gelatina ai sali d'argento

Titolo
R.A.F. liberators defy monsoon to attack Japanese targets
Soggetto
P.W.E. British official photograph 101/1
Cronologia
1945
Oggetto
positivo
Materia e tecnica
gelatina ai sali d'argento; BN
Misure
supporto primario: mm, altezza 260, larghezza 200
Collocazione
Trieste (TS)
Palazzo Gopcevich
Fototeca dei Civici musei di storia ed arte
Codice scheda
F_147446
Iscrizioni

Sul verso del supporto primario, primo cartiglio : P.W.E. PHOTOGRAPH 101/ BRITISH OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPH: (SIR MINISTRY)/ 1 CROWN COPYRIGHT RESERVED/ R.A.F. LIBERATORS DEFY MONSOON TO ATTACK JAPANESE TARGETS./ R.A.F. Liberators of Air Command South East Asia recently flew/ over 2,000 miles to attack Japanese targets. Some of the bomber/ crews flew for seventeen hours in the teeth of the worst weather/ the Indian Ocean Monsoon has produced this year./ Picture shows:- A dense cloud of smoke rising from 10.000 ton./ Japanese tanker during an attack of R.A.F. Liberators 300/ miles South of Bangkok near Ko Samoi Island on the South East/ of the Kra Isthmus. The tanker, which was over 400 feet long,/ was the largest vessel which had been sighted in Siamese/ waters for many months, and was trying to make a Northward run/ through the gulf of Siam. One Liberator with an all-Canadian/ crew flew in to the attack at 150 feet and struck the tanker/ amidships. Fire and smoke were followed by two explosions and/ then dense black smoke. A great double column of flame spurred/ 200 feet in the ait./ (Picture issued 1945)\pSul verso del supporto primario, a grafite : Isole Samuie\pSul recto del supporto primario, secondo cartiglio : 101 - Una densa colonna di fumo si alza da/ questa nave-cisterna giapponese in/ fiamme colpita da un Liberator./ Gost dim se dviga iz te japomske pe-/ trolejske ladje, vse v plamenih, kate-/ ro je zadel "Osvoboditelj".

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