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Aircraft wreckage lying on grass alongside a tree-lined road, Lage Mierdse Weg outside Turnhout, Belgium. A group of children with bicycles are close to the wreckage and another group of five civilians is coming along the track towards the wreck.

Five RAF marine air-sea rescue craft alongside pier at Immingham Docks with Royal Navy Minesweeper and cranes in the background. Two Air Sea Rescue boats have numbers 1501 and 2552, the Minesweeper is HMS Melita M289.

A group of civilians (two men and four women) posing by a balustrade and wall on the banks of the Vistula. Visible in the background are parts of the middle section of the Kierbedź Bridge.

Glider landing zone in fields in a flat landscape. Captioned 'P16/438:10 Jun 44: F14"//M14.'. Reverse printed 'A.M. Crown Copyright Reserved' and annotated 'Normandy'.

This is the 6th Airborne Division's Drop Zone 'N' between Ranville &…

Seven photographs mounted in three rows on the left hand page. The top row of photographs show airmen in uniform standing outside. The tail of a Lancaster can be seen in the background of the image on the top row, right. On the second row the picture…

Two women walking together along Filey promenade/seawall with other people behind and nearby. On reverse, 'mum and Aunty Trixie'.

A man walking in grass in front of the ruined stone walls of Rievaulx Abbey, North Yorkshire. On reverse, 'Uncle Percy'.

Left: Two sergeants, wearing leather jerkins, work on the engine of an aircraft. One sits at the top of a set of steps and the second, with gauntlets stands below.
Right top: 61 men in desert uniform arranged in five rows in front of a corrugated…

Left: Exterior of the Basilique Notre-Dame d'Héliopolis, also known as the Our Lady of Heliopolis Co-Cathedral.
Right: A church behind a hedge with narrow spires at its corners with a cross and statue on the apex of the pitched facade. A man leads a…

A building with a pitched roof with a tower on which is a statue of the Madonna and child. Behind this building is another with a square, crenelated tower. They are set in open countryside with trees against a hillside on which a car drives on the…

Left page: Left: Men, carrying bundles on their shoulders, loading a ship. Right: Interior of the Basilique Notre-Dame d'Héliopolis, also known as the Our Lady of Heliopolis Co-Cathedral.Right page: Left: A street scene looking along a road with…

Groups of men in uniform with side caps but no jackets stand outside two storey wooden buildings with suitcases, bags and other luggage.

Additional identification kindly provided by Frank Schilder.

A building with pitched roof to one side of a large open space on which goal posts are set and a man is walking. To the left is a flagpole from which the United States flag flies. Utility posts are erected on the building and across the site. Other…

Various single and two storey buildings arranged around an open space with trees beyond. Utility poles cross the site and a United States flag flies from a flagpole with a group of men at its base. There is a road in the foreground and two parked…

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.

Two oblique aerial photographs.
One captioned '0004 P318/47 4 Oct 44 F20"//1440 2500' Confidential'.
Second image captioned '0005 P318/47 4 Oct 44 F20"/1440 2500' Confidential'. Visible is the destroyed historic Ponte Romano sul Rubicone.

Vertical aerial photograph with caption '5051 60 PR 522 60 Sqd June 26 1944 1500 F6 30,000'. Main road running from bottom right hand corner diagonally to top left hand corner. Parallel, cultivated fields are on either side. One area towards…

United States Army troops standing at ease in formal ranks in the square in Carantan. The troops are being addressed by a soldier on a stage draped with a flag. Further soldiers and civilians are present on the stage. A soldier in the centre of the…

Three photographs.
#1 is five airmen, two in uniform, three in swimming trunks, sitting on the sand.
#2 is the Picton United Church, Picton, Ontario, Canada.
#3 is five trainee airmen sitting on the grass.

#1 and 2 are views of the road from a car.
#3 is the Arlington Memorial Bridge.

#1 is a street scene with parked cars.
#2 was taken at Scott circle, Washington D.C. and shows the statue of General Winfield Scott.

Target photograph shows open countryside with part of airfield at bottom with craters. Some other areas with small pattern of craters. Captioned '522 NKL 20.7.44 //8" 14000 160 2101, [detail cropped off] 1000 4x 500 31 sec F/O Lord G 550'.

A street with several cars, behind are a row of two storey buildings, with a mixture of Greek and English adverts.

A roundabout with a traffic policeman. One horse and cart approaching and a cyclist.

A street view with two cars and a market.