Downed British plane with tail art, Netherlands, September 1941

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Photograph. Piece of British airplane containing the nose art of Daffy Duck holding British flag next to damaged RAF plane it was probably stripped from. Translated German caption on photo reverse: "Churchill's ducks, with Union Jack and bombs under his arms, are shot down by German fire just like British newspaper ducks [canards] are shot down by German propaganda. Holland. Sept. 1941." Netherlands. September 1941

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1941-09-
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Collection consists of 270 photographs from Germany, taken as propaganda photos to demonstrate the might of the German military.
Geography: 
Nederland
Latitude: 
52.500
Longitude: 
5.750
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials: 
Airplanes--British--Netherlands