IBCC Digital Archive]]> Frank Schilder]]> Royal Air Force]]> France]]> 1940-04]]>
Correction kindly provided by Frank Schilder.]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Frank Schilder]]> fra]]> Text. Service material]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> France]]> 1940-04]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Mike Stilgoe]]> Photograph]]> Civilian]]> France]]> France--Crécy-la-Chapelle]]> 1940]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Farnborough (Hampshire)]]> England--Hampshire]]> 1936-06-05]]>
Second page show a rear quarter view of the same aircraft with registration YI-SOF pointing left. There is the coat of arms of King Ghazi on the tailplane.

Note 'It was placed on strength as RAF asset and finishes as training aid on Melrose airfield, 1 PRU had a detachment at Wick'.]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> Scotland--Melrose (Scottish Borders)]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]>
On the right a head and shoulders image of a man in Navy uniform looking half left . Hat band read HMS Rochester. Caption 'Henry'.

Underneath three newspaper cuttings reporting the sinking of H M Destroyer Hostile, some details concerning the ship and an obituary for Able-Seaman Henry G Cordy.]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Steve Baldwin]]> eng]]> Text]]> Photograph]]> Royal Navy]]>
Top right front quarter view of a crashed B-24 41-29254 lying in open ground at Southery. Aircraft is titled slightly down to right and show broken fuselage just behind nose turret. Caption 'Crashed USAAF Liberator a./c, crashes in fens after releasing sea mine'.

Bottom right a side on view of crashed B-24 41-29254. There is damage to the nose area. Three figures are visible viewing the scene on the left.

Identification kindly provided by Gianluca Mazzanti of the Archeologi dell’Aria research group.



]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> United States Army Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Norfolk]]> England--Southery]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Norfolk]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> 1942-05-31]]> 1942-06-01]]>
Bottom left a colour photograph of a crashed Wellington with nose to the left side. The cockpit roof is open and propellers on the right are bent. A man with a side cap is partially visible looking on at the bottom.

Bottom right a b/w photograph of the front section of crashed B-24 41-29254. The nose section shows considerable damage. Two possible un-exploded bombs lay below the engine on the left.

Identification kindly provided by Gianluca Mazzanti of the Archeologi dell’Aria research group.]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Norfolk]]> England--Southery]]>
Bottom centre an air-to-air view of a Photographic Reconnaissance Unit Spitfire LY flying right to left with clouds below.

Captioned '"He gave his life Dec 4 1941" DFC 2 Bars DSO & Bar, page 128 "Evidence in Camera" Constance Babbington-Smith, Publisher David A Charles'., 'F/Lt A. L. Taylor'.]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Civilian]]> 1941]]>
Bottom left air-to-air view of the bottom of a reconnaissance spitfire with Invasion stripes. The camera openings can be seen in the rear fuselage.

Top right a white note 'S/Ldr Alistair Taylor DSO & bar DFC & 2 bars, Camouflage Unit, 1PDU, [?] 212 Sqdn A & B Flight, Dec 1939 - May 1941, Blue 'Spitfire' Recce'.

Bottom right newspaper cutting explaining that Flight Lieutenant Alistair Lennox Taylor was the first airman of the war to win a second bar to DFC for photographic reconnaissance of the Dortmund-Ems Canal. On the left a photograph of Flt Lt Taylor.


Title Caption 'P.R.U.'
]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Steve Baldwin]]> eng]]> Text]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> 1939]]> 1940]]> 1941]]>
Top right coastal view of waves breaking against shore at the top. Near shore at the bottom.

Bottom left aerial inclined photograph of shore line with cliffs. Open sea to right and below. Road leads up from promontory to Noss Head lighthouse and the ruins of castle Sinclair at the top.

Bottom right aerial inclined photograph of cliffs running from top left to bottom right with sea to the left.

Captioned 'Wick?'.]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Geolocated]]> Photograph]]> Great Britain]]> Scotland--Wick]]>
Top right a group of officers including one Women's Auxiliary Air Force stand in front of a tent, towards the left of the group Queen Elizabeth looking left and talking to an officer. In the background trees.

Centre a ground to air view of a Ventura flying left to right with clouds in the background. Trees on the horizon at the bottom.

Bottom left King George VI walking to the left talking to an officer. Behind Queen Elizabeth walks taking to two officers. To the rear an officer and a civilian stand. In the background a Ventura with other aircraft left and right.

Bottom right Queen Elizabeth accompanied by an officer walks towards the end of the rear rank of airmen parading on grass. To the right a the front rank of officers and in the background a Ventura.

Captioned 'Methwold 43, The Ghost of 21 Sqdn (11 out of 12 a/c failed to return from sortie, S/Ldr Meridith only survivor and he was well shot up with all his crew dead, New Zealand Sqdn, Methwold, 487 Operation Ramrod 3 [...]'.]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal New Zealand Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Norfolk]]> 1943-05-03]]>
Top right air-to-air view of front quarter of a Wellington with a Spitfire close astern breaking off to the right.

Bottom left a ground to air view of a glider being towed from right to left by a C-47 in the distance.

