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File:Mohne Dam Breached.jpg

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Photograph of the breached Möhne Dam taken by Flying Officer Jerry Fray of No. 542 Squadron from his Spitfire PR IX, six Barrage balloons are above the dam
Date 17 May 1943
Source Staerck, Chris (editor), Allied Photo Reconnaissance of World War II (1998), PRC Publishing Ltd, ISBN 1571451617
Author Flying Officer Jerry Fray RAF
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This photograph was taken by Fg Off Fray during the course of his duties, meaning that British Crown Copyright applies. As it is now more than 50 years old, it is in the public domain.


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  2. It was commercially published prior to 1963; or
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