alb9621348

USAAF PHOTOGRAPHER. RAF Filton, Bristol, April 1944. Artist: USAAF Photographer.

USAAF PHOTOGRAPHER. RAF Filton, Bristol, April 1944. In the Second World War the Bristol Aeroplane Company aircraft factories made Filton a target, and after a bombing raid in 1940 an RAF fighter squadron was based here. Prior to D-Day it became an assembly plant for US aircraft shipped across the Atlantic.

Share
Pinterest
Twitter
Facebook
Copy link
Email

Add to another lightbox

Do you already have an account? Sign in

You do not have an account? Register

Buy this image

Author:

USAAF PHOTOGRAPHER

Title:

RAF Filton, Bristol, April 1944. Artist: USAAF Photographer.

Caption:

RAF Filton, Bristol, April 1944. In the Second World War the Bristol Aeroplane Company aircraft factories made Filton a target, and after a bombing raid in 1940 an RAF fighter squadron was based here. Prior to D-Day it became an assembly plant for US aircraft shipped across the Atlantic.

Technique/material:

Photograph

Credit:

Album / Historic England Archive/Heritage Images

Releases:

Model: No - Property: No
Rights questions?

Image size:

5540 x 5570 px | 88.3 MB

Print size:

46.9 x 47.2 cm | 18.5 x 18.6 in (300 dpi)

Keywords:

1940S • 20TH CENTURY • 2ND WORLD WAR • AERIAL PHOTO • AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY • AERIAL SHOT • AERIAL VIEW • AIR BASE • AIRFIELD • AMERICA • AMERICAN • B & W • B / W • B&W • BIRD'S EYE VIEW • BLACK & WHITE • BLACK AND WHITE • BRISTOL AEROPLANE COMPANY • BRISTOL • BRITAIN • BRITISH • BUILDING • BUILDINGS • CENTURY • COMPANY • CONCEPT • COUNTRY • COUNTRYSIDE • DECADE • ENGLAND • ENGLISH • FACTORY • FILTON • FORTIES • INDUSTRIAL • INDUSTRY • LOCATION • MANUFACTURING • MILITARY • MONOCHROMATIC • MONOCHROME • PHOTOGRAPH • RAF FILTON • RUNWAY • SECOND WORLD WAR • TRADE • TRANSPORT • TRANSPORTATION • UNITED STATES ARMY AIR FORCE • UNITED STATES OF AMERICA • UNITED STATES • USA • USAAF PHOTOGRAPHER • WAR • WARTIME • WORLD WAR 2 • WORLD WAR II • WORLD WAR TWO • WW II • WW2 • WWII