATER SUNK DURING AN ENEMY AIR RAID. (ORIGINAL NEGATIVE HELD IN AWM COLLECTION.