Warrington, Lancashire, England, 1944: Huge quantities of railroad highway and other transportation supplies…

Warrington, Lancashire, England, 04/08/1944

SC 189806Field no. ETO-HQ-44-2978RG 111

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Huge quantities of railroad highway and other transportation supplies are awaiting the large- scale Allied invasion of Nazi-held Europe. Emergency transportation will be supplied by these life rafts, piled up at a U. S. Army Air Force supply depot somewhere in England. Pvt. Joseph N. Durette, 28 Jameson St., Laconia, N.H., tests the air cylinders on the rafts which will save lives of Air Forces personnel in the coming offensive against the European continent. British Isles, April 8, 1944.

Date: 04/08/1944
Place: Warrington, Lancashire, England · approximate position
Photographer: Weintraub
People: Jospeh N. Durette
SC number: 189806
Field number: ETO-HQ-44-2978
Source: U.S. National Archives, Record Group 111, Series: Official Army Photographs

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