Bottom right a side on view of a C-47 facing right parked on the grass the other side of a taxiway. In the foreground bushes and to the right below the taxiway a group of people, one with a bicycle.]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending identification. Places]]> Pending geolocation]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> United States Army Air Force]]>
To the right top an aerial incline photograph at very low level of a factory with multiple bomb explosions. Caption 'Steel works in Holland'.]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Netherlands]]> Netherlands--Eindhoven]]> 1942-03-08]]> 1942-03-09]]> 1941-10-30]]> 1941-10-31]]>
On the right an aerial vertical photograph of a dock. On the left is a dock basin with vessels moored. There is a thin dock leading off from the top right corner with a vessel moored inside. To the right of basin are some long building slanting down to the right. Roads run round the dock area. There is another small basin at the top right. Photograph caption 'MN 88 8.9.42 F.14'.]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Geolocated]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> France]]> France--Le Havre]]> Atlantic Ocean--English Channel]]> 1942-10-15]]> 1942-09-08]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Netherlands]]>
Top right an aerial vertical photograph of an unidentified canal, parallel road and railway. The canal runs top to bottom on the left side with a parallel road on the right. with railway just to its left. At the bottom between the two is an industrial area with bomb explosions towards the right. There are bomb craters at the bottom between the railway and the road.

Bottom left and aerial vertical photograph of a town and defences. A canal/ditch runs from top left towards the centre before turning to go down to the bottom. There are buildings to the left of the ditch/canal. Where the the canal/ditch turns there is a defensive star shaped complex of ditches/canals. A number of falling bombs are visible between the right hand edge and the centre of the photograph. Photograph caption '129 FEL 23.12.42//V5 8500 0.2.21.'.

Bottom right an aerial vertical photograph of Morlaix dummy? airfield. The airfield is on the right with runway running from right to the centre. A perimeter track surround the airfield which appears covered with fields and tracks. Airfield is surrounded by open farmland. To the left there are bomb explosions over a possible dispersal area as well as on the bottom of the perimeter track and the bottom side of the runway. Photograph caption 'L. 16.5.43//8 12,000 F.P 464.'.]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Geolocated]]> Geolocated]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> France--Caen]]> France--Morlaix]]> Atlantic Ocean--North Sea]]> Netherlands--Den Helder]]> Netherlands]]> France]]> 1942-12-23]]> 1943-05-16]]>
Top right an aerial vertical photograph of Den Helder. There is open sea in the bottom left with coastline running diagonally from mid left to bottom right. A river mouth at centre has fortification and sea wall on the left and dock basins and town to the right. There is an inlet from river to basins half way up river on the right bank with bomb explosions to its right.

Bottom left an aerial vertical photograph of Vlissingen town and docks. A triangular peninsular points upward into open sea at the top. On the left an inlet leads to inland to a large dock basin which connects to small basins above in the centre of a town. A Ventura is just about to cross the coast. Photograph caption 'A226 FEL 24643 5 11000 HV464'.

Bottom right an aerial vertical photograph of a Ventura flying right to left over a canal running top right to bottom left. The canal splits into channels in the town of Ijmuiden. Annotated 'Ymuiden [sic]' Photograph caption '3187 13.2.43//V5 8,800 ST 21'.]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Geolocated (cumulative polygon)]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Atlantic Ocean--English Channel]]> France--Dunkerque]]> Atlantic Ocean--North Sea]]> Netherlands--Den Helder]]> Netherlands--Vlissingen]]> Netherlands--Ijmuiden]]> Netherlands]]> France]]> Netherlands--Kanaal door Walcheren]]> Netherlands--North Sea Canal]]> 1943-06-24]]> 1943-02-13]]>
Top right caption 'V = Vertical, M = Mirror 45 degree to rear'. Aerial inclined photograph at 90 degrees with horizon running top to bottom on the right. At the bottom right part of a multistory building. Smoke from explosions on the left side. Photograph caption 'FEL 6.12.42//MB 150 ft PZ21 ESS'.

Bottom right aerial vertical photograph of a road junction with falling bombs. A road runs top to bottom right. Half way down road is a with a junction with road running up to top right. On the right a bomb annotated '30lb inc'. On the left many bombs of the same type with one at the bottom annotated '30 lb inc'. Photograph caption '4994 FEL 19-3-43 //V14 11000ft AS.464.'.]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> 1942-12-06]]> 1943-03-19]]>
Top right an aerial vertical photograph of a canal junction. A canal runs from bottom left to a junction and then up to the top. At the junction a branch diverges to the right and a narrow canal goes off at right angles to the left. There is a town along the right hand side of the right hand canal. Captioned 'A H 57 NT 30/1.10.41 F/8'.

Bottom left an aerial vertical photograph of a waterway running left to right. At the bottom middle is the entrance to a dock basin with a lock gate. There are two indentations on the upper side of the waterway. Captioned 'E75 NT 3/4.10.41 F8'.

Bottom right an aerial vertical photograph of Le Havre with the inlet to two waterways with a spit of land between them. Captioned 'Q X/10 57 NT 8/9.3.42 F/8 T.X.'.]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Geolocated]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> France]]> Atlantic Ocean--English Channel]]> France--Le Havre]]> 1941-10-30]]> 1941-10-31]]> 1941-10-03]]> 1941-10-04]]> 1942-03-08]]> 1942-03-09]]>
Below a ground to air photograph showing a stream of C-47s flying from right to left towing gliders. In the bottom right the roof of a building. Caption 'D Day Dakotas/Gliders'. ]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> 1944-06]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Stuart Cummins]]> Geolocated (cumulative polygon)]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Atlantic Ocean--North Sea]]> Netherlands--Ijmuiden]]> Netherlands]]> Netherlands--North Sea Canal]]> 1943-02-13]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Geolocated]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Atlantic Ocean--English Channel]]> France--Dieppe]]> France]]>