RAF Recon Photo – D-Day Mulberry/Breakwater Elements at Sea (Original Air Ministry Print, 1944)

Description

RAF Recon Photo – D-Day Mulberry/Breakwater Elements at Sea (Original Air Ministry Print, 1944)

📷 Mission: STR-series RAF reconnaissance
📅 Date: WWII (mid-1944)
📍 Location: Normandy Sector – Mulberry Harbour / Blockship Line
✈️ Altitude: Low–medium altitude pass
🔎 Subject: Mulberry harbour caissons / Phoenix units / blockships being positioned offshore
🖨️ Type: Original wartime Air Ministry photographic print
📝 Markings: Full film-edge frame, aircraft window shadow, clean reconnaissance strip

A rare vertical RAF reconnaissance shot capturing a line of Mulberry Harbour components at sea — likely Phoenix caissons or scuttled blockships used to create the D-Day artificial harbours. The long structure at the right appears to be a pierhead, pontoon, or breakwater section under tow or in position.

These prints are extremely desirable to military engineers, Normandy collectors, or anyone building a Mulberry-focused archive. Images of the harbour construction in progress are far scarcer than the aftermath shots.