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Den Helder
An aerial vertical photograph showing the mouth of a river meeting open water with town and docks on the right. River runs from top downwards before bending left to meet open water. At the river mouth on the left is a defensive fortification. The…
Destroyed Bridge
A vertical aerial photograph of a destroyed truss bridge.
Dieppe
Aerial vertical photograph of a coastal port. Coastline runs from top right to bottom left with open sea to the right. One quarter way up from left there is an inlet with breakwaters which leads into inland dock basins surrounded by a town. There are…
Dieppe and Ostend
Top left - reconnaissance photograph showing the port of Dieppe. Basin running middle left to top right with many barges tied up. River runs above top edge of basin with industrial building between. Below basin more industrial buildings and a further…
Dijon
Night target photograph showing railway with marshalling yard, glare in centre and tracer. captioned '4379.HLM 10/11-8-44//NT 8" 11000 >065degrees.0024. Dijon RD.C1 6x1000 3x500 C 21 secs F/S Jubb 0 76'.
This item was sent to the IBCC Digital…
This item was sent to the IBCC Digital…
Djibouti
A low level oblique of Djibouti. Streets are laid out in a regular grid pattern. On the reverse 'Djibouti (French Somaliland)'.
Dobolj railway bridge
Vertical aerial photograph of the railway line near Doboj and the Bosna river. There are some explosions. Captioned '2740/52 5 Jan 45 F8"// 8000° [arrow] 11.00 1/2 R.R. Dobolj Rly Bdg. Sgt. Hanson. F/Sgt Jones B/A'.
Domburg
Target photograph of sea wall with sea on left and land on right. Many bomb explosions visible. Annotated with aiming point in red ink. Captioned '2871 DRF 29-10-44//8"8,500. 110.1216. Domburg W.284, R.9 ANM59DN.4AMN64DN.C.24sec.F/S Jubb.R.462'.…
Domburg
Target photograph of open heathland with canalised ditch running top to bottom. The ditch has tracks either side and several crossing points. Craters are visible, particularly in lower left with one row crossing ditch with one crater visible within…
Domburg/Westkapelle, Walcheren Island
Operation 31 for the crew. Three sheets of a Navigation Log showing the route to be taken to and from the target and the Observations made along the way. Part of a Plotting Map showing the route to and from Domburg on Walcheren Island. On the reverse…
Donges
Target photograph of Donges. Light streaks and red dot just above centre of photograph. Captioned '5°F', '8B', '1450 SKELL.24/25.7.44//NT.8" 10750' [arrow] 315° 0143 DONGES RD.E.11X1000.4X500.22secs.F/LT FLINT.E.50.' On the reverse '[underlined]…
Donges
Target photograph of Donges. Little detail visible, red dot just right of centre. Light streaks and small number of explosions. Captioned '8°F', '7B', '1449 SKELL.24/25/7.44//NT.8" 8600' [arrow] 314° 0142 DONGES RD.V.11X1000,4X500.19secs.F/LT…
Donges Oil Refinery, France
Two reconnaissance photographs of the Donges oil refinery, near Nantes in France before and after the bombing operations.
The photographs were released for publication in newspapers.
The second photograph shows extensive damage with many buildings,…
The photographs were released for publication in newspapers.
The second photograph shows extensive damage with many buildings,…
Dortmund
Three photographs of Dortmund residential areas. Only skeletons of buildings are remaining.
Identification kindly provided by Ludger Keiser of the Finding the location WW1 & WW2 Facebook group.
Identification kindly provided by Ludger Keiser of the Finding the location WW1 & WW2 Facebook group.
Dortmund
A vertical aerial photograph of Dortmund during an operation at night. No detail on the ground is visible and half the image is obscured by anti-aircraft fire. Annotated '1863 MEP 6/7.10.44// NT. 8” 21,000 [arrow] 310[degrees] 2030 DORTMUND. N. 1…
Dortmund
Aerial inclined photograph showing a snow covered city landscape with multistory buildings. A road leads from bottom centre towards the top left with another road joining it leading off towards the top right. In the foreground are a number of…
Dortmund
Aerial inclined photograph showing a factory complex surrounded at the top with multistory town buildings and to the left by gardens/allotments. In the centre a large factory complex with long buildings running diagonally right to left and above them…
Dortmund
A vertical aerial photograph of Mainz Hoesch Benzin Synthetic Oil Plant, and Westfalenhutte steelworks located north-east of Dortmund city. The image shows cloud, craters, and extensive bomb damage amongst the predominately factory and other…
Dortmund and Cologne
Three photographs from an album.
Photo 1 is three or four aircraft turning to port after bombing Dortmund. Aircraft shadows confuse the numbers involved.
Photo 2 is a vertical aerial photograph of the marshalling yards at Nordfalk, Cologne.
Photo…
Photo 1 is three or four aircraft turning to port after bombing Dortmund. Aircraft shadows confuse the numbers involved.
Photo 2 is a vertical aerial photograph of the marshalling yards at Nordfalk, Cologne.
Photo…
Dortmund Industrial Area
A vertical aerial photograph of Dortmund.
The photo is captioned '(T) Ched 23.5.45//7" J 218'.
On the reverse 'Crown Copyright Reserved' and 'Dortmund'.
The photo is captioned '(T) Ched 23.5.45//7" J 218'.
On the reverse 'Crown Copyright Reserved' and 'Dortmund'.
Dortmund-Ems Canal
Vertical aerial of bombing damage on the Dortmund-Ems Canal. There are many craters and tracks of bulldozers undertaking repairs. A bridge shows little sign of damage. Captioned 'Dortmund-Ems Canal'.
Dortmund-Ems canal at Ladbergen
Target photograph showing the Canal running from middle left to bottom right. A road runs from two thirds way up left side and crosses the canal in the bottom right quarter before running to bottom edge. There are minor roads and open country and…
Dortmund-Ems Canal near Ladbergen
Reconnaissance photograph showing the canal running left to right with a destroyed river over canal bridge circles in the centre. Many bomb craters both sides of canal.
Dortmund-Hansa
Target photograph for an operation to Dortmund - Hansa. An area of glare occupies the lower part of the image and there is another down the left side. The rest is in darkness and n ground detail is visible. The photograph is annotated '6' and…
Douai
Vertical aerial photograph of Douai. In the lower half the centre of the town is visible but above that cloud and explosions obscure much of the rest. Captioned '5854 BIN 11-8-44 //8 16000' [arrow] 350° 1624 1/2 Douai Li…