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Even the worst winter storms don't stop the German Air Force from flying its missions. Here, ground crewmen make preparations wearing sou'westers and raincoats.

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Title
Even the worst winter storms don't stop the German Air Force from flying its missions. Here, ground crewmen make preparations wearing sou'westers and raincoats.
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
Mechanics (Persons)
Airplane engines
World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, German
Germany. Luftwaffe
Bombers -- German
Heinkel airplanes
Genres
Photographs
Notes
Content: Picture caption: "Selbst der schlimmste Wintersturm hält die deutsche Luftwaffe nicht vom Feindflug ab. Das Bodenpersonal, in Südwester und Regenmantel, ist hier bei den Vorarbeiten."
Content: The airplane is a Heinkel He-111 bomber. The men are working with a small wheeled cart used to load bombs.
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): fe5d3dc0-c601-012f-fb31-58d385a7bc34
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. "Even the worst winter storms don't stop the German Air Force from flying its missions. Here, ground crewmen make preparations wearing sou'westers and raincoats." The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1940. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b1cacde4-ead2-3a32-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. "Even the worst winter storms don't stop the German Air Force from flying its missions. Here, ground crewmen make preparations wearing sou'westers and raincoats." New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed October 12, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b1cacde4-ead2-3a32-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). Even the worst winter storms don't stop the German Air Force from flying its missions. Here, ground crewmen make preparations wearing sou'westers and raincoats. Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b1cacde4-ead2-3a32-e040-e00a18064701

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Even the worst winter storms don't stop the German Air Force from flying its missions.  Here, ground crewmen make preparations wearing sou'westers and raincoats.