ROYAL AIR FORCE: OPERATIONS BY THE PHOTOGRAPHIC RECONNAISSANCE UNITS, 1939-1945. - Vertical photographic -reconnaissance aerial taken after an attack by aircraft of Bomber Command on Aachen, Germany, on the night of 13/14 July 1943. Intense fires are seen to be still raging in the central city area about eight hours after the raid. 8 large industrial premises were severely damaged, as were the Town Hall, the cathedral, the police headquarters, the local prison, the main post office, two infantry barracks and an army food depot. 2,927 individual buildings were reported to have been destroyed, i
ROYAL AIR FORCE: OPERATIONS BY THE PHOTOGRAPHIC RECONNAISSANCE UNITS, 1939-1945. - Vertical photographic -reconnaissance aerial taken after an attack by aircraft of Bomber Command on Aachen, Germany, on the night of 13/14 July 1943. Intense fires are seen to be still raging in the central city area about eight hours after the raid. 8 large industrial premises were severely damaged, as were the Town Hall, the cathedral, the police headquarters, the local prison, the main post office, two infantry barracks and an army food depot. 2,927 individual buildings were reported to have been destroyed, including a large number of civilian houses and apartments. , Royal Air Force, Flying Training School, 16 (Polish), Hucknall
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