German He 115 aircraft dropping a torpedo on an unidentified merchant ship in the English Channel, 1940

Caption     German He 115 aircraft dropping a torpedo on an unidentified merchant ship in the English Channel, 1940 ww2dbase
Photographer    Unknown
Source    ww2dbaseAd Meskens via Wikimedia Commons
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He 115   Main article  Photos  
Photo Size 607 x 799 pixels
Photos at Same Place English Channel, Atlantic Ocean
Added By David Stubblebine
Licensing  Creative Commons CC BY-SA 4.0

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1. Ric says:
25 Jul 2020 05:00:40 AM

The target ship is camouflaged in a German style scheme. This appears to be a training exercise.

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