Collection: Luftwaffe Aerial Collection (Coyne)

Date:: 1938 - 1944

Reference:: LFT02

Type:: Collection containing Photographic, Graphic and Textual material

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Description

This material has not yet been fully catalogued. Copyright, date, and quantity information for this record may be incomplete or inaccurate.

The collection contains 17 half-tone photographs and 41 maps of England and Wales produced by and for the Luftwaffe (German air force) in the 1930s and 1940s.

The images show targets at New Brighton, Blackburn, Manchester, Southport, Warrington, Blackpool, Knowsley, Skegness, Earlestown, Salford, Doncaster, Canterbury, Southport, Rainford and Burtonwood. There are three target maps for Speke and Warrington. The remaining maps are German translated copies of Ordnance Survey 1cm to 1km originals (no annotations).

Also in the collection is an RAF pass book dated 1944 for LAC W.H. Connor and an RAF group photograph. There are also two montage printouts of copies of photographs showing people in uniform and 5 German illustrations of Luftwaffe aircraft.

A handlist is available.

Archival History

The collection was purchased by the NMR in 2008.

Content

This Collection contains the following materials:

Photograph (Halftone): 17

Photograph (Inkjet Print): 2

Photograph (Print): 1

Map: 41

Extract/Cutting: 5

Rights

Source: Historic England Archive

Keywords

Aerial View