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A three-day wait with a camera rewarded a news photographer with his unusual shot of a robot bomb in flight
A three-day wait with a camera rewarded a news photographer with his unusual shot of a robot bomb in flight

A three-day wait with a camera rewarded a news photographer with his unusual shot of a robot bomb in flight

Date6/27/1945
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Original Toronto Star caption: A three-day wait with a camera rewarded a news photographer with his unusual shot of a robot bomb in flight. Just after the bomb's mechanism failed; it dived earthwards in southern England.
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Object NumberTSPA_0019229F
Germans prepare robot bomb for launching
Germans prepare robot bomb for launching
Toronto Star (Firm)
8/9/1944
Two U.S. Soldiers, at right, inspect a robot bomb launching ramp near Delasse in Normandy
Two U.S. Soldiers, at right, inspect a robot bomb launching ramp near Delasse in Normandy
Toronto Star (Firm)
7/3/1944
Nazi robot plane photographed over England, London, June 20-Anti-aircraft gunners and relays of swooping fighter-pilots blasted dozens of Nazi robot-p(...)
Nazi robot plane photographed over England, London, June 20-Anti-aircraft gunners and relays of swooping fighter-pilots blasted dozens of Nazi robot-p(...)
Toronto Star (Firm)
6/20/1944
Buzz-Bomb, built by the U.S. Army Air Force and adapted from the Nazi terror-weapon, may soon outrocket the German make. It is shown here before launching
Buzz-Bomb, built by the U.S. Army Air Force and adapted from the Nazi terror-weapon, may soon outrocket the German make. It is shown here before launching
Toronto Star (Firm)
1/26/1945
Home guard and R.A.F. men remove the casing of a German flying bomb which crashed and exploded in the Regent Palace hotel annex in London. The hotel s(...)
Home guard and R.A.F. men remove the casing of a German flying bomb which crashed and exploded in the Regent Palace hotel annex in London. The hotel s(...)
Toronto Star (Firm)
7/13/1944
With a roar the bomb leaves its ramp, borne skyward by the undercarriage which gives it a start on its journey
With a roar the bomb leaves its ramp, borne skyward by the undercarriage which gives it a start on its journey
Toronto Star (Firm)
1/26/1945
Japanese Baka bomb
Japanese Baka bomb
Toronto Star (Firm)
6/12/1945
Suicide plane is this Jab Baka bomb captured on Okinawa
Suicide plane is this Jab Baka bomb captured on Okinawa
Toronto Star (Firm)
6/11/1945
No rocket bombs have fallen on Britain since March 29, but the Allies are still interested in them and here a U
No rocket bombs have fallen on Britain since March 29, but the Allies are still interested in them and here a U
Toronto Star (Firm)
4/9/1945
R.a.f. Men work together to pile parts of many flying bombs brought down by large balloon defences
R.a.f. Men work together to pile parts of many flying bombs brought down by large balloon defences
Toronto Star (Firm)
10/2/1944
As his fighter plane flies on without him, a German pilot, his parachute not yet opened, tumbles earthward somewhere over France. He hit the silk when(...)
As his fighter plane flies on without him, a German pilot, his parachute not yet opened, tumbles earthward somewhere over France. He hit the silk when(...)
Toronto Star (Firm)
8/2/1944
Souvenir of Nazi terrorism is this yard-long fragment of a robomb brought back to Canada by an army officer
Souvenir of Nazi terrorism is this yard-long fragment of a robomb brought back to Canada by an army officer
Toronto Star (Firm)
7/17/1944