Image Title

:  [Ground crewmen from the Italian bomber squadrons on the Channel coast prepare for a mission against England, which has suffered devastating attacks in the past weeks against cities producing vital war materials.]

Creator

: Hoffmann, Heinrich, 1885-1957 -- Photographer

Depicted Date

: 1940

Medium

: Gelatin silver prints

Item/Page/Plate

: 290

Notes

: Picture caption: "Auch das Bodenpersonal der italienischen Kampfgeschwader an der Kanalküste arbeitet für den Einsatz gegen England, der in diesen Wochen zu vernichteten Angriffen auf rüstungs- und lebenswichtige Städte gesteigert wurde." Note 2.) The bomber is a Fiat BR-20 "Cicogna" (Stork) of the Corpo Aereo Italiano, an Italian air force detachment sent to German-occupied Belgium to fight in the Battle of Britain. Note the bomb's oddly-shaped casing and fins. Note 3.) Title translates German picture caption

Original Source

: From Grossdeutschland im Weltgeschehen. Tagesbildberichte 1940. (Berlin Joh. Kasper & Co. 1942) Braeckow, Ernst, Author.

Source

: Eye on the Reich : German propaganda photographs, 1939-1942. / 1940

Source Description

: 220 photographic prints : gelatin silver ; 10.5 x 14.5 cm.

Location

: Mid-Manhattan Library / Picture Collection

Catalog Call Number

: PC EYE 1940

Digital ID

: 3956115

Record ID

: 2037872

Digital Item Published

: 4-2-2012