ROYAL AIR FORCE BOMBER COMMAND, 1939-1941. - Annotated vertical aerial photograph taken during a 'Ramrod' operation (fighter-escorted bombing operation against a specific target). This shows a daylight raid on docks and shipping at Le Havre, made by 12 Bristol Blenheim Mark IVs of No. 2 Group (11 from No. 226 Squadron RAF and 1 from No. 110 Squadron RAF), escorted by fighters of No. 10 Group, Fighter annotations show: bombs bursting on a 12,000-ton tanker ('1') and on a 5,000-ton merchant vessel ('2'); a near miss on a 9,5000-ton merchant vessel ('3'); bombs exploding on the quay a
ROYAL AIR FORCE BOMBER COMMAND, 1939-1941. - Annotated vertical aerial photograph taken during a 'Ramrod' operation (fighter-escorted bombing operation against a specific target). This shows a daylight raid on docks and shipping at Le Havre, made by 12 Bristol Blenheim Mark IVs of No. 2 Group (11 from No. 226 Squadron RAF and 1 from No. 110 Squadron RAF), escorted by fighters of No. 10 Group, Fighter annotations show: bombs bursting on a 12,000-ton tanker ('1') and on a 5,000-ton merchant vessel ('2'); a near miss on a 9,5000-ton merchant vessel ('3'); bombs exploding on the quay and on a coastal tanker of 1,000 tons ('5'), and further along the quay ('6'). Damage from previous raids includes: a partly submerged vessel by the quay ('4'); a sunk and partly-submerged dredger ('7') and more sunk vessels ('8'), including two marked by buoys ('9'); damage to oil storage tanks ('10') and to the roof of a warehouse on the quay ('11'). , Royal Air Force, 110 Squadron, Royal Air Force, Group, 226, Royal Air Force, 2 Group
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