Thousands of aerial photos of the UK during World War Two have been made available for the first time.
Detail showing the anti-tank ditch surrounding Cissbury Ring Iron Age hillfort, Worthing, West Sussex, 22 April 1944.The photos were taken as practice for reconnaissance planes, who would later be used to spy on the Nazis.
Manchester United's stadium Old Trafford was first hit in 1940 and largely destroyed in 1941. The stadium was not used again for football until 1949.Photographers also documented Cissbury Ring Iron Age hillfort in Worthing, surrounded by defence installations in case of an enemy invasion, as well as other ancient monuments.Old Trafford after the bombing.
"Our collection of USAAF wartime photographs were taken in England by the pilots and aircraft of squadrons that provided intelligence for the eventual defeat of Nazi Germany.
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