Chronology of World War II

Sunday, May 7

Attack on Gael Airfield, St Malo


Attack on Gael Airfield, St Malo
Low-level oblique aerial photograph taken by one of two De Havilland Mosquitos of No. 21 Squadron RAF during a daylight attack on Gael airfield near St Malo, France, showing the second aircraft flying away with bomb doors still open as its 500-lb bombs explode on the hangars