Source/Archive record SCH8041 - 1940s RAF Aerial Photographs from Operation Review
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| Type | Aerial Photograph |
|---|---|
| Title | 1940s RAF Aerial Photographs from Operation Review |
| Author/Originator | Royal Air Force |
| GridRef | N/A |
| Date/Year | 1944-1947 |
Abstract/Summary
This was a national aerial survey flown by the RAF from 1944 (3 Group RAF and then by the newly created RAF Central Photographic Establishment). The photography in was undertaken by 540 and 58 Squadrons using de Havilland Mosquito aircraft. Photography was also undertaken by 541 Squadron; possibly with Avro Lancaster aircraft. The Air Survey Section was disbanded on 31st December 1951.
The majority of the western air photographs date from 17th January 1947. Some of the Wirral, Warrington and Macclesfield photographs are from August 1945 and is quite distinctive due to its grade A quality and it is clearly summer time. Its coverage is depicted on the paper flight line plans held by the HER.
Further photographs and negatives are held by the English Heritage Archive (NMR) at Swindon.
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Description
Location
Cheshire and Chester Archives and Local Studies Service
Referenced Monuments (174)
- 1069/2 Agricultural and Other Earthworks at Blackden Manor (Monument)
- 861/2 Alleged Moat or Rabbit Warren (Monument)
- 4066 Anti Aircraft Battery and PoW Camp at Snape Farm (Monument)
- 4121/0/2 Anti Aircraft Battery at Leighton Grange (Monument)
- 4218 Anti Aircraft Battery at Lower Kinnerton (Monument)
- 4116 Anti Aircraft Battery near Ringway (Monument)
- 4554 Arclid Circular Cropmark (Monument)
- 327/3/1 Avenue to Formal Gardens at Cholmondeley Hall (Monument)
- 2109 Batherton Mill (Monument)
- 1951/4/1 Boat Lane (Bruera) (Monument)
- 1097 Bradwall Hall (Monument)
- 2591/0/1 Brereton's Duck Decoy (Monument)
- 15741 Brick Field Adjacent to Harecastle Colliery (Monument)
- 4210 Brick Field at Southlands (Monument)
- 5685 Brickworks at Morley (Monument)
- 4238/0/0 Brunner Mond and Co and Ammonia Soda Co Factories (Monument)
- 7947 Buffer Depot at Waverton (Building)
- 15960 Calland's Farm House, Warrington (Building)
- 249 Circular Enclosure South of Minshull Hall (Monument)
- 870 Civil War Earthworks in Tarporley (Monument)
- 2608/109/0 Clay Pit near Gunco Lane (Monument)
- 4340 Clayturn Brickworks (Monument)
- 7869/6/0 Coal Dips and Spoil Heaps West of Mount Pleasant Road (Monument)
- 14034 Coal Mining at Cliff Hill (Monument)
- 14032 Coal Mining at North End (Monument)
- 7118 Congregational Chapel, Upton, Chester (Building)
- 262/6 Converted Buildings Adjacent to Calveley Hall (Building)
- 7755 Court No.2 Gunko Lane (Monument)
- 1180/0/1 Cropmark in Brereton Parish (Monument)
- 1179 Cropmarks in Betchton Parish (Monument)
- 7578 Curved Earthwork in Lower Dale Field (Monument)
- 1404/5/1 Deer House (Monument)
- 4086/0/8 Derby Docks Public Air Raid Shelter (Monument)
- 829 Deserted Medieval Settlement (Monument)
- 4643/1 Disused railway and Military Depot (Monument)
- 816 Earthwork enclosure in Wimboldsley Parish (Monument)
- 1324 Earthworks at Bank Farm, North Rode (Monument)
- 152/3/0 Earthworks near Cloud End (Monument)
- 2016/1/8 Earthworks North of Parkgate House Farm (Monument)
- 2016/1/7 Earthworks North-west of Shotwick Castle (Monument)
- 1697 Earthworks off Chorlton Lane (Monument)
- 2016/1/5 Earthworks South of Castle Farm (Monument)
- 14011 Earthworks South of Pott Mill Farm (Monument)
- 152/1/2 Earthworks south of the Cloud Plantation (Monument)
- 7568 Enclosure in Barn Croft (Monument)
- 7641 Enclosure in Wimboldsley Parish (Monument)
- 6965 Farndon Meadows Enclosure (Monument)
