Selfoss

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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