RAF Recon Photo – Cap Lévi Coastal Defences, Cherbourg (STR/02, 19 June 1944)

Description

RAF Recon Photo – Cap Lévi Coastal Defences, Cherbourg (STR/02, 19 June 1944)

📷 Mission: STR/02 – Tactical Low-Level Recon
📅 Date: 19 June 1944
📍 Location: Cap Lévi, Cherbourg Peninsula, France
🧭 Coordinates: 49°42’N, 01°28’W
✈️ Altitude: 500 ft
🖨️ Type: Original wartime Air Ministry photographic print
📝 Markings: Full mission data — X.280 F.6.3, frame 126, CAP LEVY annotation
🎯 Subject: German coastal battery positions, radar installations & Cherbourg defences pre-assault

A scarce low-altitude reconnaissance photograph taken just three days before the assault on Cherbourg. This image captures the Cap Lévi headland — home to German naval artillery, radar sites, and coastal fortifications guarding the eastern entrance to Cherbourg harbour.

Low-level STR-series Cherbourg recon prints are sought after by collectors, and this example includes complete handwritten mission data and location coordinates.