Scanned image of Luftwaffe vertical air photograph of Lyness area, Hoy, Orkney Islands.
SC 445497
Description Scanned image of Luftwaffe vertical air photograph of Lyness area, Hoy, Orkney Islands.
Collection Records of the German Air Force (Luftwaffe), Second World War Aerial Reconnaissance
Catalogue Number SC 445497
Category Photographs and Off-line Digital Images
Copy of C 47660
Scope and Content Lyness Naval Base, Orkney Luftwaffe aerial photograph of Lyness Royal Naval Base, taken during World War II. Storing fuel-oil for Home Fleet warships, Lyness was vital to British naval operations in the North Atlantic and was protected by two heavy anti-aircraft batteries, to north and south. The hill to the west housed underground oil-tanks. 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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