IBCC Digital Archive]]> Geolocated]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Germany--Hamm (North Rhine-Westphalia)]]> Germany]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Geolocated]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Germany--Dortmund]]> Germany]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Geolocated]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Germany--Dortmund]]> Germany]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Geolocated (cumulative polygon)]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Germany--Essen]]> Germany]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Germany--Essen]]> Germany]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Geolocated (cumulative polygon)]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Germany--Essen]]> Germany]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Geolocated]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Germany--Wesel (North Rhine-Westphalia)]]> Germany]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending geolocation]]> Photograph]]> Germany--Wesel (North Rhine-Westphalia)]]> Germany]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Atlantic Ocean--North Sea]]> Netherlands--Walcheren]]> Netherlands]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force]]> Atlantic Ocean--North Sea]]> Netherlands--Walcheren]]> Netherlands]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Atlantic Ocean--North Sea]]> Netherlands--Walcheren]]> Netherlands]]>
On the right an aerial vertical photograph of a beach with small town. The shore runs from bottom left diagonally towards top right. An open beach with four groynes and part of a fifth leads to open ground on the left and a built up area with a sea wall on the right. The open area has sand dunes and signs of construction. Behind both of these is a narrow strip, possibly a canal beyond which are more built up areas and open fields. Captioned 'Invasion Defences near Dieppe' [sic]

Description kindly amended by Stephen Fisher of the Unidentified photos of the British Isles Facebook Group
]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Geolocated]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Atlantic Ocean]]> Netherlands--Rotterdam]]> Atlantic Ocean--English Channel]]> Belgium--Zeebrugge]]> Netherlands]]> Belgium]]> France]]> France--Dieppe]]> Netherlands--New Maas River]]> On the left a reconnaissance photograph orientated with east at the top. On the left side of the airfield with a single runway 13/31 running from bottom left towards the centre. A perimeter track runs round the airfield. At the top is a square built up area and to the right side aircraft dispersal with a small number of aircraft and small hangers. To the right side of the photograph is farmland with fields.

On the right a target photograph showing the whole of the airfield on the left side and open farmland on the right. The photograph is orientated with heading 150 degree at the top. A single runway 13/31 runs slightly angled from centre towards top left. The airfield has a perimeter taxiway which runs all the way round. At the top left is a square built up area. On the right side of the airfield is a dispersal area with hangars. Explosions can be seen on and just to the right of these. On the left side of the airfield two taxiways lead off the perimeter. The top one has dispersal areas spurred off it. The bottom one leads across a public road and has off airfield dispersal pans spurred from it. Bomb craters are visible in several locations, particularly near the top of the runway, with two craters in the runway itself.

