Top: Eight aircrew in battledress, seven standing in a line by the open rear door of a Lancaster and one seated on the tailplane. It is captioned: 'Crew of PA 320 AY-S'.
Bottom left: Vertical aerial photograph showing roads and gutted buildings in a town or city.
Bottom right: Oblique aerial photograph showing roads and bomb damaged and gutted buildings in a town or city.
Both are captioned: 'Bomb damage at Dusseldorf [sic]'.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending geolocation]]> Royall, George. No 166 Squadron]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Germany]]> Germany--Düsseldorf]]>
On the opposite page of the album is a handwritten summary of the operation.]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Andy Fitter]]> Pending geolocation]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Italy]]> Italy--Bologna]]> 1944-08-24]]> 1944-08-25]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Stuart Cummins]]> Pending identification. Places]]> Pending geolocation]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Photograph 2 is a low level oblique photograph of Cologne, with bomb damaged Hohenzollern Bridge.
Photograph 4 is a low level oblique photograph of Wesel with bomb damaged bridges.
Captioned 'Bridges across the Rhine, Nr Emmerich [sic], Germany'.
Photographs 6, 7, 8 and 9 are street scenes showing bomb damage. They are captioned 'Emmerich, Germany, 5 Aug 1945.'

Correction kindly provided by Ed Strohmaier and David Frampton od the Finding the location WW1 & WW2 Facebook Group.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending geolocation]]> Geolocated (cumulative polygon)]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Civilian]]> Germany]]> Germany--Emmerich]]> Germany--Wesel (North Rhine-Westphalia)]]> Rhine River]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> Germany--Cologne]]> 1945-08-05]]>
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 obscured by smoke. The photograph is annotated '3B' but there is no caption to identify the target.
2. Photograph of a man wearing cowboy clothes and seated on a horse.
3. Photograph of a man, wearing shoes but no shirt, sitting on the stern of a boat. He is leaning against a flagstaff.
4. Vertical aerial photograph of a small bay and beach showing houses and roads of a coastal town. The upper left corner of the image is obscured.
5. A target photograph showing countryside and towns. Buildings and roads are visible as is a railway line running vertically through the image. Smoke from numerous smoke generators is drifting over the area. There is no caption to indicate the target.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> Andy Fitter]]> Pending identification. Places]]> Pending geolocation]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Civilian]]>
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 cloud but some detail is visible at left and right. The photograph is annotated '3B' but there is no caption to identify the target.
3. An air-to-air photograph of another aircraft flying over hills.
4. An oblique aerial photograph of Pentire near Newquay in Cornwall. The Warren coastline, Crantock Beach and the River Ganel are clearly visible.
5. An oblique aerial photograph of coastal cliffs with some hills in the distance.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> Andy Fitter]]> Pending identification. Places]]> Pending geolocation]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Newquay]]> England--Cornwall (County)]]>
Bottom - oblique aerial photograph of a city with many ruined domestic and factory buildings and two tall chimneys. Railway line on embankment running across middle of photograph from left to right appears to be damaged. Foreground shows garden allotments and several large bomb craters are visible among dead trees. Both captioned 'Bremen'. Both submitted with description 'Oblique "Cook's tour" aerial view of Bremen. May 45'.

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IBCC Digital Archive]]> Stuart Cummins]]> Pending geolocation]]> Photograph]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Germany]]> Germany--Bremen]]> 1945-05]]>
The photo is captioned '(T) Ched 23.5.45//7" J 218'.
On the reverse 'Crown Copyright Reserved' and 'Bremen'.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending geolocation]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Germany--Bremen]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> England--Suffolk]]> 1945-05-23]]>
RH page, caption 'Souvenir of the return boat trip on the Queen Mary'. ]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Stuart Cummins]]> Pending geolocation]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> France]]> France--Saint-Lô]]> 1943-07-30]]> Photo 2 is a vertical aerial photograph of the Calais area. The operation is to destroy a rocket launch site. Many bomb craters can be seen.]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> David Bloomfield]]> Anne-Marie Watson]]> Pending geolocation]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> France]]> Great Britain]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> France--Calais]]> 1944-09-26]]> Photo 1 is an airman on a freight wagon ladder, captioned 'Arthur'.
Photo 2 is an airman standing on the roof of a freight wagon.
Photo 3 is a steam engine.
Photo 4 is a grain elevator at the side of the tracks.
Photo 5 is a steam engine, captioned 'No 1 Train Vancouver Montreal'.
Photo 6 is a station, captioned 'Rivers'.
Photo 7 is an aerial photograph of Rivers, captioned 'The worst little city in the west'.
Photo 8 is a sign 'Royal Canadian Air Force Air Navigation School British Commonwealth Air Training Plan'.
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IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending identification. Places]]> Pending geolocation]]> Pending identification. Things]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> PSaundersEJ20010050]]> Civilian]]> Royal Canadian Air Force]]> Royal Air Force]]> Canada]]> Manitoba]]> Manitoba--Rivers]]>

Top right air-to-air view of front quarter of a Wellington with a Spitfire close astern breaking off to the right.

