RAF Reconnaissance Photograph – Goury / Cap de la Hague Lighthouse – June 1944 Aerial Intel

Description

RAF Reconnaissance Photograph – Goury / Cap de la Hague Lighthouse – June 1944 Aerial Intel

📸 Item: Original RAF Air Ministry Reconnaissance Photograph
📅 Date: 19 June 1944
🛩 Mission Type: Coastal monitoring & post-D-Day channel traffic assessment
📍 Location: Cap de la Hague, Normandy, France
🎯 Subject: La Hague Lighthouse (Phare de Goury), approach roads, coastal fortifications & sea conditions
📏 Size: 13cm x 11cm

Markings:
Handwritten operational notations read “130 S.R. 19 6 44 II.” indicating frame 130 from a Special Reconnaissance sortie flown on 19 June 1944, the second plate in the sequence.

Condition:
Crisp detail with the classic wartime emulsion wear, light surface marks, and frame shadowing from the aircraft camera port — exactly what you want from a true operational intel photo.

Description:
Striking aerial intelligence plate capturing the Cap de la Hague lighthouse and surrounding coastline during June ‘44 operations. Excellent sea-state visibility and shoreline detail, typical of RAF coastal recon flights in the weeks after D-Day. An authentic wartime print — ideal for collectors of Normandy, naval, and aviation history.