'Destroyed German MT and SP guns during their attempt to escape RAF Typhoons', 1944
Photograph by Major Wilfred Herbert James Sale, MC, 3rd/4th County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters), World War Two, North West Europe (1944-1945), 1944.
The Allies enjoyed almost complete air superiority over northern France. The Royal Air Force's (RAF) rocket-firing Typhoon fighter-bombers in particularly took a heavy toll on German transport columns both prior to and after the D-Day landings.
From an album containing 211 photographs compiled by Major W H J Sale, MC, 3rd/4th County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters), 1944-1945.
NAM Accession Number
NAM. 1975-03-63-19-89
Copyright/Ownership
National Army Museum Copyright
Location
National Army Museum, Study collection
Object URL
https://collection.nam.ac.uk/detail.php?acc=1975-03-63-19-89