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Dusseldorf
An oblique aerial photograph showing damage to buildings in Dusseldorf, as indicated by label at the bottom of the image, submitted with caption; “Bomb damage on Dusseldorf”.
Tags: aerial photograph; bombing; Cook’s tour
Cologne Bridges
An oblique aerial photograph of Cologne, showing destroyed bridges, submitted with caption; “Damage to bridges over the Rhine.”
Tags: aerial photograph; bombing; Cook’s tour
Essen
An oblique aerial photograph of Essen, photograph shows damage to buildings, submitted with caption; “Bomb damage to Essen.”
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Wesel
An oblique aerial photograph, just catching the starboard engines of the aircraft, is labelled as Wesel, showing almost total destruction of buildings. The prominent building top middle is Berliner Tor. The cleared road leading to it and around it,…
Tags: aerial photograph; bombing; Cook’s tour
Walchern Floods
A very low level oblique aerial photograph of Walchern Floods, shows buildings partially submerged in water, submitted with caption; “Part of Holland flooded by Germans at Walchern.”
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Vlissingen
A vertical aerial photograph showing several new breaches in the sea defences with areas of land in process of being flooded. Submitted with caption; “Sea wall broken at Flushing.” Fort Rammekens is at the top of the photograph, with village of…
Argentan Marshalling Yard
A vertical aerial photograph showing rail marshalling yard at Argentan. Road running parallel to railway tracks from lower left to upper right (now D158) with another joining from top left (now D238A). Argentan railway station is visible opposite…
Dreux Rail Facilities
A vertical aerial photograph of Dreux, with rail facility in lower left quarter. Main line runs from rail facilities to top right, with secondary line veering off to the right and curving down to bottom right hand corner. Town is above the railway,…
Le Culot Airfield
A vertical aerial photograph showing bomb damage to runways and surrounding area of airfield, submitted with caption; “Le Culot airfield in Belgium”.
Lancasters in flight
Three air-to-air photographs of Lancaster.
#1 is a view looking down on a Lancaster in flight.
#2 is a view of an airfield across the starboard engines starboard side.
#3 is a view of two Lancasters.
#1 is a view looking down on a Lancaster in flight.
#2 is a view of an airfield across the starboard engines starboard side.
#3 is a view of two Lancasters.
Tags: aerial photograph; Lancaster
Picton Airbase
An oblique aerial photograph of the airbase at Picton. There is a row of aircraft, five hangars and many other buildings.
On the reverse 'Picton aerodrome. Picton Manitoba' [sic]
On the reverse 'Picton aerodrome. Picton Manitoba' [sic]
Tags: aerial photograph; hangar; training
Road Crossing Flat Lands
A low level aerial oblique photograph of a road crossing. Annotated on the image is 'PE-J Q-4'.
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Goderich
An oblique aerial photograph of Goderich and Maitland River with Menesetung Bridge.
Identification kindly provided by Andrew Gordon of the Finding the location WW1 & WW2 Facebook group, and by Fynn Titford-Mock, with additional backing by Richard…
Identification kindly provided by Andrew Gordon of the Finding the location WW1 & WW2 Facebook group, and by Fynn Titford-Mock, with additional backing by Richard…
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Ludwigshafen
An oblique aerial photograph of Ludwigshafen. The foreground appears residential but in the middle distance are large factories. Damage has been inflicted on the buildings.
Identification kindly provided by Andrew Gordon and Stéphane Van de Putte…
Identification kindly provided by Andrew Gordon and Stéphane Van de Putte…
Tags: aerial photograph; bombing; Cook’s tour
Dunkirk Dockyard
Oblique aerial photograph of Dunkirk docks. Incomplete hulls of two oil tankers at bottom right, likely to be La Saône and La Seine. Extensive damage visible in the bottom left corner.
Identification kindly provided by Gareth Hughes, Christopher…
Identification kindly provided by Gareth Hughes, Christopher…
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Flat Farmland
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'.
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Hereford
A vertical aerial photograph showing the city. River Wye meanders through the left side. Two railway lines run from the bottom and meet halfway to the top. The image is annotated 'Recco.519 P/O Leadbetter 9.9.44'.
On the reverse -
'Assumed Posn…
On the reverse -
'Assumed Posn…
Skomer Islands
A vertical aerial photograph of a group of islands including Skomer, West Wales. It is annotated '3PP Recco.519 P/O Leadbetter 9.9.44'.
Cologne, Germany - May 1945
A low level oblique aerial photograph of Cologne showing the cathedral, severely damaged building and a destroyed bridge. It is mounted in a frame with the caption 'Cologne, Germany - May 1945'.
Tags: aerial photograph; bombing
Castrop-Rauxel
Three identical vertical aerial photographs of Castrop-Rauxel during an operation. The right side of the image is obscured by explosions. The street pattern is very clear on the left side.
It is captioned '2536 TLP 11/9/44//8" 16500' -->1330 1845 .7…
It is captioned '2536 TLP 11/9/44//8" 16500' -->1330 1845 .7…
Bergen
A vertical aerial photograph of Bergen. In the top of the image are the U-boat pens. It is captioned '2877 TLP 4-10-44 8" 12000' --> 055° 09.29 45 Bergen (B) E (9x1000( (2x500) c27 ½ sec F/S Tease E 420'.
Bottrop
A vertical aerial photograph of Bottrop. The street pattern is clear.
It is captioned '2762 TLP 27.9.44 8" 6000 -->265° 0934.7 Bottrop E (16x500) c 33 F/S Tease E 420'.
It is captioned '2762 TLP 27.9.44 8" 6000 -->265° 0934.7 Bottrop E (16x500) c 33 F/S Tease E 420'.
Calais
Three similar vertical aerial photographs of Calais during a bombing operation. Much of the detail is obscured by explosions. The first image is a cropped version of the full photograph.
It is captioned '2693 TLP 25-9-44// 8" 4000' --> 157° 1111.30…
It is captioned '2693 TLP 25-9-44// 8" 4000' --> 157° 1111.30…
Marquise Minoyecques
A vertical aerial photograph of Marquise Minoyecques during a bombing operation. The left side of the image is obscured by explosions.
It is captioned '2363 TLP 27-8-44//8" 16500' -->142° 2016.2 Marquis/Mimoques (B) E(2x1000) (13x500) c 32 sec F/S…
It is captioned '2363 TLP 27-8-44//8" 16500' -->142° 2016.2 Marquis/Mimoques (B) E(2x1000) (13x500) c 32 sec F/S…
The discovery, recovery and identification of the Durston crew and their plane Lancaster ED867
Account from 2003 in German and English of research started in 1997. Shows aerial photo of crash site. Excavations in 1999 discovered parts of aircraft and remains of crew which were then buried in Berlin war cemetery in year 2000. Reports…