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Top left an aerial vertical photograph of waterway junction with bridge. Canal or river runs from top left down towards bottom right. Splits into two branches towards the bottom. Right branch has road bridge crossing to the land between the two…

A car parked in front of a large single storey thatched building. Another car in the background left. In front a sign pointing right 'To the Hippo Pools'. On the reverse 'Stayed here one night. Hippo not far away but didn't see any as the weather…

Air to ground view of city with tall buildings in the centre

Air to ground vertical view of several city blocks. Square grid of roads.

Coast street scene along a curved promenade with a man walking. There are utility poles, with wires attached running to a row of flat roofed buildings.

Air to ground view of coastal low cliffs run bottom left to right with open countryside beyond.

A colonnade of businesses including Victory Restaurant, Victory Stores and Bata shop. Advertising placards against the colonnade. Utility poles, trees and pedestrians.

Left - convoy of military lorries on road through tented camp.
Right - a group of airmen standing behind a truck, with some others climbing onto it. Vehicle parked in street with buildings in the background.

A convoy of small lorries including a tanker parked at the side of road. In front centre are three airmen standing. In the background a row of houses.

Convoy of small lorries parked in row at side of street. In the background a row of houses.On the reverse 'Operation [indecipherable], 2 i/c'.

A large crowd of men and women, some in uniform, in a ballroom. Taken from above.

A vertical aerial photograph of a destroyed truss bridge.

On the left a crane which is lifting a DH.82B Queen Bee remotely piloted aircraft. Men are holding guide ropes attached to tail and wings. Other men are standing by a launch cradle on a long lattice work launch track. In the foreground a man looks…

A view looking down at the dockside. There are several small jetties and a small floating crane.

Single storey stone building with three entrances. The central entrance is arched and the whole is topped by a large stone dome.

Top left, a baby sitting on a checked rug in a garden,
Top centre, a woman lying back on a lawn with a baby on her lap and a dog on the right. In the background bushes.
Top right, a woman wearing a dark boiler suit standing in front of a double…

Nine photographs from an album.
#1 is a riverside view with a ferry and buildings.
#2 is a creek with crops and buildings behind.
#3 is a building.
#4 is an arch with seven flags.
#5 is a creek with small boats and buildings.
#6 to 9 are headed…

19 photographs from an album.
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,…

Five airmen wearing khaki shorts and shirts, two holding pith helmets, sitting and leaning on a balustrade wall by a beach. Bernard Ross is second from the left. Another shirtless man sits further along on the right. Sign on the wall states 'Officers…

A low level aerial oblique of flat farmland. A road crosses left to right with a few houses. On the image is annotated 'PE-J Q-2'.

Large two storied flat roofed brick building with external staircase leading to the roof. There is the letter ‘G’ denoted on the roof line of the building. The first floor windows have external horizontal lifting shutters. There are men outside…

Top left: looking down on plain from wooded hillside.
Top centre: Two men on a forested hillside.
Top right: Buildings at the foot of cleared, terraced hillside.
Bottom left: Two men in a wooded gully, A F Nye (right).
Bottom centre: Looking down…

Two men and two women all wearing fur coats walking on snow covered ground with building in the background. On the reverse Polish caption with date 13/2/40 and note 'M + F, Liz, visiting Wilna'.

Top left - a river flows from bottom to right side with buildings either side. Half way up a destroyed bridge.
Top right - an RAF pilot wearing battledress with pilot's brevet and peaked cap sitting in a chair asleep.
Bottom left - an RAF officer…

The corner of a tall building with a palm tree in front.