File:Royal Air Force- 2nd Tactical Air Force, 1943-1945. CL1350.jpg WikiZero

Summary

Artist

Broom R R (Plt Off), Royal Air Force official photographer

Description

English: Royal Air Force- 2nd Tactical Air Force, 1943-1945.
An RAF officer examines pieces of wreckage from the first German jet fighter to be shot down by the RAF, as Royal Engineers prepare to drain water from the crater left by its impact in a field south-west of Nijemegen, Holland, in the search for further remains. The aircraft, a Messerschmitt Me 262 flown by Hauptmann Hans-Christoff Buttman of 1./KG(J) 51, had fallen to a patrol of five Supermarine Spitfire Mark IXs of No. 401 Squadron RCAF, led by Squadron Leader R I A Smith, on the previous day.

Date

between 1943 and 1945

Source/Photographer

http://media.iwm.org.uk/iwm/mediaLib//54/media-54637/large.jpg

This photograph CL 1350 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums.

Permission
(Reusing this file)

This image was created and released by the Imperial War Museum on the IWM Non Commercial Licence. Photographs taken, or artworks created, by a member of the forces during their active service duties are covered by Crown Copyright provisions. Faithful reproductions may be reused under that licence, which is considered expired 50 years after their creation.

Part of

Air Ministry Second World War Official Collection

Subject(s)

Associated people and organisations
British Army, Royal Engineers, German Air Force (Third Reich), Royal Air Force, 2nd Tactical Air Force, Royal Canadian Air Force, 401 Squadron
Associated places
Nijmegen, Gelderland, Netherlands
Associated events
Liberation of the Netherlands 1944-1945, North West Europe, Second World War
Associated themes
German Air Force 1939-1945, North West Europe 1944-1945, Royal Air Force 1939-1945
Associated keywords
Aerial Warfare, Combat, Operations

Licensing

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This work created by the United Kingdom Government is in the public domain.

This is because it is one of the following:

It is a photograph taken prior to 1 June 1957; or
It was published prior to 1974; or
It is an artistic work other than a photograph or engraving (e.g. a painting) which was created prior to 1974.

HMSO has declared that the expiry of Crown Copyrights applies worldwide (ref: HMSO Email Reply)
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