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IWM caption : The fire producing thick clouds of black smoke as seen from the destroyer HMS LEGION, during the expedition to the Lofoten islands, Norway, where troops were landed to blow up the oil tanks.


Comment : This was part of Operation Claymore.
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Image of the exterior main entrance to the Imperial War Museum in London. This photograph A 3376 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums
(collection no. 4700-01)
Flag of the United Kingdom.
Author Coote, R G G (Lt), Royal Navy official photographer
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