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Scanned image of vertical air photograph showing Kinloss Airfield.

SC 449536

Description Scanned image of vertical air photograph showing Kinloss Airfield.

Date 1939

Collection Records of the German Air Force (Luftwaffe), Second World War Aerial Reconnaissance

Catalogue Number SC 449536

Category Photographs and Off-line Digital Images

Copy of C 47649

Scope and Content Kinloss Airfield, Moray Luftwaffe aerial photograph of Kinloss airfield, taken during World War II. This photograph shows Kinloss as a grass airfield, before the construction of tarmac runways and hardstandings. Much expanded, Kinloss is still a major RAF station today. 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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File Format (TIF) Tagged Image File Format bitmap

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Collection Level (551 155) Records of the German Air Force (Luftwaffe), Second World War Aerial Reconnaissance

> Item Level (SC 449536) Scanned image of vertical air photograph showing Kinloss Airfield.

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Attribution: © Courtesy of HES (Records of the German Air Force (Luftwaffe), Second World War Aerial Reconnaissance)

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