Place | Europe: United Kingdom, Scotland |
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Accession Number | P01704.001 |
Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | Black & white - