Aviation (17)
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A view of the Careening Hard at half tide, note the bomb and shrapnel damage on the raised walkway just before the end of the pier resulting from the air raid on the evening of 28 June 1940.
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The Guernsey airport building pock-marked by raiding RAF aircraft in August 1940. Sandbagged and flying the Nazi flag it was the first building entered by the Germans when they landed in the Channel Islands on 30 June 1940.
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The Pratt and Whitney R-2800-5 double Wasp engine from a B26 Marauder found south of Guernsey, 15 March 1962.
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The burnt out weighbridge in St Peter Port following the bombing of the harbour on the evening of 28th June 1940.
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The devastation caused by the events of 19th June 1944, when Lightnings of the U.S.A.A.F. dropped bombs in the harbour. Every window pane has been broken, note the shattered remains piled up outside Creasy's, and the lettering on Woolworth's stores that has been dislodged.
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The aftermath of the bombing raid on 28th June 1940 with the burnt out tomato trucks littering the White Rock pier.
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Smoke rises from burning vehicles shortly after a bombing raid on the White Rock in St Peter Port. The raid on the evening of 28th June 1940 resulted in 33 civilian dead. The parked tomato trucks were mistaken for military vehicles.
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Smoke drifts from burning vehicles shortly after a bombing raid on the White Rock in St Peter Port. The raid on the evening of 28th June 1940 resulted in 33 civilian dead. The parked tomato trucks were mistaken for military vehicles.
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Severe damage to the Cambridge Berth sheds following a bombing raid on the 28th June 1940.
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Bomb damage to a property in the Strand St Peter Port following an air raid on 28th June 1940.
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Bomb damage to a property in the Strand St Peter Port following an air raid on 28th June 1940.
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The burnt out weighbridge in St Peter Port following the bombing of the harbour on the evening of 28th June 1940.
