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Image: A British airman is amongst a group of civilians crowded around the window of a shop in Holborn, London, to look at a map illustrating how the RAF is striking back at Germany during 1940. D1254

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Description: A British airman is amongst a group of civilians crowded around the window of a shop in Holborn, London, to look at a map illustrating how the RAF is striking back at Germany during 1940. A British airman is amongst a group of civilians crowded around the window of a shop in Holborn, London, to look at a map displayed there which is entitled 'Britain's Air Offensive' and shows over 700 raids by the Royal Air Force on Germany. According to the original caption, "over 1,000 patriotic retailers are making window displays this week featuring this poster which is issued by the General Production Division of the Ministry [of Information]".
Title: A British airman is amongst a group of civilians crowded around the window of a shop in Holborn, London, to look at a map illustrating how the RAF is striking back at Germany during 1940. D1254
Credit: http://media.iwm.org.uk/iwm/mediaLib//38/media-38733/large.jpg This is photograph D 1254 from the collections of the Imperial War Museums.
Author: Ministry of Information Photo Division Photographer
Permission: This photograph was scanned and released by the Imperial War Museum on the IWM Non Commercial Licence. The image was catalogued by the IWM as created for the Ministry of Information, which was dissolved in 1946. Consequently the image and faithful reproductions are considered Crown Copyright, now expired as the photograph was taken prior to 1 June 1957.
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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