Lot 11635-7:  Allied Air Raids on Europe, WWII.Flying at times less than 100 feet from the ground, a strong force of Blenheim aircraft of the Royal Air Force Bomber Command delivered a daylight attack upon two great power stations near Cologne on August 12, 1941.  One of the targets was Fortuna Power Station, and this photograph shows how the pilots flew their aircraft almost at ground level to press home the attack.  Shown:  A general view of bomb bursts on the target photographed from an attacking aircraft during the daylight raid on Fortuna Power Station.   Office of War Information.   Courtesy of the Library of Congress.  (2016/06/24).
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