Air force raid on Benghazi Harbour, Libya, seen from prison camp 116

Air force raid on Benghazi Harbour, Libya, seen from prison camp 116
Date
ca 1943
By
Dixon, H R, active 1942
Reference
DA-10603-F
Description

Air force raid on Benghazi Harbour, Libya, as seen from prison camp 116 (Palm Tree). Photograph taken by H R Dixon, circa 1942.

Note on back of file print reads "PW - Allied - Cyrenaica"

Caption from back of file print reads: "The result of a very successful Air Force raid on Benghazi Harbour one late afternoon when three ships were smashed. This incidently [sic] raised our hopes of not being shipped away. Note blankets airming on barbed wire of prison camp."

Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 12 x 8.9 cm

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Part of
New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs. War History Branch :Photographs relating to World War 1914-1918, World War 1939-1945, occupation of Japan, Korean War, and Malayan Emergency / World War 1939-1945 official negatives - DA Series
Format
1 b&w original photographic print(s), Photographs, Silver gelatin print 12 x 8.9 cm, Orientation: Vertical image
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Dixon, H R, active 1942. Air force raid on Benghazi Harbour, Libya, seen from prison camp 116. New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs. War History Branch :Photographs relating to World War 1914-1918, World War 1939-1945, occupation of Japan, Korean War, and Malayan Emergency. Ref: DA-10603-F. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/23070250

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