Scanned image of Luftwaffe vertical air photograph of Edinburgh, Granton Gas Works. Also visible is the heavy anti-aircraft battery at West Pilton and Granton Harbour.
SC 445480
Description Scanned image of Luftwaffe vertical air photograph of Edinburgh, Granton Gas Works. Also visible is the heavy anti-aircraft battery at West Pilton and Granton Harbour.
Date 1939
Collection Records of the German Air Force (Luftwaffe), Second World War Aerial Reconnaissance
Catalogue Number SC 445480
Category Photographs and Off-line Digital Images
Copy of C 47602
Scope and Content Granton gasworks, Edinburgh Luftwaffe aerial photograph of Granton gasworks and harbour, Edinburgh, taken during World War II. Two large, camouflaged gasholders and rows of coke-ovens are visible in this photograph (numbered 4 and 1 respectively) at the gasworks and two anti-aircraft batteries can be seen to the south-west, one of which was a temporary position. The German Luftwaffe took aerial photographs of parts of Scotland throughout World War II. The photographs were used for intelligence work, such as selecting targets, assessing bombing accuracy and finding equipment and defensive positions. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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Attribution: © Courtesy of HES (Records of the German Air Force (Luftwaffe), Second World War Aerial Reconnaissance)
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