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Barely visible because of their camouflage, German bombers fly day after day and night after night over English territory. The retaliatory strikes escalated towards the end of October.

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Title
Barely visible because of their camouflage, German bombers fly day after day and night after night over English territory. The retaliatory strikes escalated towards the end of October.
Names
Hoffmann, Heinrich, 1885-1957 (Photographer)
Collection

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

1940

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1940
Library locations
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection
Shelf locator: PC EYE
Shelf locator: PC EYE 1940
Topics
Nazi propaganda
World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, German
Messerschmitt airplanes
Bombers -- German
Genres
Photographs
Notes
Content: Picture caption: "Durch einen Tarnanstrich kaum zu erkennen, fliegen die deutschen Bombenflugzeuge Tag für Tag und Nacht für Nacht über englisches Land. Die Vergeltungsschläge steigerten sich zum Ende des Monats Oktober."
Content: These are Messerschmitt Me-110s. Originally meant as fighters, they proved slower and less maneuverable than their British opponents and were given a new role as small bombers.
Content: Title translates German picture caption
Source note: Grossdeutschland im Weltgeschehen. Tagesbildberichte 1940. (Berlin Joh. Kasper Co. 1942) Braeckow, Ernst, Author.
Physical Description
Gelatin silver prints
Type of Resource
Still image
Identifiers
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): f447faf0-c601-012f-5072-58d385a7bc34
Rights Statement
The copyright and related rights status of this item has been reviewed by The New York Public Library, but we were unable to make a conclusive determination as to the copyright status of the item. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.

Item timeline of events

  • 1885: Creator Born
  • 1940: Issued
  • 1957: Creator Died
  • 2017: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Barely visible because of their camouflage, German bombers fly day after day and night after night over English territory. The retaliatory strikes escalated towards the end of October." The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1940. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b1cacde4-eabc-3a32-e040-e00a18064701

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Barely visible because of their camouflage, German bombers fly day after day and night after night over English territory. The retaliatory strikes escalated towards the end of October." New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 25, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b1cacde4-eabc-3a32-e040-e00a18064701

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. (1940). Barely visible because of their camouflage, German bombers fly day after day and night after night over English territory. The retaliatory strikes escalated towards the end of October. Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b1cacde4-eabc-3a32-e040-e00a18064701

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Barely visible because of their camouflage, German bombers fly day after day and night after night over English territory.  The retaliatory strikes escalated towards the end of October.