During the war approximately 90 million aerial photographs were taken. Of them, some 10 million still survive.
On one occasion, a photo analyst was looking through his stereo viewer of a pair of aerial photos. He noticed an image of a man standing up against a wall, responding to the call of nature. A lot of hilarity ensued among the photo analysts and many of them took turns looking at the image. But then someone noticed something else.
Nearby was a set of strange rails and they also saw some tube-like objects - things that would have been overlooked were it not for the man in the photo. It turned out that this was a launcher for V1 "doodle bug" flying bombs. Thanks to the man's need for relief, the bombers were alerted and were able to take down a rocket site.
On one occasion, a photo analyst was looking through his stereo viewer of a pair of aerial photos. He noticed an image of a man standing up against a wall, responding to the call of nature. A lot of hilarity ensued among the photo analysts and many of them took turns looking at the image. But then someone noticed something else.
Nearby was a set of strange rails and they also saw some tube-like objects - things that would have been overlooked were it not for the man in the photo. It turned out that this was a launcher for V1 "doodle bug" flying bombs. Thanks to the man's need for relief, the bombers were alerted and were able to take down a rocket site.
The final role for Brian Poyser. He sadly died a year later in January 2009.
There is a real-life parallel to Christopher Foyle in the person of Charles Banks, who spent 33 years with the police, rising to the rank of sergeant and then patrol inspector, and then putting in another eleven years as a civilian.
In this story, Foyle is writing a history about the police constabulary of Hastings during the war. In real life, Banks also wrote a book which covered the war years in Hastings as well as the history of the area going back a century: The History of the Hastings County Borough Police From 1935 to 1967.
In this story, Foyle is writing a history about the police constabulary of Hastings during the war. In real life, Banks also wrote a book which covered the war years in Hastings as well as the history of the area going back a century: The History of the Hastings County Borough Police From 1935 to 1967.