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Caption | Wreckage of a British Fairey Battle bomber, France, May 1940 ww2dbase | ||||||||
WW2-Era Location Name | France | ||||||||
Date | Jun 1940 | ||||||||
Photographer | Josef Gierse | ||||||||
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Added By | C. Peter Chen | ||||||||
Photo Size | 993 x 647 pixels |
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