Results of air assaults by the British Royal and U.S. Eighth Air Forces over industrial areas in and around German-occupied Paris during Wolrd War II. The damaged Hispano-Suiza Aircraft Engine Factory (producer of components for Daimler-Benz, Mercedez-Benz) at Bois Colombe, after three attacks by the U.S. Eighth Air Force in December 1943. The destroyed crankshaft plant, foundry, and tool shop. Aircraft engines overhauled, crafted and ready for shipment, left behind by the fleeing Nazis. Allied soldiers and workers under the bare roof. Damaged equipment and material. Allied officers and civilians survey the damage. Collapsed roof structures. Debris and rubble strewn all over the floor. Bent steel structures. Buildings in the surrounding area. Military jeeps parked in the factory grounds. Damaged structures left standing.
Results of air assaults by the British Royal and U.S. Eighth Air Forces over industrial areas in and around German-occupied Paris during Wolrd War II. The caves at Taverny where the ball bearing industry sought refuge during the bombings. Workers inside the caves transformed into modern factories. Military jeeps parked at the factories. Soldiers talk to civilians. Workers operate machinery. A man emerges from within a creeper covered cave.
Results of air assaults by the British Royal and U.S. Eighth Air Forces over industrial areas in and around German-occupied Paris during Wolrd War II. The Villacoublay airfield and aircraft factories, a major airfield for the Luftwaffe, important flight training school and a site for immense aircraft shops. The damaged airfield after six daylight attacks by the U.S. Eighth Air Force. Bomb damaged hangars and wrecked German aircraft. Allied officers survey the damage. Damaged structures and buildings. Officers in military jeeps survey the airfield. Collapsed structures and rubble on the ground. Debris strewn all around. Wrecked Luftwaffe aircraft.
Results of air assaults by the British Royal and U.S. Eighth Air Forces over industrial areas around German-occupied Paris during Wolrd War II. The Reims locomotive repair shops attacked by the U.S. Eghth Air Force in May-June 1944. Allied soldiers and workers on tracks inside the repair shops. Damaged locomotives. Wrecked turntables and repair installations lie partially buried in debris. Men near an overturned locomotive on tracks. They survey the damage. Damaged equipment and material.
Results of air assaults by the British Royal and U.S. Eighth Air Forces over German-occupied France during Wolrd War II. The principal French airport at Reims, used by the Germans as a major fighter and bomber base mostly for FW 190s and Ju 88s. Wrecked aircraft on ground, in dispersal areas and under collapsing roofs of hangars and repair shops after the American aerial attack. Roads between installation filled with debris. Bomb smashed concrete runways and work areas lie in ruins. Allied soldiers and workers survey the rubble. Damaged hangars and equipment. Wrecked aircraft. Allied officers on a heap of debris. They inspect the damaged equipment and aircraft parts. Soldiers survey the damaged buildings.
Results of air assaults by the British Royal and U.S. Eighth Air Forces over industrial areas in German-occupied Paris during Wolrd War II. The Porte Des Lilas subway station in Paris. Aircraft machinery repair equipment which the Germans had begun to install in the converted Porte des Lilas subway. Civilians and Allied soldiers at the station. The lit dome in the subway. Damaged railway tracks. Men and women Allied soldiers. French policemen among the crowd. A soldier holds a little girl. Civilians in a line.
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