- 2016/1/6 Fields to the East of Shotwicklodge Farm (Monument)
- 2016/1/4 Fields to the South of Shotwicklodge Farm (Monument)
- 1968 Figdale (Monument)
- 11118 Fire Station at Queens Park High School, Chester (Building)
- 15721 Former Field Boundary SW of Fields Farm, Sandbach (Monument)
- 5429 Former LNWR Enginemen's Barracks (Building)
- 15360 Gell Farm (Building)
- 1039/1 Goostrey Mill (Monument)
- 7869/2/2 Hall o' Lee Colliery - Possible Tramway (Monument)
- 7869/2/1 Hall o' Lee Colliery - Tramway (Monument)
- 7869/1/1 Hall o' Lee Colliery - Ventilation Shaft (Monument)
- 7869/1/0 Hall o' Lee Colliery (Monument)
- 15279 Harecastle Colliery (Moss Coal Pit) (Monument)
- 11214 Historic ridge and furrow, Abbots Mead (Monument)
- 11215 Historic ridge and furrow, Green Bank (Monument)
- 11213 Historic ridge and furrow, The Meadows (Monument)
- 14024 Hollow Way West of Crow Wood (Monument)
- 199 Lea Village (Monument)
- 7795 Linear Earthwork Near Weaver Farm (Monument)
- 7967 Linear Earthworks and Cropmarks Near Sibbersfield Hall (Monument)
- 4557 Linear Earthworks or Cropmarks (Monument)
- 15642 Lower Moss Side Farm, Cuerdley (Building)
- 15520 Medieval and Post-medieval Ridge and Furrow in Kelsall Parish (Monument)
- 7299 Medieval Field System at Somerford Park (Monument)
- 7419/1 Medieval field system, Saighton Camp (Monument)
- 1368/1/2 Medieval Moat at Henshaw hall (Monument)
- 301 Medieval Village and Field System Remains Immediately East of Haycroft (Monument)
- 5003 Mersey Flats at Big Pool, Runcorn (Monument)
- 5006 Mersey Flats at Old Basin and Bridgewater Canal locks, Runcorn (Monument)
- 4643/2 Military Depot East of Handforth (Monument)
- 246/1/1 Minshull Hall Moat (Monument)
- 300/1 Moated sites, Settlement Remains and Field Systems of Southley Manor (Monument)
- 15739/2 Mow Cop to Kent Green Wharf Tramway - Gravity Inclines and Tramway (Monument)
- 7266 Network of relict drainage ditches near Broomy Bank Farm (Monument)
- 7869/4/3 Old Shafts North-east of Hall o' Lee Colliery (Monument)
- 7869/4/2 Old Shafts North-east of Hall o' Lee Colliery (Monument)
- 7869/4/4 Old Shafts North-east of Hall o' Lee Colliery (Monument)
- 7869/4/5 Old Shafts North-east of Hall o' Lee Colliery (Monument)
- 7433 Oulton Park WWII US Army Camp & Hospital (Monument)
- 15194 Parkgate Public Baths (Monument)
- 7103 Possible Moat at Shavington House (Monument)
- 320 Possible Settlement Enclosure (Monument)
- 2034/1 Post Medieval Buildings and Site of Possible Watermill in Macefen (Monument)
- 297/1 Priestland, Whitchurch Road (Building)
- 5469 Puseydale Farm, Main Road, Shavington Cum Gresty, Crewe (Building)
- 7018 Quarries at Tegg's Nose (Monument)
- 15581 Quarry at Fox Bank (Monument)
- 861/1 Rabbit Warren at Forest Farm (Monument)
- 4054 RAF Burtonwood and USAAF Station 590 (Monument)
- 4054 RAF Burtonwood and USAAF Station 590 (Monument)
- 2855/0/0 RAF Hooton Park Airfield (Monument)
- 4090/0/0 RAF Poulton (Monument)
- 4090/1/0 RAF Poulton Dispersed Site (Monument)
- 4086/0/3 Railway Emergency Control Centre at Crewe Railway Station (Building)
- 7582 Rectangular enclosure in Weston (Monument)
- 11212 Ridge and Furrow at Lache Lane (Monument)
- 16101 Ridge and Furrow Earthworks Adjacent to Henlake Brook (Monument)
- 15096 Ridge and Furrow Earthworks and Cropmarks in Barton (Monument)
- 14456 Ridge and furrow earthworks and cropmarks in Stretton (Monument)
- 15285 Ridge and Furrow Earthworks North of Clay Turn (Monument)
- 15253 Ridge and Furrow Earthworks North of Weaver Farm (Monument)
- 16056 Ridge and Furrow Earthworks South of Lower Farm (Monument)
- 15456 Ridge and Furrow in the Parish of Pott Shrigley (Monument)
- 15793 Ridge and Furrow North of Dairy Farm (Monument)
