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Wizernes

Target photograph showing open countryside with fields and roads. In the centre is a large area with many craters. Caption '242, W.S., 24.6.44, 8", 17300, 1`12 degrees, R., R., 617'. On the reverse '51:96/26'.

Tags: 617 Squadron; aerial photograph; bombing; bombing of the Wizernes V-2 site (20, 22, 24 June 1944); Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Tallboy; target photograph; V-2; V-weapon

Wizernes

Target photograph showing open countryside with fields and roads. In the centre a large area with many craters. Caption '246, W.S., 24.6.44, 8", 17200, 150 degrees, B1, O, 617'. On the reverse '51:96/28'.

Tags: 617 Squadron; aerial photograph; bombing; bombing of the Wizernes V-2 site (20, 22, 24 June 1944); Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Tallboy; target photograph; V-2; V-weapon

Woman and dogs at Petwood hotel

A member of the Woman's Auxiliary Air Force kneeling in snow with two dogs either side of her. In the background a two story building with gabled windows. Reported as Leonard Cheshire's poodle Simon (on the right) with Kitty McQuillan WAAF (later…

Tags: 617 Squadron; animal; Cheshire, Geoffrey Leonard (1917-1992); ground personnel; mess; military living conditions; Women’s Auxiliary Air Force

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