Crewmen of one of RAF's balloons in Southern England inspect wreckage of a flying bomb stopped by the cable of their barrage balloon – Vintage Wall Art
(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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A window into the past: Crewmen of one of RAF's balloons in Southern England inspect wreckage of a flying bomb stopped by the cable of their barrage balloon, preserved in this historic photograph. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Crewmen of one of RAF's balloons in Southern England inspect wreckage of a flying bomb stopped by the cable of their barrage balloon
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Few pictures show the barrage balloon's defensive work as directly as this one, in which crewmen in Southern England gather around the wreckage of a flying bomb that ran into their balloon's steel cable. Barrage balloons were tethered over towns, ports and industrial sites to keep low-flying aircraft from attacking and to snag bombs and missiles in their wires. The German V-1 flying bomb, an unpiloted missile, was first launched at Britain in June 1944, so the record's ca. 1941 date is probably approximate. The photograph offers a close look at the ground crews who operated and maintained these balloons.
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
|---|---|
| Notes | ca. 1941. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,247 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-121051 |
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