Title

'The fight begins', 1943. Artist: Unknown.

Caption

'The fight begins. The gunners grimly wait for the next attack. Smoke pours up from a shattered and disintegrated Italian torpedo-bomber', 1943. The Royal Navy intercept an Italian torpedo. From East of Malta, West of Suez. [His Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1943]
The Print Collector collection

Date

1943

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19C77_298

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

216,0Mb (15,0Mb) / 27,4in x 30,6in / 8216 x 9190 (300dpi)

Keywords

transport transportation sea people male man men guy smoke ship ships British geography aeroplane aircraft plane airplane dress war century helmet Britain crew concept battle bomber Navy B&W 1940s sailor Mediterranean Sea MONOCHROME warfare sailors Forties air Transport World War II World War two naval warfare WWII water transport warship black & white black and white B W world war 2 20th century Royal Navy The Print Collector decade geographical feature naval battle sea battle Second World War shot down TGN tin hat WW2 photograph 2nd World War Unknown torpedo bomber photograph