Preview
Date
1943-1945
Creation Date
2008-06-12
Description
Black & White photograph of four different aerial views of sea ports in France showing bomb damage by the United States Army Air Force during World War II. The top and center right images show bomb damage to the navy yard in Lorient, France. The lower left image shows bomb damage to the port of La Palice [La Pallice], France. The lower right image shows smoke and bomb damage to the port in Brest, France, circa 1943-1945.
Digital Collection
Arnold Clayton Watkins World War II Photograph Collection, 1942-1945
Collection Number
SpC MS 0006
Finding Aid
https://digitalcommons.pittstate.edu/fa/3/
Object Type
Photograph
Image Format
Still Image
Location
Europe--France--Brittany--Lorient; Europe--France--Poitou-Charentes--LaRochelle; Europe--France--Brittany--Brest;
Publisher Digital
Pittsburg State University, Kansas, Axe Library, Special Collections
Rights
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Keywords
World War (1939-1945)--Aerial operations, American--Aerial photographs, United States--Army Air Forces--History--Aerial photographs, World War (1939-1945)--France--Lorient--Aerial photographs, Lorient (France)--History--Aerial photographs, La Pallice (France)--History--Aerial photographs, World War (1939-1945)--France--Brest--Aerial photographs, Brest (France)--History--Aerial photographs
Notes
Pittsburg State University, Special Collections, 6, Watkins, Arnold Clayton, Envelope 4, 13. Contributed by Joan F. Watkins.