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14. French Villagers Remembered

Saint-Omer, France view map

These people perished when the Allies bombed this rocket facility in 1944. There was no GPS guidance back then of course and the first raid to attack the dome resulted in serious damage to the village instead.

Canon EOS 60D ,Canon EF-S 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS
1/50s f/5.6 at 32.0mm iso1250 full exif

other sizes: small medium large original auto

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photo and copyright: Ray Pettit

carol j. phipps		28-Jun-2018 02:50
I like how you have presented this memorial. Vote

laine		26-Jun-2018 03:27
Good never comes from war other than sometimes it ends....a lovely memorial

LynnH		25-Jun-2018 23:38
So different then. No precision-guided munition. Although, sadly it still happens... V