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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.  
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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.
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To read the Wikipedia article about the locality please click [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%96lfus%C3%A1 here].
  
  
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[[File:FE_Aerial_view_Selfoss_March_1943.jpg|1000px|thumb|centre|Aerial view of Selfoss March 1943]].
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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 [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%96lfus%C3%A1 OLFUSA] at Selfoss in 2010]].
  
  
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Latest revision as of 17:06, 2 May 2018

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.


To read the Wikipedia article about the locality please click here.


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 OLFUSA at Selfoss in 2010
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To contact the author by e-mail with any queries, or to send information - click here.