Saumur; Pays de la Loire; France
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Date: 09 June 1944
Location: Saumur; Pays de la Loire; France
Coordinates (lat, lon): 47.243486, -0.064659
Description: The Saumur Tunnel, after its destruction in June 1944, when 617 Squadron dropped the first Tallboy 12,000lb earthquake bombs. The tunnel was destroyed to prevent German armoured forces from reaching the Normandy beachheads after D-Day.
Location: Saumur; Pays de la Loire; France
Coordinates (lat, lon): 47.243486, -0.064659
Description: The Saumur Tunnel, after its destruction in June 1944, when 617 Squadron dropped the first Tallboy 12,000lb earthquake bombs. The tunnel was destroyed to prevent German armoured forces from reaching the Normandy beachheads after D-Day.
Image type: Vertical
Scale: 3300
Scale: 3300