Air attacks: reports by Professor S Zuckerman, Major Anderson and others. File includes...

Air attacks: reports by Professor S Zuckerman, Major Anderson and others.

File includes 17 photographs of German defences along Atlantic sea wall, France, most damaged by aerial and artillery bombardment. Photographs, taken by A F Huxley, are described below.

1) Plate 1. 'Casement type A at Courseulles.'

2) Plate 2. 'Casement type A under construction; Mont Fleury. Outer and inner walls of pre-cast concrete blocks; re-inforcement for walls in position. Note roof girders.'

3) Plate 3. 'Casement type A under construction; Mont Fleury. Pre-cast walls partly built. Only floor re-inforcement in position.'

4) Plate 4. 'Casement type A under construction; Mont Fleury. Note floor re-inforcement.'

5) Plate 5. 'Casement type B; Ouistreham. Note steel roof.'

6) Plate 6. Casement type B; Ouistreham. Steel roof not yet fitted.'

7) Plate 7. 'Casement type C at Longues. Embrasure.'

8) Plate 8. 'Same casement as above. Entrance at rear.'

9) Plate 9. 'Another casement at Longues. Note debris from surrounding craters.'

10) Plate 10. 'A third casement at Longues showing fragment marks from 1000lb bomb which exploded alongside the east wall. A second 1000lb bomb crater can be seen in front of the embrasure.'

11) Plate 11. 'Casement type D near La Rivière.'

12) Plate 12. 'Seaward side of above; damaged by shell fire.'

13) Plate 13. 'Interior of casement shown in pl. 11 7 12. Note cracking due to shell hits on outside.'

14) Plate 14. 'Casement type D at Ouistreham. cf. pl.11.'

15) Plate 15. 'A pill-box in concrete, not reinforced. The hole was made by a 4.7"? S.A.P. shell.'

16) Plate 16. 'As above. Damaged caused by shell fire.'

17) Plate 17. 'The control tower at Ouistreham.'

Includes 17 photographs depicting: Normandy Operation 'Overlord': coastal shore batteries, showing casemate construction, interior of casemate and damage caused by shell fire to case mates and pill box. See also DEFE 2/494. Dated 1944-1945.

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