Scanned image of vertical aerial view.
SC 449546
Description Scanned image of vertical aerial view.
Date 1941
Collection Records of the German Air Force (Luftwaffe), Second World War Aerial Reconnaissance
Catalogue Number SC 449546
Category On-line Digital Images
Copy of C 47693
Scope and Content Wigtown Airfield, Dumfries and Galloway Luftwaffe aerial photograph of Wigtown airfield, taken during World War II. Opened in 1941 as a bombing and gunnery school, with aircraft towing targets over the nearby ranges, it became an aircraft storage facility and closed in 1946. Forty-nine accommodation huts can be seen to the west of the airfield. 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
Attribution & Restricted Use Summary
Attribution: © Courtesy of HES (Records of the German Air Force (Luftwaffe), Second World War Aerial Reconnaissance)
Licence Type: Limited
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