File:Royal Air Force Fighter Command, 1939-1945. HU91898.jpg

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No. 1 Camouflage Unit, Royal Air Force official photographer
Description
English: Royal Air Force Fighter Command, 1939-1945.
Oblique aerial view of Exeter airfield, Devon, from the north-east. Damage caused by the severe night air raids mounted against the airfield in April and May 1941 is still apparent among the buildings of the technical site on the left, including the large pre-war civilian hangar used by the Royal Aircraft Establishment. In the foreground repairs to the grass surfaces have been carried out by filling in bomb craters with rubble from bombed houses in Exeter. Aircraft, many of which belong to the Gunnery Research Unit, are dispersed around the airfield and in the adjoining fields. Boulton Paul Defiants of No. 307 Polish Night Fighter Squadron RAF can be seen parked in the double aircraft pens constructed around the dispersal loop track (lower right), which cuts across fields and hedge boundaries of land requisitioned from nearby Treasbeare Farm.
Date between 1939 and 1945
date QS:P571,+1950-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1939-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1945-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Source/Photographer http://media.iwm.org.uk/iwm/mediaLib//9/media-9040/large.jpg
This photograph HU 91898 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums.
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(Reusing this file)		 This image was created and released by the Imperial War Museum on the IWM Non Commercial Licence. Photographs taken, or artworks created, by a member of the forces during their active service duties are covered by Crown Copyright provisions. Faithful reproductions may be reused under that licence, which is considered expired 50 years after their creation.
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The Royal Air Force- Aerial Views in the UK 1941 - 1942
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  • Associated people and organisations
    307 "City of Lw�w" Polish Night Figher Squadron, Polish Air Force, Royal Air Force, 1 Camouflage Unit, Royal Air Force, Gunnery Research Unit
  • Associated places
    Exeter, Devon, England, UK
  • Associated themes
    Polish Air Force in Britain, 1940-1947, Polish Armed Forces 1939-1945, Royal Air Force 1939-1945, Fighter Command
  • Associated keywords
    Aerial Warfare, Operations
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