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Saumur; Pays de la Loire; France

Frame details

Date: 09 June 1944
Location: Saumur; Pays de la Loire; France
Coordinates (lat, lon): 47.243486, -0.064659
Description: The Saumur Tunnel, after its destruction in June 1944, when 617 Squadron dropped the first Tallboy 12,000lb earthquake bombs. The tunnel was destroyed to prevent German armoured forces from reaching the Normandy beachheads after D-Day.
Sortie: 106G/0765
Frame: 3056
Corporate bodies: 542 Squadron (RAF)
Image type: Vertical
Scale: 3300