Picture No | 10220047 |
Date | 1940 |
Description | Flight-Lt. Learoyd attacking the Dortmund-Ems Canal |
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Royal Air Force Handley-Page 'Hampden' bomber, commanded by Flight-Lieutenant R.A.B. Learoyd, bombing the Dortmund-Ems canal near Munster in Germany, 12th August 1940. Flight-Lt. Learoyd won a Victoria Cross for this successful attack.
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Source | Illustration by C. E Turner in ‘The Illustrated London News’, 31 August 1940, pages 276-7 |
Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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