Royal Engineer adjusting a Flying Dustbin charge
A soldier of the Royal Engineers preparing a Flying Dustbin explosive charge, France, 1944. The Churchill AVRE (Armoured Vehicle Royal Engineers) tank was equipped with a Petard mortar, designed to attack bunkers and concrete strongholds. The charge fired by the mortar was popularly known as a Flying Dustbin
Picture No
10218149
Media ID
45987408
Size
5292px x 4575px
(2.4MB)
Credit
© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
Source
Photograph in The Illustrated London News', 23 September 1944, page 353
Date
1944
