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80th anniversary of the Second World War Aerial imagery from 1939 now accessible 3 September 2019
50th Anniversary of Apollo 11 Moon Mission Moon rocket developed from Second World War weapon 16 July 2019
589,000 UK centre-points accessible All of our UK survey photography centre-points are now available to search on our website 28 June 2019
D-Day images released All known Allied cover of D-Day now available on our website. 6 June 2019
Another 355,000 UK centre-points released Another 355,000 UK image locations have been added to our website. 24 May 2019
100,000 UK centre-points released We have begun a landmark project which enables you to search more UK survey photography on our website than ever before. 29 March 2019
Guernsey images released Historical aerial images of Guernsey from the 1940s and 1990s. 21 February 2019
All Europe Covered All our catalogued finding aids to aerial photography of Europe are now accessible on our website. 18 February 2019
People's Republic of China aerial images released Aerial images released of Beijing, Tianjin and Yunnan Province in 1945 22 November 2018
Brazil aerial images released Aerial images of Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro in 1930 23 October 2018
Five million images now searchable New batch of finding aids released. 18 October 2018
Hiroshima and Nagasaki aerial images released Aerial images of Hiroshima and Nagasaki one month after nuclear attack. 1 October 2018
RAF at 100 NCAP images feature in new BBC One documentary 29 March 2018
Hong Kong aerial images released Aerial images of Hong Kong in 1924 and 1934 now accessible. 12 December 2017
Search room changes Changes to the NCAP Search Room service 11 December 2017
Bedfordshire aerial images released Over 5,400 aerial images of Bedfordshire are now accessible on the NCAP website. 10 December 2017
Mediterranean covered MAPRW Collection now fully catalogued 21 November 2017
Aerofototeca Nazionale Visit to the Italian NCAP. 24 October 2017
Daylight bombing raid images released Aerial images from an RAF raid over northern France. 4 August 2017
Dunkirk evacuation images released Aerial images of Dunkirk during Operation Dynamo, 1940. 5 July 2017