Bottom left a ground to air view of a glider being towed from right to left by a C-47 in the distance.

Bottom right a side on view of a C-47 facing right parked on the grass the other side of a taxiway. In the foreground bushes and to the right below the taxiway a group of people, one with a bicycle.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending identification. Places]]> Pending geolocation]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> United States Army Air Force]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending geolocation]]> Pending identification. Places]]> Photograph]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending geolocation]]> Pending identification. Places]]> Photograph]]> Civilian]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending geolocation]]> Pending identification. Places]]> Photograph]]> '[ illegible] MEW, 27 11 44 //8" 18200 115 º 1508, KOLN D
1 HC 4000IN 14ANM64DT IFRCS C 35 SECS F/O CUTHILL D 149.']]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> Andy Fitter]]> Pending geolocation]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Germany]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> Germany--Cologne]]> 1944-11-27]]>
It is captioned '1547 Tud 27.11.44 II 8" 19500' 114° 1507 Koln-Kalk WI 1HC 4000IN 14 GP500DT. 2ANM58DT. C37secs F/o Wade P.90'.]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Stuart Cummins]]> Pending geolocation]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Germany]]> Germany--Cologne]]> 1944-11-27]]> 1944-11-28]]>
Identification kindly provided by Ludger Keiser of the Finding the location WW1 & WW2 Facebook group.
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IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending geolocation]]> Photograph]]> Civilian]]> Germany]]> Germany--Dortmund]]>
DUISBERG. R. 11 X 1000. 4 X 500. C34SECS. F/O McRITCHIE. Z. 75.'
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IBCC Digital Archive]]> Stuart Cummins]]> Andy Fitter]]> Pending geolocation]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Germany]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> Germany--Duisburg]]> 1944-10-14]]>
Photo 1 is an Anson viewed from the port/rear, captioned 'The "Flying Greenhouse" '.
Photo 2 is three Ansons outside a hangar, captioned 'Warming Up'.
Photo 3 is three airmen standing at the front of an Anson, captioned 'Our flying suits get their first outing. Wag Ramsay and I'
Photo 4 is two men in flying suits in front of an Anson.
Photo 5 is a port side view of an Anson with its engines running, captioned 'Ready for Take-off Sir'.
Photo 6 is a snowy view of the base, captioned 'Airborne Wheels Up'.
Photo 7 is Sam at his station, captioned 'First Navigator (me)'.
Photo 8 is the back of the pilot in flight, captioned 'Pilot Mr Thomas'.
Photo 9 is an airman at his station, captioned 'Second Navigator "Wag" '.
Photo 10 is a snowy landscape of houses, captioned 'St James, Winnipeg 500' '
Photo 11 and 12 are two views of Winnipeg at 12,000' captioned 'Puzzle - find the airport'.
Photo 13 is a snowy wooded valley captioned 'Temp at 6,000' -40° F'.
Photo 14 and 16 are buildings in a snowy landscape, captioned 'Morris, Manitoba'.
Photo 15 is mostly trees from the air, captioned 'Riding Mountain National Park'.
Photo 16 is an air to air of the starboard side of an Anson.
Photo 18 is snowy houses, captioned 'Back at St James'.
Photo 19 is the snow covered base, captioned 'Wheels Down Landing'.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending geolocation]]> Pending identification. Places]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> PSaundersEJ20010013,
PSaundersEJ20010014,
PSaundersEJ20010015,
PSaundersEJ20010016]]>
Royal Air Force]]> Canada]]> Manitoba--Winnipeg]]> Manitoba]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending geolocation]]> Pending identification. Places]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending geolocation]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Germany]]> Germany--Freilassing]]> 1945-04-25]]> 1945-04-26]]> Above is captioned with details of the operation.
The photograph is captioned '2656.LMG.25.6.44// 8" 12600 -->135° 0900 Gorenflos Raid A. 13 x 500 c secs W/O Puskas A 429'.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> Tricia Marshall]]> Pending geolocation]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Canadian Air Force]]> France]]> France--Somme]]> 1944-06-25]]>
The image is annotated '26565. LMG. 25.6.44// 8" 12600 --135° 0900 Goenflos Raid .A. 13x500 c secs W/O Puskas .A.429']]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending geolocation]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Canadian Air Force]]> France]]> Great Britain]]> England--Yorkshire]]> France--Somme]]> 1944-06-25]]> 1944-06-26]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Mike Stilgoe]]> Pending geolocation]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Canadian Air Force]]> France]]> France--Somme]]> 1944]]>