1st December in wartime Northern Ireland

On 1st December 1942, a military training exercise took place on the River Quoile near Downpatrick, Co. Down that saw the area covered with a thick smokescreen.

A parachutist lands as a smokescreen is laid during a training exercise at the bridge on the River Quoile near Downpatrick, Co. Down. — ©IWM H 25897 Info

A parachutist lands as a smokescreen is laid during a training exercise at the bridge on the River Quoile near Downpatrick, Co. Down. — ©IWM H 25898 Info

A barrage balloon gets airborne as a smokescreen is laid during a training exercise at the bridge on the River Quoile near Downpatrick, Co. Down. — ©IWM H 25899 Info

A smokescreen is laid during a training exercise at the bridge on the River Quoile near Downpatrick, Co. Down. — ©IWM H 25900 Info

A barrage balloon gets airborne as a smokescreen is laid during a training exercise at the bridge on the River Quoile near Downpatrick, Co. Down. — ©IWM H 25901 Info

A barrage balloon gets airborne as a smokescreen is laid during a training exercise at the bridge on the River Quoile near Downpatrick, Co. Down. — ©IWM H 25902 Info

A smokescreen is laid during a training exercise at the bridge on the River Quoile near Downpatrick, Co. Down. — ©IWM H 25903 Info

A smokescreen is laid during a training exercise at the bridge on the River Quoile near Downpatrick, Co. Down. — ©IWM H 25904 Info

A smokescreen is laid during a training exercise at the bridge on the River Quoile near Downpatrick, Co. Down. — ©IWM H 25905 Info

A smokescreen is laid during a training exercise at the bridge on the River Quoile near Downpatrick, Co. Down. — ©IWM H 25906 Info

A smokescreen is laid during a training exercise at the bridge on the River Quoile near Downpatrick, Co. Down. — ©IWM H 25907 Info

A barrage balloon gets airborne as a smokescreen is laid during a training exercise at the bridge on the River Quoile near Downpatrick, Co. Down. — ©IWM H 25908 Info

A smokescreen is laid during a training exercise at the bridge on the River Quoile near Downpatrick, Co. Down. — ©IWM H 25909 Info

A smokescreen is laid during a training exercise at the bridge on the River Quoile near Downpatrick, Co. Down. — ©IWM H 25910 Info

A smokescreen is laid during a training exercise at the bridge on the River Quoile near Downpatrick, Co. Down. — ©IWM H 25911 Info

A smokescreen is laid during a training exercise at the bridge on the River Quoile near Downpatrick, Co. Down. — ©IWM H 25912 Info

A smokescreen is laid during a training exercise at the bridge on the River Quoile near Downpatrick, Co. Down. — ©IWM H 25913 Info

A smokescreen is laid during a training exercise at the bridge on the River Quoile near Downpatrick, Co. Down. — ©IWM H 25914 Info

A smokescreen is laid during a training exercise at the bridge on the River Quoile near Downpatrick, Co. Down. — ©IWM H 25915 Info

A smokescreen is laid during a training exercise at the bridge on the River Quoile near Downpatrick, Co. Down. — ©IWM H 25916 Info

A smokescreen is laid during a training exercise at the bridge on the River Quoile near Downpatrick, Co. Down. — ©IWM H 25917 Info

Photograph showing the engineering details of the bridge on the River Quoile near Downpatrick, Co. Down. — ©IWM H 25918 Info

Photograph showing the engineering details of the bridge on the River Quoile near Downpatrick, Co. Down. — ©IWM H 25919 Info

Photograph showing the engineering details of the bridge on the River Quoile near Downpatrick, Co. Down. — ©IWM H 25920 Info

Photograph showing the engineering details of the bridge on the River Quoile near Downpatrick, Co. Down. — ©IWM H 25921 Info

Photograph showing the engineering details of the bridge on the River Quoile near Downpatrick, Co. Down. — ©IWM H 25922 Info

Photograph showing the engineering details of the bridge on the River Quoile near Downpatrick, Co. Down. — ©IWM H 25923 Info

Photograph showing the engineering details of the bridge on the River Quoile near Downpatrick, Co. Down. — ©IWM H 25924 Info