By: Dave T - 17th October 2005 at 20:58
There is just one thumbnail. And it opens if you click on it…
Flood
I do concur with Mr Flood 😀
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By: Flood - 17th October 2005 at 20:04
There is just one thumbnail. And it opens if you click on it…
Flood
By: Dave T - 17th October 2005 at 19:56
Dunno what you mean, theres a thumbnail showing a crew briefng in post #1
By: goof - 17th October 2005 at 19:54
where have the thumbnails gone? there is nothing to click on.
Geoff
By: Mark12 - 15th October 2005 at 10:48
Many a true word spoken in jest. The cutting is part of a small archive recently purchased to a 148 Squadron dispatcher-operating in N Africa and then Italy. (He is front left). From other photos his crew occupy more or less the front two rows. Unfortunately the cutting isn’t captioned. Thanks for the pointers.
Stan,
Not jesting.
My hunch was that the long document pinned to the wall is the coastline of North Africa.
Mark
By: Stan - 15th October 2005 at 09:30
Many a true word spoken in jest. The cutting is part of a small archive recently purchased to a 148 Squadron dispatcher-operating in N Africa and then Italy. (He is front left). From other photos his crew occupy more or less the front two rows. Unfortunately the cutting isn’t captioned. Thanks for the pointers.
By: Mark12 - 10th October 2005 at 10:04
Some interpretation points to consider:-
It is a posed photo.
Polished shoes and crossed legs.
Dress is temperate climes….UK.
It is taken from an elevation the same height as the instructor on the ladder.
There are aircrew officers and sergeants wearing Pilots wings and single wing air insignia
It is not a pre mission briefing.
It appears to be a classroom lecture.
The key seems to be the the long document or map pinned to the wall over the general ‘recognition’ paraphernalia.
Quote:-
…on the reverse part of an article about airmail for those serving overseas is visible.
“You, gentlemen, are off to North Africa.”
Mark
By: hunterxf382 - 10th October 2005 at 09:15
Well…. and this is also a long shot – could be a classroom scene from an Airfield Defence School (Airfield Gunners) – as my Grandfather was an instructor on one such school during or post WW2. This picture may well be some kind of handbook from such a school, as it shows the aircraft recognition posters and models. I have 2 of those bakelite models from my Grandfather’s days in my collection here – He 111, and Beaufighter (yes they had to recognise ours too).
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