Great Yarmouth - Aerial Photograph May 1945 - Airborne Imagery 1/2

Published on January 14, 2019
Great Yarmouth - Aerial Photograph May 1945 - Airborne Imagery 1/2

This aerial photograph was taken during the Trolley Mission on May 12, 1945. Great Yarmouth, often known to locals as Yarmouth, is a seaside town in Norfolk, England. It is located at the mouth of the River Yare, approximately 20 miles east of Norwich. The pilots of the Trolley Mission started at Wendling Airfield. To fly to Germany, they had to cross the English Channel. Great Yarmouth was the last chance for an emergency landing, so the seaside town was photographed several times.

Photo-ID: HDGY-01

Trolley Mission

This website analyzes extraordinary sightseeing tours of Germany at the end of the European War (Second World War). In May 1945, there were non-stop observation flights over Germany - subsequently referred to as “Trolley Missions”. During these low-level flights across Europe and Germany aerial photos were taken showing the bomb damages of German cities.