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| How aerial photographs tracked down Hitler's flying bombs | How aerial photographs tracked down Hitler's flying bombs |
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| At the height of WWII, as deadly German V1 and V2 rockets were fired from northern France towards the UK, a country house by the banks of the River Thames became the centre of Allied attempts to discover the Nazis' test and launch sites. | At the height of WWII, as deadly German V1 and V2 rockets were fired from northern France towards the UK, a country house by the banks of the River Thames became the centre of Allied attempts to discover the Nazis' test and launch sites. |
| Hundreds of staff at RAF Medmenham in Buckinghamshire studied millions of grainy aerial images of northern Europe to try to find the final pieces of an intelligence jigsaw - known as Operation Crossbow. | Hundreds of staff at RAF Medmenham in Buckinghamshire studied millions of grainy aerial images of northern Europe to try to find the final pieces of an intelligence jigsaw - known as Operation Crossbow. |
| To mark 50 years since the first batches of WWII aerial photos were declassified, Allan Williams - from the National Collection of Aerial Photography in Edinburgh - has written a book about Operation Crossbow and the role photographic intelligence played to stop the doodlebugs and V2 rockets. | To mark 50 years since the first batches of WWII aerial photos were declassified, Allan Williams - from the National Collection of Aerial Photography in Edinburgh - has written a book about Operation Crossbow and the role photographic intelligence played to stop the doodlebugs and V2 rockets. |
| All images subject to copyright. Most images courtesy Medmenham Collection. Additional images courtesy Getty Images and Press Association. | All images subject to copyright. Most images courtesy Medmenham Collection. Additional images courtesy Getty Images and Press Association. |
| Music by Billy Cotton and courtesy KPM Music. Slideshow production by Paul Kerley. Publication date 15 July 2013. | Music by Billy Cotton and courtesy KPM Music. Slideshow production by Paul Kerley. Publication date 15 July 2013. |
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