Difference between revisions of "Selfoss"

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[[File:FE_Selfoss_Bridge_2_August_1942.jpg|1000px|thumb|centre|Selfoss bridge in August 1942]].
  
  
  
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[[File:JLD_269_Squadron_plaque.JPG|1000px|thumb|centre|Local Memorial to 269 Squadron]].
  
  
  
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[[File:JLD_Selfoss_Bridge_2010.JPG|1000px|thumb|centre|Selfoss bridge in 2010]].
  
  
  
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[[File:JLD_Torrent_under_Selfoss_Bridge.JPG|1000px|thumb|centre|River [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%96lfus%C3%A1Olfusa] at Selfoss in 2010]].

Revision as of 07:13, 20 October 2017

The use of SELFOSS as a location for a Platoon base was significant as the town was the defensive key to the KALDADARNES airfield. The location was the one place where the Brigade suffered a death due to enemy action - as a result of an air-raid -and this will be found described within the War Diary of 1st Tyneside Scottish.


The photographs below are a mixture of historical images and those taken during our 2010 research visit.


Aerial view of Selfoss March 1943
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Selfoss bridge in August 1942
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Local Memorial to 269 Squadron
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Selfoss bridge in 2010
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River [1] at Selfoss in 2010
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