German reconnaisance photo showing Shoreham by Sea, c1940

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2011-08-19 19:11:00.0
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Monochrome photographic print showing aerial view of Shoreham by Sea. Photograph taken by German Luftwaffe during Second World War as aerial reconnaissance. Photograph bears numerous printed lines and numbers used to analyse strategic features on the ground. View accompanied by numerical key in German. Compass and clock can also be seen in bottom left and top left of image. From the Local History collection. c.1940.
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Timeline / World War Two (1939-1945)
Collections / Local & Social History
Learning Themes / WW2
Learning Themes / WW2 / Seafront Defences
Images of Brighton & Hove / Shoreham & Southwick
 
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Royal Pavilion & Museums, Brighton & Hove
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Public Domain / CC0
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German reconnaisance photo showing Shoreham by Sea, c1940
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Photographic Print
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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 Shoreham by Sea, Sussex. 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, shoreham, reconnaissance, strategic,
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2.83 MB; 3653 x 3642 pixels; 309 x 308 mm (print at 300 DPI);
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HA920131
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