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Aerial photos of Worthing in the Second World War have just been made accessible to the public for the first time, as part of a fascinating collection released online through the Historic England Archive.

The photographs were taken by the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) Photographic Reconnaissance (PR) units stationed at bases around the country in 1943 and 1944.

More than 3,600 black and white images showing England from the air are available in a free online, searchable map. The remarkable collection gives a bird’s-eye view of the impact of war on England, capturing a wide variety of locations and an astonishing level of detail.

Aerial photographs of Worthing in the Second World War made public for the first time