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English: IWM caption : Low-level oblique aerial photograph taken during a major daylight raid on the docks at Rotterdam, Holland, by Bristol Blenheim Mark IVs of No. 2 Group. The Commanding Officer of No. 18 Squadron RAF, Wing Commander T Partridge, in Bristol Blenheim Mark IV, V6267 'WV-M', leads the second wave of the attack in at low level toward the docks, seen on the skyline. Moments later he was shot down by anti-aircraft fire and killed with his crew, Sergeant G Dvorjetz and Flight Sergeant J Smith.
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Image of the exterior main entrance to the Imperial War Museum in London. This photograph C 1951 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums. Flag of the United Kingdom.
Author No. 2 Group RAF
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