News & Articles
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VE Day and the Crucial Role of Photographic Reconnaissance and Intelligence
Intelligence gathered from the aerial reconnaissance imagery now cared for by the National Collection of Aerial Photography played a critical, though often overlooked, role in bringing about the Allied victories that led to Victory in Europe Day on the 8th of May, 1945.
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How the Directorate of Overseas Surveys Collection Came to NCAP
This second article in our series for the exhibition ‘Reinterpreting the Directorate of Overseas Surveys’ looks at what happened to the DOS collection after operations ceased, and how the collection came to the National Collection of Aerial Photography.
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The Story of the Directorate of Overseas Surveys
Digitising the Directorate of Overseas Surveys Collection has been the National Collection of Aerial Photography’s largest print preservation and digitisation project to date, but how did the Collection come to...
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Reinterpreting the Directorate of Overseas Surveys Collection
The Directorate of Overseas Surveys (DOS) commissioned aerial photography to create mapping of Commonwealth countries. A new exhibition illustrates the great potential of the DOS Collection (cared for by the...
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The Women of Medmenham: Sarah Spencer-Churchill
Sarah Spencer-Churchill served as a Photographic Interpreter at RAF Medmenham between October 1941 and November 1945, going on to become a prominent actress and frequently discussing her military service in...
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The Women of Medmenham: Ursula Powys-Lybbe
This women’s history month, read about Ursula Powys-Lybbe, who began her career as a society photographer, before joining the WAAF in 1941 and working as a Photographic Interpreter at RAF...
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