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Four men in civilian dress watching another unveil a memorial in Stadspark Steenbergen while a crowd of spectators look on. Submitted with caption 'G/Cpt Leonard Cheshire, accompanied by four men in civilian suits, helping to unveil a memorial at an…

Top left 358 service personnel in rows in front of a Wellington, which is inside a hangar,
Top right a group of two women and two young men standing by a low wall. The wall is next to a utility pole with single storey buildings with trees and other…

Part of a three storey wooden building in the left foreground with pilots gathered informally in front. Water tower and cloud formation in the background. Additional identification kindly provided by Frank Schilder.

A two storey building set in open ground with bushes planted along the frontage. The United States flag flies from a flagpole in front and a water tower is behind.

Identification kindly provided by Frank Schilder.

A single storey building with a sign reading ‘Elev 470’ on its side. An ambulance is parked in front with four men sat on a collection of wooded benches and crates. A loud speaker is fixed to a small extension to the building.

Identification…

Two men in flying suits with helmets and goggles sit in a Stearman with markings 16 on the fuselage and 11000on the tail. A third man in flying suit stands alongside with an open book in his hands. There are buildings, men and vehicles…

The top photograph shows Canadian Pacific ocean liner S.S. MONTCLARE, Captioned with 16,314 gross tonnage.
The bottom photograph shows a group of RAF personnel in uniform standing in front of a building.
The photographs are accompanied by a…

Top left a horse drawn cart with a woman and children aboard stands by a roadside. A man stands to the right of the rear wheel. In the background trees.

Top right an airman kneeling stroking a baby goat with his right hand and smoking a cigarette.…

Target photograph shows open countryside. Railway line runs from top centre to middle right, with one leading the Saumur tunnel. Caption '101, W.W., 8/9.6.44, NT8", 324, 0230, Special Target, T, 1 x 14000, 15 secs, F/O Willsher, T, 617'. On the…

A conical air raid shelter at Saarbrücken-Burbach steel works.

Identification kindly provided by Frank Schilder of the Finding the location WW1 & WW2 Facebook group.

An oblique aerial view of the Ruhr River near Kupferdreh with two damaged bridges: one is the partly destroyed Kampmann pontoon bridge, the one in the distance is the Kupferdreh-Heisingen railway bridge.

Identification kindly provided by Frank…

Vertical aerial photograph of a railway junction. At the bottom is Rostock urban area. Anti-aircraft trace fire obscures part of the left side. Captioned ‘1. P(Y6) 12 NT 26/27/4/42 F/8” [arrow] TX’, on the reverse 2500’ W of old…

Road running up from bottom with single black car. Destroyed buildings either side with gutted Rijksarchief. People in street. On the reverse 'Somewhere in Belgium or Germany [sic], post war 1945/46'.

Identification kindly provided by Frank…

The photograph on the left of the left page shows the former St. Mary Magdalene's Church, Church Street, Picton.
The photograph on the top right of the left page shows The Stone Church, Chapel Street, Picton
The photograph on the bottom right of…

Naval personnel standing by the quayside with dockyard machinery in the background. The nose of X and the M Short Singapore flying boats can be seen.

The caption accompanying the photographs reads "5;11;37. 11.00 . HOURS. "

Additional…

Snow covered landscape with grain elevator with 'National' on two sides in the centre. Trees to the right and a lower building on the left.

Tentative identification kindly provided by Frank Schilder.

Paul May, in shirtsleeves, lies on the grass on a hillside. A rucksack is next to him and there is a wooded hillside beyond. Reverse, annotated 'bei Höfner Hütte' '49' and 'XLIII' and stamped 'Foto Dietzgen 1126 Freiburg i/Br'.

A Vickers MG EMU (Metre Gauge Electric Multiple Unit number 23 at a station. It has open doors and glassless windows. Women wearing saris and local men alongside.

Identification kindly provided by Frank Schilder.

Top left shows a building with the caption "ORAN- L'Ecole Ardaillon" also showing the Demaeght Museum.

Top right shows Boulevard Galliéni, with the Chambre de Commerce. Two people are crossing the road with cars parked on both sides of the street…

Top left: Buildings at foot of wooded hillside.
Top right: Ooty Lake.
Middle: Ooty Golf Course with a view to the west.

On the bottom left corner, two further photographs:
Top left: view of Ooty from the Government Botanical Gardens, with Ooty…

The photograph on the left of the left page shows an aerial view of Kincardine taken from an aircraft. The wing of the aircraft can be seen in the right of the photograph.
The photograph on the right of the left page shows an aerial view of the…

The photograph on the top left of the left page shows an aerial view of Picton airfield Ontario.
The photograph on the top right of the left page shows an aerial view of Picton airfield with a runway in the background. A wing of an aircraft can be…

The upper photo is a view from the High Level Bridge towards the Walterdale Bridge.
The lower photo is a view from Saskatchewan Dr NW, just before junction 109 St NW, towards the High Level Bridge.

Additional information kindly provided by Frank…

Pilot Officer Noel Hooper standing in Dorchester Square, Montreal, wearing his brevet. The Boer War Memorial is visible in the background.

Additional information kindly provided by Frank Schilder.

Three views of Niagara falls. The lower and bottom pictures are taken from the Canadian side, the middle picture from Rainbow Bridge. The United states flagpole and the John J. Welsh memorial plaque are partially visible.

Identification kindly…