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Two views of Cologne - May 1945
Top - oblique aerial photograph of a city with roads running left to right, the nearest one being tree lined and many damaged buildings
Bottom - oblique aerial photograph with the river Rhine running left to right and buildings including chimneys…
Bottom - oblique aerial photograph with the river Rhine running left to right and buildings including chimneys…
Three Great Bridges at Cologne under Water
A low level oblique image of the damaged bridges at Cologne. The railway station and all the surrounding buildings except the Cathedral are destroyed.
The Ruhr
Top left - view from air over a city with twin spired cathedral. Captioned 'Cologne'.
Top right - view from air down wide river with damaged bridge in foreground and town on right bank. Captioned 'Rhine Bridge below Duisburg (Top Right)'.
Bottom…
Top right - view from air down wide river with damaged bridge in foreground and town on right bank. Captioned 'Rhine Bridge below Duisburg (Top Right)'.
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The Rhine near Schloss Stolzenfels
A boat tied up beside a jetty with a sign for Bad-Ems. Behind are more boats, a pontoon bridge and a low hill with Schloss Stolzenfels.
The Offensive Phase
A continuation of Peter's thesis on electronic warfare during the war.
The American vanguard attacks a bridge on the Rhine
Two firing tanks are crossing the bridge. Five men are jumping into the river, whilst others are being killed and are throwing their guns into the air. On the bank to the left of the bridge, men are advancing behind the tanks, whilst on the opposite…
Südbrücke in Cologne and marshalling yard
Two aerial photographs.
The first is a target photograph taken at high level. Bombs are visible falling to centre left. A railway is seen running left to right in the bottom half, with marshalling yard in the centre. Below the railway is a river…
The first is a target photograph taken at high level. Bombs are visible falling to centre left. A railway is seen running left to right in the bottom half, with marshalling yard in the centre. Below the railway is a river…
Scenic views along the Rhine
Top left - village narrow street with multistory buildings. Top middle - rowing boat on shore with three people standing by it. Opposite bank has hills. Top right - three men sitting round a restaurant table with two standing at the back in front of…
Rhine lies ahead
Stirling tug towing a Horsa glider approaching the Rhine over a flat agricultural landscape. Reverse printed 'A.M. Crown Copyright Reserved' and annotated 'R136C neg 2D' and 'Rhine lies ahead'.
Rhine landing
A Horsa glider approaching a grass landing zone. There are men and equipment on the ground and woodland to one side. Reverse printed 'A.M. Crown Copyright Reserved' and annotated 'R136 Cam 4 Neg 31 Rhine Landing'.
Rhine Crossing
Air to air image of aircraft over a flat landscape. Stirlings towing Horsa gliders are flying from right to left at the higher altitude. C-47s at a lower altitude are flying from left to right. Reverse annotated 'Rhine crossing' and 'CL2233'.
Remagen bridge
Reconnaissance photograph of bridge. A river runs bottom left to top right and a metal arch bridge from top left to bottom right. There are a few buildings in the top left along with bomb craters. Ther are a few buildings and a railway line at the…
Pilot and Flight Engineer
Two airmen in the cockpit of an aircraft.
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Black and white landscape photograph of aircraft (probably Short Stirling) cockpit in flight with two crew, probably pilot and co-pilot.
Submitted with…
Additional information supplied with collection:
Black and white landscape photograph of aircraft (probably Short Stirling) cockpit in flight with two crew, probably pilot and co-pilot.
Submitted with…
Operation to the Rhine
Account of bombing targets near Paderborn and Bielefeld, benzol plants at Scholven and Osterfeld. Osterfeld is underlined. Pinpoint attack on targets. Captioned '22-2-45'.
On the Rhine at Emmerich
Photograph 1 and 2 are of two airmen on a boat on the Rhine. Reginald George Cavalier is on the right in photograph 1. Captioned 'On the Rhine, Germany 5th Aug 1945'.
Photograph 3 is of one airman and three soldiers on a pontoon bridge across the…
Photograph 3 is of one airman and three soldiers on a pontoon bridge across the…
Nazi army cracking, Cologne captured and over the Rhine with tanks
Three headlines: premier reports: Nazi army cracking, collapse expected in next few weeks: Cologne captured and over the Rhine with tanks. Photograph of Cologne city centre with Cathedral on left and collapsed bridge over river in centre right.
Ludwigshafen
A vertical target photograph of Ludwigshafen, orientated with the south west at the top. In the lower left corner is a bend in the River Rhine and the entrance to Kaiserworthhafen docks. Just visible at the bottom edge is the end of Luitpoldhafen…
Letter home from school exchange
From Reg to his mum describing climbing hills close to where Hitler was in residence, a boat trip on the Rhine, visit to a farm, sightseeing, being homesick and not enjoying the food.
Letter from Idwal Davies to his brother
Idwal writes that he saw one of his squadron's Stirlings being shot down by a Ju 88 over Dunmow. He also talks about dropping gliders at a Rhine crossing.
Koln-Gremberg
A target photograph of snow covered Koln-Gremberg. In the upper, right quadrant are some marshalling yards and the River Rhine, partially obscured by cloud. In the upper and lower left quadrants is a main railway line. At upper centre is an area of…
Kassel and a Bridge near Coblenz
On the left an oblique aerial photograph of the River Rhine with a destroyed steel girder bridge with both spans collapsed into the river. This is the Raiffeisen road bridge. The Rhine which is running left to right, is split at this point into two…
Interview with William Geoghegan
Bill joined the Royal Australian Air Force from the army, going to Bradfield Park as an Initial Training School. He did a short course on Tiger Moths at Temora but because of his good performance in navigation exams, he was sent for navigation…
Interview with Peter Offord Davies. Part One
Peter was born in Coventry. Although in the army, Peter was stationed on RAF airfields and joined the Royal Warwickshire Regiment in October 1938, aged 16, transferring to the Royal Artillery. He then joined the Army Air Corps (AAC) and was part of…
Interview with James Burdin
James Burdin went at Hutton Grammar School and worked in radio sales and repair. He volunteered for the Royal Air Force but had to wait and joined the Local Defence Volunteers instead. He did some rifle practice, general infantry training and…