Captioned 'Caen Carpiquet (Aero)'.]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Stuart Cummins]]> Geolocated]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> France--Caen]]> France]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Atlantic Ocean--North Sea]]> Netherlands--Vlissingen]]> Netherlands]]>
On the right an aerial inclined photograph showing a railway line running up to a marshalling yard in the centre. To the left are destroyed buildings and rubble and to the right long factory buildings with damaged roofs. In the distance city buildings and just beyond the marshalling yard a factory chimney. Captioned 'Essen'.]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Geolocated (cumulative polygon)]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Germany--Essen]]> Germany]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]>
On the right an aerial inclined photograph showing the industrial area of a city. In the foreground an area of rubble with a few damaged buildings and bomb craters. Beyond this are two large factory complexes with damaged buildings. In the distance more indistinct industrial and city buildings. Captioned 'Essen'.
]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Geolocated (cumulative polygon)]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany--Essen]]> Germany]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> Rhine River]]>
On the right an aerial inclined photograph showing Cologne city with the cathedral in the centre. To the left of the cathedral is the railway station and beyond it the Hohenzollern railway bridge with the centre sections collapsed into the river. To the right is another destroyed bridge with a temporary bridge just beyond it. Captioned 'Cologne'. ]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Geolocated (cumulative polygon)]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> Rhine River]]>
On the right an aerial inclined photograph showing a river running from centre left to right. On the left side two bridges, an intact narrow long low bridge and an iron girder bridge which has collapsed into the river. To the right a further bridge with the far bank section lying in the river and the near bank part totally missing. At the far right possibly a very narrow temporary bridge. In the foreground on the left a factory complex on the river banks with town buildings in front. Captioned 'Duisburg'.
]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Geolocated]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Germany--Düren (Cologne)]]> Germany--Duisburg]]> Germany]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> Europe--Roer River]]>
On the right an aerial inclined photograph of a badly damaged town. At the bottom left a damaged two story building stands alone. To its right open ground with areas of rubble. In the centre the main part of the town has a few standing buildings but is mostly rubble. Beyond the town is open countryside. Captioned 'Wesel'.]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Geolocated]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Germany--Wesel (North Rhine-Westphalia)]]> Germany]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]>
On the right an aerial inclined photograph of two waterways leading to a river with industrial buildings in the foreground and a city on the far bank. Buildings in the foreground are badly damaged. A road running parallel to the left waterway has a few vehicles on it. On the far bank, four towers/church spires, one in the centre and three to the right stand above the city buildings. There are some large metal structures on the nearside of the river. Captioned 'Hamburg'.

]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Geolocated (cumulative polygon)]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> Germany]]> Europe--Elbe River]]>
On the right an aerial inclined photograph of a river running from bottom to top with town on both sides. The river is divided into two by a narrow strip of partially submerged land before separating into two branches in the middle of the photograph. In the centre a bridge crosses both branches with the left hand side collapsed into the river. Further up the left branch is another bridge with the centre section missing. On the left bank at the bottom is a church with a damaged roof. Many city buildings line the left bank. There are further built up areas on the right bank and between the two river branches. In the distance open countryside. Captioned 'Bremen'.]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> Germany--Bremen]]> Germany]]> Germany--Weser River]]> Europe--Elbe River]]>
On the right an aerial inclined photograph of a town with damaged buildings. In the bottom left roads in a grid pattern are lined with multistory buildings, some missing roofs or showing other signs of damage. In the centre a large white square building. A railway runs from centre right towards top left. A prominent road runs from bottom/middle right, parallel to railway before curving and passing under the railway. Beyond the railway line are further built up areas and open countryside. Captioned 'Bremen'.]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Geolocated (cumulative polygon)]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Germany--Bremen]]> Germany]]>
On the right an oblique aerial photograph showing a very badly damaged city. In the foreground most of the buildings have been reduced to rubble with just a few standing badly damaged on the right. In the middle left a church, the Marktkirche Hannover with several damaged multistory buildings to its left. Beyond the church are more city buildings with another church towards the top right. In the distance open countryside, the Georgengarten and straight avenue running through it. Captioned 'Hanover'.



]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Stuart Cummins]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Germany]]> Germany--Hannover]]>
On the right an oblique aerial photograph of a badly damaged town on a river, This is Kassel looking east, with the River Fulda zigzaging from middle left toward the bottom right. On the nearside buildings have mostly been reduced to rubble with just some standing walls. On the right is part of a multistory building. A road runs from bottom centre up through a roundabout to the river where the road bridge has totally disappeared. This is the Fuldabrucke bridge. Towards the left end of the river is a weir, the Staustufe Kassel, and lock with another intact bow string girder bridge beyond, the Ysenburgstrasse. On the far bank are more blocks of destroyed buildings and industrial areas. Beyond is open countryside with a few built up areas including various chimneys towards the top. Captioned 'Kassel'.]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Stuart Cummins]]> Geolocated]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Germany--Koblenz]]> Germany--Kassel]]> Germany]]> Rhine River]]> Germany--Fulda River]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal New Zealand Air Force]]> Royal Air Force]]>