Battle of the Atlantic in the Second World War, 1940

The British passenger ship Empress of Britain was attacked and severely damaged by a German Focke Wulf Fw 200 on October 28, 1940 northwest of the Aran Islands on the west coast of Ireland. The sequence of photos shows the attack with several 250kg bombs by the German long-range reconnaissance aircraft

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14076156

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48330501

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4843px x 4962px (3.1MB)

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Scherl - Suddeutsche Zeitung Photo

Date

1940

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250kg Aran Attacked Bombs Convoy Focke Freighter Long-range Northwest Reconnaissance Sequence Severely Sink Wulf

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