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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.  
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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[[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]].
[[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 16:06, 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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