Royal Air Force "Ventura" bombers blast Ijuiden steelworks by day. "Ventura" aircraft of the Royal Air Force Bomber Command, escorted by fighters, carried out a daylight attack on the Royal Dutch blast furnaces and steelworks at Ijumuiden, Holland, on February 13, 1943. Action photo taken during the attack shows: Bombs from the Venturas falling across the target area. Hits are seen on the stockyard, unloading wharf, coke oven plant near the mechanical workshops, water tower, and among the foundations for a blast furnace

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Royal Air Force "Ventura" bombers blast Ijuiden steelworks by day. "Ventura" aircraft of the Royal Air Force Bomber Command, escorted by fighters, carried out a daylight attack on the Royal Dutch blast furnaces and steelworks at Ijumuiden, Holland, on February 13, 1943. Action photo taken during the attack shows: Bombs from the Venturas falling across the target area. Hits are seen on the stockyard, unloading wharf, coke oven plant near the mechanical workshops, water tower, and among the foundations for a blast furnace

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Image source: British official photo from OWI.
Title and other information from caption card.
Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944.
More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsaowi
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Film copy on SIS roll 0, frame 0.

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01/01/1943
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No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. For information, see U.S. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Black & White Photographs http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/071_fsab.html

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