Historic Aerial Photo Resources

Removing the one engine they have to put into another plane.

The Right Honourable John Hutton MP Secretary of State for Defence is pictured during a visit to the Crownhill Community Centre in Plymouth, Devon to meet families of deployed servicemen and women.

I bet they were pleased

I will stop now!

Richard wrote:

Removing the one engine they have to put into another plane.

also using the new economy tent hangar

Just to update the situation in Wales.
There are two bodies here that hold the aerial photo archives, and this is what has caused some confusion for me.

The Welsh Assembly Government have a library containing these in Cardiff, they include the well known RAF, Luftwaffe, and OS verticals amongst others, and hold negatives, prints and scans.
They can be contacted on 02920 823819

The other archive is with the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales, which is based in Aberystwyth. A tiny proportion of their archive can be found online here, www.coflein.gov.uk/en/search/...&submit=Search
RCAHMW can be contacted on 01970 621200 and ask for the aerial photographic archive.
It seems that much of their collection is probably the same as Cardiffs, however there is some extra material aswel.

Both can be contacted to obtain lists and to arrange a visit to the libraries were copies of the archives can be made for a fee.
I plan to visit both soon, mainly to try and find out exactly what is out there as there is confusion with the names and listing of some archives, example Llandow is listed under Llantwit Major, so won't be found under its own name.
I will report back after the visits but both archives were very helpful on the phone.

Does this one help of Funtington;


I was sent this by someone (I forget who) and the original source is unknown. The copy I have is not great and this is about as good as it gets enhancing it.

Hope its of use

Just an additional thought, do they appear in the google earth roll back feature?

Having browsed some of the recently added 'M' series aerials taken during photo-recce practice flights prior to searching for the Bismark, I'm surprised that the pilot missed most of the areas in which I am interested!