Frenchy Posted January 18, 2004 Share Posted January 18, 2004 Found this information in Yahoo News: WWII Aerial Photo Archive to Go Online Sat Jan 17, 2004 A huge British archive of World War II aerial reconnaissance photos, including pictures of the D-Day landings in Normandy, is to go on the Internet on Monday. Slideshow: World War 2 Aerial Reconnaissance Photos Go Online Under the digitalization project announced Saturday, some 5 million Royal Air Force photos of Western Europe will be available to the public on the Web site http://www.evidenceincamera.co.uk , archivists said. The site did not appear to be accessible on Saturday. "These images allow us to see the real war at first hand - as if we are RAF pilots," said Allan Williams, head of the Aerial Reconnaissance Archives project at Keele University in north-central England. The photos, a key source of intelligence for Allied commanders during the war, include American troops landing in Normandy on D-Day, the effects of the bombing of Cologne, Germany, and the German battleship Bismarck being hunted by the Royal Navy. The pictures were transferred to Keele University in 1962 from the Allied Central Interpretation Unit, where wartime analysts studied the material collected by reconnaissance crews. The collection is the property of the national Public Records Office on permanent loan to the university. Before the digitalization, using the photo archive had meant a manual search through thousands of boxes. The Aerial Reconnaissance Archives, known as TARA, expects later to release of 2.5 million Luftwaffe German air force reconnaissance photographs of Eastern Europe seized by the Allies at the end of the war. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Dorosh Posted January 18, 2004 Share Posted January 18, 2004 There are currently three other threads on this topic.... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brent Pollock Posted January 18, 2004 Share Posted January 18, 2004 Michael, I'm curious: did the Calgary Sun run this story? I read it in the the Herald (the National Post Jr.). Originally posted by Michael Dorosh: There are currently three other threads on this topic.... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Dorosh Posted January 18, 2004 Share Posted January 18, 2004 Originally posted by Brent Pollock: Michael, I'm curious: did the Calgary Sun run this story? I read it in the the Herald (the National Post Jr.). </font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by Michael Dorosh: There are currently three other threads on this topic.... </font> 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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