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File:Halifaxes over Brest Dec 1941 IWM C 4109.jpg

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English: IWM description : "Vertical aerial photograph taken during a daylight attack on German warships docked at Brest, France. Two Handley Page Halifaxes of No. 35 Squadron RAF fly towards the dry docks in which the battlecruisers SCHARNHORST and GNEISENAU are berthed (right), and over which a smoke screen is rapidly spreading.". IWM gives photgraph label as "Handley Page Halifaxes of No. 35 Squadron RAF bombing the German battlecruisers SCHARNHORST and GNEISENAU in dry-dock at Brest, France."
Date Taken on 18 December 1941
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Image of the exterior main entrance to the Imperial War Museum in London. This photograph C 4109 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums. Flag of the United Kingdom.
Author Royal Air Force official photographer
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