An armourer loads a 4.5 inch reconnaissance flare into the wing cell of a Fairey Battle of No. 218 Squadron RAF at Auberives-sur-Suippes, prior to a sortie.
Am I correct in assuming that this flare was used to light up a target/area for making a photorecon?

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Defending France 1940

An airman stands guard in the snow at Betheniville, framed by the camouflage netting on the wing of a Bristol Blenheim Mark IV of No. 139 Squadron RAF.


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Watching the grounds

Composite of two aerial photographs taken during an attack on Ypenburg airfield, Holland, by Bristol Blenheim Mark IVs of the Advanced Air Striking Force. 250-lb GP bombs can be seen falling over the main Delft-Den Haag road onto the airfield where two Focke-Wulf Fw 58 are parked near the hangars. The bomb craters on and around the site were made during Luftwaffe attacks immediately prior to the German invasion.

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