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Image Release Note 0039: NARA Upload

This release highlights Second World War imagery from NARA, with considerable coverage of Russia, as well as France, Germany, Switzerland, Slovenia and Croatia.

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A historic black and white oblique aerial photo of a grassy headland, flanked on both sides by rocky cliffs dropping to the sea. To the left is a cylindrical stone beacon while in the centre of the image the letters '17 EIRE' are picked out in white on the grass.

ÉIRE Signs and the Marine and Coast Watching Service

Dotted around Ireland’s coastline, ÉIRE signs are one of the only remnants of many of the coastal watching service outposts established during the Second World War. Many signs have been...

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A historic black and white oblique aerial photo of a parade of military vehicles along a building-lined, broad street. The street is lined with large crowds and passes over a river running from the top of the image to the bottom towards the right-hand side.

Image Release Note 0038: Irish Military Archives Upload

This release contains aerial reconnaissance imagery produced by the Irish Defence Forces from the 1940s to the 1970s, digitised and published in collaboration with the Irish Military Archives.

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A historic sepia-coloured photo of a smiling man in uniform. He wears a beret and has an RAF wings badge on his left breast. He is standing in front of an aircraft.

Spitfire Overdue: F/O Mervyn Wheatley and Spitfire PR IB N3069

On 22 March 1940, an unarmed Photographic Reconnaissance pilot paid the ultimate sacrifice over the Netherlands when their specially modified RAF Spitfire was shot down. The legacy of the aircraft...

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A historic black and white oblique aerial photo of a sailing ship with 3 masts moored off a wooded coast. Several large houses are visible between the trees on the shore.

Image Release Note 0037: RCAHMW & NCAP Upload

This release contains aerial reconnaissance imagery produced by the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales from 1945-1999, digitised and published in collaboration with The Commission, as...

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A historic black and white vertical aerial image of a large aircraft carrier, its deck covered with aircraft. Several other vessels are visible on the sea around the aircraft carrier. Docks and a port are visible on the edge of a small portion of land at the top edge of the image.

What is a Cold War Object?

At the end of May, Rachel Nordstrom (Operations Manager) and Ben Reiss (Collections Manager) represented the National Collection of Aerial Photography at the What is a Cold War Object? symposium...

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A historic black and white oblique aerial photo of a town climbing up the slope of a hill. The houses look Mediterranean. A railway runs through a station at the bottom of the hill, with lines of wagons visible on the tracks.

Celebrating our Volunteers’ Invaluable Contributions!

This Volunteers’ Week, we are highlighting the fantastic contribution our volunteers make to the National Collection of Aerial Photography’s mission to preserve and make accessible the 30 million aerial photographic...

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A historic black and white vertical aerial photo of an airport. 2 runways are visible running across the image separated by fields. A road runs diagonally from the top left to the bottom right of the image. Above the road is a settlement and coastline, with the sea visible in the top right corner.

Image Release Note 0036: NCAP Upload

This release highlights imagery from the DOS collection, with a focus on the Solomon Islands, as well as coverage of Europe from the JARIC collection.

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