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PWillettS19020079.jpg
Aerial reconnaissance photograph showing docks and railway sidings. Bomb craters visible. Image captioned 'Bremen'. River Weser is at the bottom of the photograph. U Boat construction dry dock visible on spit of land between the branches of the…

PWillettS19020060.jpg
Two aerial reconnaissance photographs. The first print has the caption '2004 D/30 542 Sqdn 15.2.43 F/20' and is annotated with 'Bomb plot (b) SA223 13.2.43 Dunkirk Neg No 19347' and numerous white dots towards the bottom of the print. The beach…

PWillettS19020057.jpg
Vertical aerial reconnaissance photograph of Southeast Lille, with significant areas of industrial buildings serviced with many railway lines and sidings with some domestic buildings mainly towards the top left. Agricultural land lies to the bottom…

SMuirA115170v10013.jpg
Left page:
Top, a view of white headstones.
Bottom, a woman next to an inscription on a wall.
Right page:
Top, air-to-air aerial photograph of two Short Stirling aircraft.
Bottom, Squadron Leader Andrew Muir, DFC's 115170 headstone in Rheinberg…

PWillettS19020001.jpg
Vertical aerial photograph of a Liberator with oily vapour streaming from one of the port engines which is also missing its propeller. A typewritten official description of how the aircraft was damaged is pasted to the reverse of the image. The…

SBondS-ElliottJv10045.jpg
Target photograph with docks visible bottom left and coastline top left. Further dock centre right with built up area around and above it. Rest of view is obscured by smoke/cloud. Photo damaged at centre top (look like explosions but actually pin…

SBondS-ElliottJv10011.jpg
Target photograph of coastline. Some roads and tracks are visible in between flares and smoke. Two round gun or searchlight emplacements are visible left of centre in lower half of photograph. Captioned '842NKL 25.9.44//8" 3000 138 degrees, 1221.…

PInwardJL2305.jpg
Air-to-air view of a Halifax flying with only starboard inner engine over a rural landscape. The aircraft is painted in camouflage colours and late 1942 roundels are on the wings and fuselage. The Rolls Royce Merlin engine spinners are painted white…

SBattleJ2004710v10040.jpg
A vertical aerial photograph taken during the bombing of Emmerich. The built up area to the north of the Rhine River has been heavily bombed and most of the detail is obscured by explosions. The south bank of the river is at the top of the photograph…

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A target photograph showing a rural landscape with fields and some roads with the outline of the fort to the lower right. The fort is covered with bomb craters and some smoke. The beach is seen lower left.
It is captioned '926 NKL 12-10-44 // 8"…

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A target photograph of Le Havre docks taken during a bombing operation. The docks and surrounding areas are visible with many explosions on the quaysides and in the docks themselves.
It is captioned '688KLS 14/6/44//8" 20,000' -->H. H625'
On the…

PShepherdGC1814.jpg
Air-to-air view from above rear quarter of an airborne Canberra flying over the Needles. Captioned "Canberra". Aircraft is prototype PR.3 code VX181.

Identification kindly provided by Andy Macdonald of the Unidentified photos of the British Isles…

PHolmanAW1929.jpg
An oblique aerial photograph of a large marshalling yard with many freight wagons. Multiple sidings some diverge towards the top of the view where large industrial buildings can be seen. Several goods platforms are to the lower right. The entire area…

PHolmanAW1923.jpg
An oblique aerial photograph of bomb damage at Duisburg. The area is residential, with many multi storied apartment buildings. All the buildings shown are destroyed and roofless. A wide road with trees either side runs through the left side of the…

PHolmanAW1912.jpg
An oblique aerial photograph of a bomb damaged road bridge over the Rhine. The spans lie in the river with the larger arch girder span towards the bottom of the photograph. The supporting tower in mid stream is also severely damaged. Damaged and…

PMackieNAJ21010024.jpg
Air-to-air view of Manchester, squadron letters 'OL-Q', registration 'L7427'. On the reverse 'Manchester B Mk1 L7427 of 83 Sqdn, originally taken by central press in 1942 at Scampton'.

PBurkeB1701.jpg
Three aerial photographs showing bomb craters and damage to the seawall. Much of the area is flooded. Houses and roads forming part of the village of Westkapelle are visible in the lower right corner of the main (topmost) photograph which is…

PBlamiresRG22020038.jpg
LH page, target photograph rural area with road running left to right and several buildings in top left. Many bomb explosions visible, captioned '429.EWS.30.7.44.//8" 2500 200(degrees) 0832.CAHAGNES MTT/TGT. U. 20 X 500.C.23 secs. F/Lt Josey. U.103'.…

SIvesonD19171121v10023.jpg
Air-to-air view of a Victor in flight. Aircraft shown is XA927, a Mk B.1. operated by 232 OCU from RAF Gaydon.
Newspaper article with caption. "The Victor....a familiar sight over the Warwickshire countryside these days"

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PBlamiresRG2214.jpg
Target photograph shows explosions with dust and smoke clouds. Some target indicator flares are to right. Rural area with some buildings visible in top left with track crossing left to right. Captioned '429.E.W.S. 30.7.44//8" 2.500 200(Degrees) 08.32…

PLaneEO1918.jpg
Target photograph of Turin with some ground visible in the lower part of the photograph through light flashes. Captioned '8' and '1320 Bin 12/13/7/43 NT 8' 19000 - 132 021 Turin RD B 1x 4000lb. 40x 30lb. 450x4lb. P10 F/O Lane 0.460'.

SUprichardWG[Ser#-DoB]v20068.jpg
A reconnaissance photograph of coastline and port of Flushing with four targets highlighted. The page has been annotated.

S.8 Petrol Store
S.27 Dornier Airframe factory
S.28 Submarine assembly & repair station
S.64 State owned peace-time civil…

SUprichardWG[Ser#-DoB]v20055.jpg
A reconnaissance photograph of the southern end of the docks at Kiel. Several ships are visible in docks or tied to jetties. Arrowed and annotated are the ships Gneisenau, Hipper, Lutzow and Scharnhorst. Hipper and Gneisenau are surrounded by box…

PUprichardWG1803.jpg
A reconnaissance photograph of the docks at Le Havre. Each dock has been named and numbered. The image is captioned 'H/146 PRU 65 f/8" 1.9.40 P'.

PSaundersJWG18020088.jpg
Air-to-air view of Airspeed AS 10 Oxford Mk.1 over a flat rural landscape with fields and woodland.

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