German reconnaisance photo showing Brighton, c1940

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Monochrome photographic print showing an aerial view of Brighton. View north from above the English Channel. Taken by Luftwaffe during a Second World War reconnaissance mission. Features numerical key in German. From the Local History collection. c.1940.
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Timeline / World War Two (1939-1945)
Collections / Local & Social History / Historic Photographs
Learning Themes / WW2 / Seafront Defences
 
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Royal Pavilion & Museums, Brighton & Hove
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Public Domain / CC0
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German reconnaisance photo showing Brighton, c1940
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Photographic Print
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c1940
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This black and white photographic print shows an aerial view of Brighton. It appears to have been produced by the German Air Force during a reconnaissance mission in the Second World War. The photograph is a view north from above the English Channel, and bears several markings in white. These list a number of strategic features. Further information is given in the numerical key in the bottom right of the photograph. The time and position of the shot are indicated by the clock and compass on the left hand side of the photograph.
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Royal Pavilion & Museums, Brighton & Hove
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local history, social history, luftwaffe, german, strategic, reconnaissance
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3.14 MB; 3590 x 3536 pixels; 304 x 299 mm (print at 300 DPI);
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HA920132
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