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Luton
Left page: view of Luton with German annotation. Right page: top left, report of rocket development. Top right, Barracuda in flight with tail wheel showing. Middle left, three airmen standing alongside a Barracuda. Middle right, lifeboat alongside…
Targets
Left page: top, two flying Whitley aircraft passing over the Dutch coast.
Middle left, aerial view of Hamburg docks.
Middle right, bombing targets and fires in Gelsenkirchen.
Bottom left, bombing of Boulogne harbour.
Bottom right, a woman…
Middle left, aerial view of Hamburg docks.
Middle right, bombing targets and fires in Gelsenkirchen.
Bottom left, bombing of Boulogne harbour.
Bottom right, a woman…
Aerial views
Left page: a view of central London including the Tower of London, Tower Bridge and the royal yacht Britannia, annotated 'All photographs taken from the air and Bob as pilot'. Right page: top, Berkhamsted.Bottom, Park View Road, Berkhamsted.
Tags: aerial photograph; aircrew; pilot
Civilian life
Left page: top two girls, annotated 'Hilly (6) Fiona (7)'.
Bottom; six children sat in a cart.
Right page: top, a group of seven men standing alongside an aircraft with a man standing in its open doorway, annotated 'Bob was engaged in charter…
Bottom; six children sat in a cart.
Right page: top, a group of seven men standing alongside an aircraft with a man standing in its open doorway, annotated 'Bob was engaged in charter…
Tags: aerial photograph; aircrew; pilot
Osterfeld
Target photograph of Osterfeld (Oberhausen-Sterkrade). Roads and buildings are visible as are the Rhine-Herne Canal and railway running from centre left to upper right. Smoke can be seen in the lower left quadrant of the image and there is some glare…
Wesel
Target photograph of Wesel. Some roads and railway tracks can be seen in the upper half while at the centre there are several plumes of smoke. The whole area is covered by thin cloud.
It is captioned: "2952 MEP. 16.2.45//7" 19,000' 112º 1600 WESEL.…
It is captioned: "2952 MEP. 16.2.45//7" 19,000' 112º 1600 WESEL.…
Koln-Gremberg
A target photograph of snow covered Koln-Gremberg. In the upper, right quadrant are some marshalling yards and the River Rhine, partially obscured by cloud. In the upper and lower left quadrants is a main railway line. At upper centre is an area of…
Vohwinkel
Target photograph of Vohwinkel. In the lower right quadrant rail tracks and sidings are visible, alongside which is a distinctive complex of roads and buildings. The buildings and streets of Gräfrath can be seen at the centre left of the image while…
Mulberry Harbour
An oblique aerial photograph, taken looking west, of Mulberry B (Port Winston) and the coastline at Gold Beach.
At centre left is the town of Arromanches-les-Bains from which three floating piers lead to their pier heads. At lower centre is the…
At centre left is the town of Arromanches-les-Bains from which three floating piers lead to their pier heads. At lower centre is the…
St Albert
Two oblique aerial photographs of a large school with some outbuildings in a snowy landscape near St Albert, Edmonton. Poundmaker Road and Canadian National Railway tracks are also visible. Identification kindly provided by Steven Boisvert of the…
Tags: aerial photograph
Josephburg Grain Silos
An oblique aerial photograph of four grain silos.
In Bob's memoirs he identifies these as being at Josephburg, close to Fort Saskatchewan.
In Bob's memoirs he identifies these as being at Josephburg, close to Fort Saskatchewan.
Tags: aerial photograph
Bridge over the North Saskatchewan River
An oblique aerial view of a railway bridge crossing a river.
In Bob's memoirs he identifies the bridge as over the North Saskatchewan River about 1.5 miles SW of Fort Saskatchewan looking in the general direction of Edmonton.
In Bob's memoirs he identifies the bridge as over the North Saskatchewan River about 1.5 miles SW of Fort Saskatchewan looking in the general direction of Edmonton.
Tags: aerial photograph
Carbondale Grain Silo
Two oblique aerial photographs of a grain silo at a railway junction. The ground is covered in snow.
In Bob's memoirs the location is identified as Carbondale, a few miles north of Edmonton.
In Bob's memoirs the location is identified as Carbondale, a few miles north of Edmonton.
Tags: aerial photograph
Udine Signal Square and Control Tower
Oblique aerial views of the signal square and control tower at Udine airfield. Two C-47s can be seen on the hard standing. Airfield marking reads "LIGHT AIRCRAFT".
In the background, the 'caserma avieri', the 'Voisin' hangars, the main road, and the…
In the background, the 'caserma avieri', the 'Voisin' hangars, the main road, and the…
Tags: aerial photograph; C-47; control tower; hangar; RAF Udine; taxiway
Djibouti
A low level oblique of Djibouti. Streets are laid out in a regular grid pattern. On the reverse 'Djibouti (French Somaliland)'.
Tags: aerial photograph
St. George Cathedral and surroundings
An aerial view of a domed church with large crowds visible.
On the reverse 'Adis Abbaba [sic] (Abyssinia)'.
On the reverse 'Adis Abbaba [sic] (Abyssinia)'.
Tags: aerial photograph
Sangatte and course photograph
LH page, target photograph of the coastline southwest of Sangatte, with the current D940 road. Captioned '953 EWS 20.9.44// 8" 3000 120 (degrees) 1640 Sangatte ? U 13 X 1000 4 X 500 16secs F/L Josey U 103'. Handwritten caption 'Daylight on coastal…
Vire and Cape Town
LH page target photograph, rural area, some explosions visible, captioned '4B. 3637? EWS 6/7.6.44 ? 5000 ? 130 degrees. ? Vire(Eastern? 18x500. Disco. F/O Josey. 103' Handwritten caption '"Bombs Gone" photograph - taken on D night by means of a…
Ontario views
The photograph on the left of the left page shows an aerial view of Kincardine taken from an aircraft. The wing of the aircraft can be seen in the right of the photograph.
The photograph on the right of the left page shows an aerial view of the…
The photograph on the right of the left page shows an aerial view of the…
Tags: aerial photograph; training
Ontario views
The photograph on the top left of the left page shows an aerial view of Picton airfield Ontario.
The photograph on the top right of the left page shows an aerial view of Picton airfield with a runway in the background. A wing of an aircraft can be…
The photograph on the top right of the left page shows an aerial view of Picton airfield with a runway in the background. A wing of an aircraft can be…
Tags: aerial photograph; perimeter track; runway
School sports and an aerial view of Goderich
The left photograph shows an aerial view of Goderich, Ontario, Canada. The photo is taken facing east from just south of the town centre, towards the Maitland River; the geometric area of trees in the upper centre of the image is Courthouse Square.…
Tags: aerial photograph; sport; training
Men at Manston
Top left and bottom right photographs both show men outside a building and the centre photo shows various buildings at Manston.
Tags: aerial photograph; RAF Manston
Ladbergen
Two sequential vertical aerial photographs of Ladbergen. Both show snow covered fields and the Dortmund-Ems canal. A bomb is visible in the second image.
The first is captioned '4092 Skell.1.1.45//8" 12000 050° 1119 Ladbergen. T. 14MC 1000.LD.…
The first is captioned '4092 Skell.1.1.45//8" 12000 050° 1119 Ladbergen. T. 14MC 1000.LD.…
Leuna Chemical Plant
A newspaper cutting with an aerial photograph of the chemical plant at Leuna.
Tags: aerial photograph