Roof-hopping R.A.F. Boston brings back proof – Historic Print
![Roof-hopping R.A.F. Boston brings back proof, [between 1941 and 1943] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/4d/4dbc4d2b4292-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Roof-hopping R.A.F. Boston brings back proof comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Roof-hopping R.A.F. Boston brings back proof
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Despite the city name in its title, this picture has nothing to do with Boston, Massachusetts. The "Boston" was a twin-engine light bomber built by Douglas, known as the A-20 Havoc in U.S. service, and the Royal Air Force flew it over occupied Europe. The caption describes the aircraft roof-hopping, skimming rooftops at very low altitude to slip past defenses on its way to Dutch targets. British official photographs like this one, distributed by the U.S. Office of War Information, were released to show Allied air operations during the early years of the war, roughly 1941 to 1943. The phrase "brings back proof" suggests that the crews' photographs were meant to document their results.
| Created / published | [between 1941 and 1943] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Genre | Photographic prints 1940-1950. |
| Notes | Photo from U.S. Office of War Information. British official photo No. C 3055. |
| Subjects | World War, 1939-1945--Air operations--British--Netherlands. A-20 bomber--1940-1950. Aerial bombings--Netherlands--1940-1950. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,276 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-191221 |
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