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| Keywords: Den Helder docks being bombed in 1943.jpg View of an attack by Royal Air Force bombers on the harbour of Den Helder the Netherlands in 1943 <br>Original caption Royal Air Force Ventura bombers blitz Den Helder in daylight Ventura aircraft of Royal Air Force bomber command escorted by fighters attacked the docks at Den Helder by daylight on February 12 1943 Their previous visit to the Dutch port was January 23 Action photo taken during the attack shows many bombs bursting across the southern entrance to the naval basin--four of them in the inner haven Naval Hits were scored on the torpedo boat establishment and the torpedo workshops east of the entrance Smoke arises from bombs which burst in a line across the railway in the southwest part of the harbor LOC-image fsa 8e01169 1943-02-12 British official photo from U S Office of War Information frame removed PD-USGov Den Helder World War II in February 1943 Air War over Western Europe in World War II | ||||
