Many of you will already be familiar with Britain From Above. Well, Historic England has today launched a new interface accessing these and other aerial photographs from the past century. Historic England Launches New Map Revealing a Century of England From the Air | Historic England.
World War Two aerial photos opened to public for first time Baseball and Bombers: USAAF Reconnaissance Photography During the Second World War | Historic England
That map would cover the operational bases as used by the 8th and 9th USAAF with the 8th operating out of East Anglia and South Midlands bases. Research into the airfields of the South West should give details of where USAAF units carried out coastal patrol functions from.