- 15759 Ridge and Furrow West of Huntingdon Waste Water Treatment Works (Monument)
- 1840/1 Roman Camp at Burton (Monument)
- 1189/1/16 Roman Road - Whitchurch - Nantwich - Middlewich (Margary route 700) (Monument)
- 1189/1/18 Roman Road - Whitchurch - Nantwich - Middlewich (Margary route 700) (Monument)
- 1189/1/9 Roman Road - Whitchurch - Nantwich - Middlewich (Margary route 700) (Monument)
- 1349 Round Barrow South-east of Capesthorne Hall (Monument)
- 15057 Ruin South of Anker's Knoll (Monument)
- 15060 Ryton House Farm (Monument)
- 4086/0/6 Samuel Street Public Air Raid Shelter (Monument)
- 4275 Sand Pits near Totty's Hall (Monument)
- 7534 Searchlight Battery at Moor Lane Farm (Monument)
- 4142/0/16 Searchlight Battery near Ivy Farm (Monument)
- 4386/0/5 Searchlight Battery near Lea Farm (Monument)
- 4638 Searchlight Battery off Cliff Lane (Monument)
- 15634/2 Second World War Barrage Balloon Site North-east of Moss Side Farm (Monument)
- 15634/1 Second World War Barrage Balloon Site West of Upper Moss Side House (Monument)
- 15636 Second World War Bomb Craters (Monument)
- 15637 Second World War Bomb Craters (Monument)
- 15635 Second World War Searchlight Battery North-east of Moss Lane Farm (Monument)
- 7432 Second World War Trenches on Little Budworth Common (Monument)
- 384 Sheppenhall Hall (Monument)
- 1951/3/4 Site of a Farm & Cottages in Bruera (Monument)
- 1951/3/3 Site of a House in Bruera (Monument)
- 1133 Site of Bostock House, Moat and Ancilliary Buildings (Monument)
- 262/2 Site of Calveley Hall (Monument)
- 7037 Site of Canal Bank Farm (Monument)
- 7031 Site of Cogshall Mill (Monument)
- 1574/12 Site of Dimples Farmstead (Monument)
- 15942 Site of Dingleside Farm (Monument)
- 7030 Site of Elworth Hall, Sandbach (Monument)
- 4054/0/2 Site of former Military Installation at RAF/USAAF Burtonwood Airfield (Monument)
- 2102/1 Site of House and Medieval Village of Little Cotton (Monument)
- 7035 Site of Houses near Winwick Quay (Monument)
- 14282 Site of Marley Hall (Monument)
- 15938 Site of Occupation Road in Cotton Edmunds (Monument)
- 1574/16 Site of Ridgegate Farmstead (Monument)
- 15029 Site of Sand Pit and Weighbridge Control Room, Beeston (Monument)
- 15873 Site of Second World War Military Buildings (Monument)
- 15873 Site of Second World War Military Buildings (Monument)
- 1574/15 Site of The Nesset (Monument)
- 15132 Site of Thomas Walley's House and Garden (Monument)
- 7036 Site of Watery Lane Cottage (Monument)
- 1574/2 Site of Winshaw Farmstead (Monument)
- 2482/1/1 St.Helens Canal/Sankey Navigation - Winwick Lock (Monument)
- 4841 Sutton Locks, Weaver Navigation (Monument)
- 4650 Tanhouse Farm (Monument)
- 1893 The 'Packhorse' or 'Roman' bridges (Monument)
- 24/2 Thornton Mill (Monument)
- 869/1/2 Tiles From Hermitage Field (Find Spot)
- 7642 Trackway to Wimboldsley Grange (Monument)
- 1989/2/2 Trafford Mill's Leat System (Monument)
- 15564 Tramway Between the Trent and Mersey Canal and Mole Hollows (Monument)
- 1011 Undated enclosure in Helsby (Monument)
- 818 Unnamed site in Winmboldsley Parish (Monument)
- 15641/1 Upper Moss Side Farm, Cuerdley (Building)
- 262/7 Walled Gardens East of Calveley Hall (Building)
- 4680 Water Meadow in Riverside Park (Monument)
- 7686 Welchmonis Yarden (Monument)
- 4086/0/7 Westminster Street Public Air Raid Shelter (Monument)
- 259 Wettenhall Mill (Monument)
- 4216 World War 2-Cold War Depot at Mickle Trafford (Building)
- 7796 World War II Barrage Balloon Site at Pitts Heath Lane (Monument)
- 7797 World War II Barrage Balloon Site Daresbury Expressway (Monument)
Referenced Events (1)
- ECH6962 Field Observation on SJ 56 NE 22 (Ref: SJ 56 NE 22)
Record last edited
Mar 12 2025 9:51AM