British RAF Ventura bomber over IJmuiden Steelworks, IJmuiden, the Netherlands, Feb 1943; as seen in US Navy publication Naval Aviation News dated 15 Sep 1943

Caption     British RAF Ventura bomber over IJmuiden Steelworks, IJmuiden, the Netherlands, Feb 1943; as seen in US Navy publication Naval Aviation News dated 15 Sep 1943 ww2dbase
Photographer    Unknown
Source    ww2dbaseUnited States Navy
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Ventura   Main article  Photos  
Photo Size 600 x 585 pixels
Photos at Same Place IJmuiden, Netherlands
Added By C. Peter Chen
Licensing  Public Domain. According to the United States copyright law (United States Code, Title 17, Chapter 1, Section 105), in part, "[c]opyright protection under this title is not available for any work of the United States Government".

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1. Anonymous says:
10 May 2015 02:24:45 AM

Even though I was only 4 1/2 years old I remember watching these planes bomb the IJmuiden Steelworks in 1943 from an attic window at my grandparents house. Must have made a tremendous impression on me at the time to be able to recall it.

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