Collection: IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM PHOTOGRAPH ARCHIVE COLLECTION

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Object description

Cardboard-bound photograph album containing black and white prints showing the progress of the ground convoy of No. 145 (Free-French) Wing, No. 84 Group, Royal Air Force, of the Second Tactical Air Force, through Northwest Europe, 1944-1945. Also a number of private snaps showing ground crew and personnel of the Wing both on and off duty. Also two colour postcards with views of Meersburg am Bodensee.

Object details

Category

Photographs

Creator

Unknown Photographer

Dimensions

Prints(M): Quantity 133

Enclosures: Quantity 1

Catalogue number

2008-01-10

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