Image: RAF Hawarden aerial photograph WWII IWM HU 93051

Description: IWM caption : Oblique aerial view of RAF Hawarden, Flintshire, from North-north-west. Part of the Vickers Armstrongs shadow factory can be seen at right with, to its left, completed Wellingtons parked in front of the Vickers Flight Shed. The hangars on the eastern and southern edges of the airfield were occupied by No. 48 Maintenance Unit and No. 57 Operational Training Unit. In the foreground Wellingtons and other aircraft can be seen staked out in adjoining fields in order to ease overcrowding on the airfield while the concrete runways and taxiways are being constructed.
Title: RAF Hawarden aerial photograph WWII IWM HU 93051
Credit: This photograph HU 93051 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums.
Author: No. 1 Camouflage Unit
Permission: This work created by the United Kingdom Government is in the public domain. This is because it is one of the following: It is a photograph taken prior to 1 June 1957; or It was published prior to 1973; or It is an artistic work other than a photograph or engraving (e.g. a painting) which was created prior to 1973.HMSO has declared that the expiry of Crown Copyrights applies worldwide (ref: HMSO Email Reply) More information. See also Copyright and Crown copyright artistic works.
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