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Books

Warburton's War by Tony Spooner with additions by Chris Goss (Crécy, 2003)

Evidence in Camera: The Story of Photographic Intelligence in World War II by Constance Babington-Smith (Chatto and Windus, 1958)

Eyes of the RAF: A History of Photo-Reconnaissance by Roy Conyers-Nesbit (Alan Sutton, 1996)

RAF in action 1939-1945 by Roy Conyers-Nesbit (Public Record Office, 2000)

Secret War: British Scientific Intelligence 1939-1945 by Reginald Victor Jones (Hamish Hamilton, 1978)

Above All Unseen: The Royal Air Force's Photographic Reconnaissance Units 1939-1945 by Edward Leaf (Patrick Stephens Ltd, 1997)

The Eye of Intelligence by Ursula Powys-Lybbe (William Kimber, 1983)

Targeting The Reich: Allied Photographic Reconnaissance over Europe, 1939-1945 by Alfred Price (Greenhill Books, 2003)

Spitfire in Blue by Hugh Smallwood (Osprey Aerospace, 1996)

Allied Photo Reconnaissance of World War Two edited by Christopher Staerck (Parkgate Books, 1998)

To Fool a Glass Eye: Camouflage Versus Photoreconnaissance in World War II by Roy Stanley (AirLife Publishing, 1998)

About the author

Following a career in town planning practice and research, focusing on the use of Geographical Information Systems for historical land use analysis, Allan Williams became Head of Digitisation Services at Keele University in 2001. His leadership in the development of the Aerial Reconnaissance Archive now allows electronic access to more than 6.5 million aerial reconnaissance photographs, taken during World War Two.

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