RAF Recon Photo – Cherbourg U-Boat Pens Bomb Damage (STR-series, June 1944) – Original Air Ministry Print

Description

Original RAF Reconnaissance Photo – Cherbourg Harbour, June 1944

📍 Location: Cherbourg, Normandy – Fort de l’Est & harbour approaches
📅 Date: June 1944 (Normandy Campaign period)
📷 Type: Original Air Ministry reconnaissance print
🖤 Features: Full RAF film-edge frame, aircraft shadow, uncropped operational capture
✈️ Subject: Coastal defences, wreckage, and harbour fortifications during Allied advance

A powerful, high-quality RAF operational photograph showing the fortified entrance to Cherbourg Harbour — including Fort de l’Est, the sea walls, and wartime harbour structures exactly as they stood during the Allied assault on the city in June 1944.

This is an uncropped Air Ministry print with the original RAF film-edge border still intact — the real deal, not a modern copy. Aircraft shadow visible on the water adds an extra hit of authenticity. Ideal for Normandy collectors, naval historians, coastal defence enthusiasts, and anyone building a Cherbourg/D-Day recon archive.