Key Information
Reference code
BEAUFOY BROWN 2/2
Title
Photographs, 1943-1945, relating to training for the crews of X-craft midget submarines
Date(s)
- 1943 - 1945 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent
1 file
Scope and content
Photographs relating to the development and deployment of X craft midget submarines and Chariot manned torpedoes, including sixty seven photographs relating to the training of crews for X-Craft midget submarine operations, 1943-1945, notably six aerial photographs, taken by 544 Sqn, RAF, of Bergen harbour, Norway, before and after Operation GUIDANCE, the sinking by X-Craft of German merchant ship BARENFELS, Apr 1944, and Operation HECKLE, the destruction of a floating dock, Laksvaag, Bergen, Norway, Sep 1944. 1 file.