Scanned image of Luftwaffe vertical air photograph of part of Fair Isle showing the airstrip.

Description Scanned image of Luftwaffe vertical air photograph of part of Fair Isle showing the airstrip.

Date 1940

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

Catalogue Number SC 799777

Category On-line Digital Images

Copy of C 47609

Scope and Content Luftwaffe aerial photograph of Sukka Moor Landing Strip, Fair Isle, Shetland Islands In this aerial view, the landing strip is clearly visible and would have been used by aircraft which were lost or were in difficulties. It is still in use today. Although the Luftwaffe flew intelligence-gathering sorties throughout the war, the majority were flown in 1939 and 1940. In addition, the German national airline, Lufthansa, covertly took photographs across Britain in the years before the war while ostensibly surveying new routes for flights. Aerial reconnaissance photographs were used by Luftwaffe intelligence officers to identify new targets for bombing sorties, to assess the damage caused by earlier raids and to gather information about the strength of defences. Taken during aerial reconnaissance by the Luftwaffe in June 1940, this photograph shows an emergency landing strip on Fair Isle. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

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