Flak towers with gun positions for anti-aircraft purpose

Title (Dublin Core): Flak towers with gun positions for anti-aircraft purpose
Subject (Dublin Core): en Technology; en Trenches and fortifications; en Anti-aircraft
Article Title and/or Image Caption (Dublin Core): Caption: To repel low-flying bombers intent on hit-and-run raids on coastal objectives, the British have dotted their countryside with elevated gun positions
extracted text (Extract Text): TO REPEL low-flying bombers intent on hit-
and-run raids on coastal objectives, the
British have dotted their countryside with
elevated gun positions which give spotters
an unobstructed view of ground and sky so
that hedge-hopping planes can’t slip by, and |
offer the Bofors guns a clear field of fire.
Self-sufficient, these flak towers house their
own generators and ammunition. Crews on |
24-hour duty live in near-by huts.
Language (Dublin Core): eng
Temporal Coverage (Dublin Core): World War II
Date Issued (Dublin Core): 1944-03
Is Part Of (Dublin Core): Popular Science Monthly, v. 144, n. 3, 1944
pages (Bibliographic Ontology): 55
Rights (Dublin Core): Public Domain (Google digitized)
Source (Dublin Core): Google Books
References (Dublin Core): Bofors 40 mm
Archived by (Dublin Core): Lorenzo Chinellato; Marco Bortolami (editor)
Spatial Coverage (Dublin Core): United Kingdom