This image shows the 1945 layout at Squires Gate with the Vickers Amstrong factory at top right with 23 newly built Wellingtons scattered below it. Four black Bellman Hangars at top left are the base for No. 3 School of General Reconnaissance and 14 of their Ansons are scattered over the airfield.

Vertical photo of the NW section of Blackpool's Squires Gate Airport at the end of World War Two. Four black Bellman hangars and two maintenance hangars have been erected for the based Avro Anson 1's (visible) of No. 3 School of General Reconnaissance. Image obtained 50 years ago.

Vertical shot of Speke at the war's end. Over 600 aircraft are visible including 340 silver P-51 Mustangs of the USAAF awaiting shipment to the USA. Also identifiable are nine B-24 Liberators. Obtained 40 years ago.