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SMathersRW55201v10002.jpg
Three photographs arranged in an album.

On the left page is a formal photograph of of 47 trainee airmen and one officer, arranged in 4 rows.
The righthand page is entitled '3rd DEC 1943 "9" SQUADRON 22ND MAY 1944'. It holds two…

PFOMetheringhamAF19050005.jpg
Vertical aerial photograph showing explosions and smoke coming up from what seems to be a power station or oil storage facility. There are two round towers or tanks partially visible through the smoke and the plant is surrounded by bomb-cratered open…

PRidingRH21050029.jpg
Three oblique aerial photographs from an album. From left to right:
1. Oblique aerial view of a peninsula or island with the coastline visible.
2. Aerial view of the ground. A road cuts through the topography in the lower part of the image.
3.…

PRidingRH21050052.jpg
Four photographs from an album.
1. An aerial oblique view of a a settlement on a snow covered hill side.
2. A view of some snow-covered trees.
3. An oblique aerial view of an airfield and surrounding farms.
4. An oblique aerial view of a lake set…

PRidingRH21050043.jpg
Three photographs in an album. From left to right:
1. Air to air view of Hudson L3 in flight.
2. Aerial photograph of some unidentified coastline.
3. Oblique aerial view of an area of sea.

PRidingRH21050064.jpg
Nine photographs from an album. Starting at top left:
#1 is a view of a volcano with a smoke plume.
#2 is an oblique aerial view of Stromboli.
#3 is an oblique aerial view of an island. A beach with surf can be seen, as can the outline of the…

PBirdJH18010011.jpg
A target photograph taken during an operation to Almasfuzito. The left and bottom of the image are obscured by light trails and glare. To the right and upper areas the refinery and roads can be seen. It is annotated 'A4' and captioned:
'1361. FOG.…

SPowellNI1896919v10002-0004.jpg
Two low quality target photographs of Argenta and Padua. The upper image (upside down) has no discernible detail and glare covers more than half. It is captioned:
104/71. 12/13 MARCH 45. F8"//8200 - 28 14.50 PADUA
W 4x1000. 8x500 MkIII 22. F/O WARD…

PBirdJH18010038.jpg
Sergeant Bird's crew award for the best photographs for August 1944. The artwork comprises a drawing of a Wellington with Bird and his crew, Boulton, Bentley, Dean and Beckett named below, set against a circular ribbon with the words: 'THE BEST…

PBirdJH18010045.jpg
1. Two young men, standing in the sea.
2. A young man, wearing shorts and boots, sitting in the sun. Behind him is some material suspended on posts, like a windbreak. Some towels are hanging above this and at the left edge of the photograph there is…

PWhittakerH1713.jpg
A near vertical aerial photograph of Bergen Harbour, showing its entire layout, with the town in the centre. In the town the seven-sided lake, Lille Lungegardsvannet, next to the Festplassen can be identified. Above this is the large body of water…

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An oblique aerial photograph of Bergen Harbour showing a number of vessels operating in the waters surrounding the town. Bergen occupies the central part of the image and in the centre left of the image can be seen the water of Lille…

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A target photograph of Berlin orientated with south-east to the top. In the upper right corner the Spree river winds it way through the city. In the middle of the photograph is a significant area of glare and just below this are the docks of…

PWhitworthJ1515.jpg
Target photograph taken on an operation to Berlin. Several streaks of light are clustered toward the top left of the photograph and others are across the centre and lower half. No ground features are visible. One small flare is visible to the right…

PDarbyCAH18010009.jpg
A vertical aerial photograph of Bocholt. On the left side is the distinctive diamond shape of Friedhof Bocholt cemetery and on the middle left edge is the artificial lake, the Bocholter Aasee. The upper left quarter of the image shows open…

SCockramJC419379v10027.pdf
Operation 28 for the crew. Two navigation sheets with only the Observations on route recorded. Part of a plotting map showing the route to and from Bochum.
A target photograph in which the ground is almost completely obscured by smoke or cloud. It…

SCockramJC419379v10033.jpg
A target photograph taken on an operation to Bochum. Most of the image shows puffs of smoke and light trails but some ground detail can be seen through the haze. The photograph is annotated '5B and captioned:'2956 DRF. 4/5-11-44//NT(C) 7" 18000.…

PBirdJH18010025.jpg
A target photograph taken on an operation to the Bologna Main Marshalling Yards. Fields and roads are visible in most of the image. There is an area of glare at the left edge, which obscure some ground detail. The photograph is annotated 'A4' and…

PBirdJH18010028.jpg
On the left page is a handwritten summary of an operation to the marshalling yards in Bologna, Italy.
On the righthand page is a target photograph taken on that operation. The central part is obscured by smoke and light but around this some roads…

PPearceAT16030029.jpg
Five photographs from an album page. From top left to bottom right:
1. A target photograph showing open countryside. On the left is a line of bomb craters in fields. Roads are also visible here as is a railway line. On the right, the ground is…

PPearceAT16030023.jpg
A collection of photographs in an album. From top left to bottom right:
1. Target photograph showing three bombs falling towards cloud and fields. There is no caption to identify the target.
2. Target photograph. The ground is mostly obscured by…

PPowellNI19030003.jpg
Two copies of a target photographs taken on an operation to Brück. Smoke from explosions and light trails from tracer. Both copies are captioned:
'2723 104/77. 19/20-MAR-45. F8 NT//9000' → 355°. 22.021/2 BRUCK M/YDS.
G. 4x1000. 8x500 Mk III 21.…

PWebsterE1807.jpg
A target photograph for an operation to Bremerhaven. On the right there is illuminated smoke or cloud and some light trails. The rest of the image is dark and there is no ground detail. It is captioned:
'2922 SKELL. 18/19.9.44// NT. 8" 15000…

PPowellNI19030009.jpg
Aerial vertical target photograph of Brescia, orientated with south west at the top edge. The image shows
good detail of the town's streets with the distinctive Cimitero Vantiniano in the centre. In the upper centre is a glare from a large fire or…

SPowellNI1896919v10002-0002.jpg
Low quality copies of target photographs of Brescia and supply drop at Crnomelj.
The Brescia image shows some ground detail in which the distinctive Cimitero Vantiniano is identifiable. Around half of the photograph is obscured by glare. It is…
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