Coastal Defences

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Title

Coastal Defences

Description

An oblique aerial photograph of the French coast. A production unit is making concrete pyramids and a railway track runs into the sea. The shadow of the Lightning aircraft is visible indicating how low the aircraft is. It is annotated 'S France coastal defences' and 'Concrete pyramids for [indecipherable] obstacles'.
It is captioned '0402 23SG 653. 5PG.24.7.44 1030 F12" (RO) . 200' Confidential'.

Date

1944-07-24

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Format

One b/w photograph

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Identifier

PClaptonG20010003

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Citation

“Coastal Defences,” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed April 27, 2025, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/document/34406.

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