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A historic black and white oblique aerial photo of Inverness. A river runs through the middle of the photo, with buildings on both banks. Two bridges cross the river. Inverness Castle is visible to the right of centre.

Operation REVUE

In the immediate aftermath of the Second World War, the Air Ministry directed the Royal Air Force to undertake Operation REVUE, a comprehensive aerial photographic survey of the United Kingdom...

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A historic black and white vertical aerial photo of the city of Luxembourg, showing the city radiating out from its centre, with a winding river running from bottom left to top right of the image.

Image Release Note 0031: NARA Upload

This release highlights Second World War imagery from NARA, with considerable coverage of France, alongside Germany and the Low Countries.

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A historic black and white vertical aerial photo of a large battleship moored, surrounded by torpedo netting. Areas of land are visible along the bottom edge and in the top right corner of the image.

Operation Cerberus

Scrawled on a creased piece of paper in the holdings of the National Collection of Aerial Photography is a date, some names and several lists of sortie references. What at...

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A historic black and white oblique vertical aerial photo of a beach. The sea to the left is covered in vessels of all sizes and descriptions, some offshore and some pulled up on the beach. The land is heavily marked by vehicles and shelling.

Image Release Note 0030: NARA Upload

This release highlights Second World War imagery from NARA, with considerable coverage of France, alongside Germany and the Low Countries.

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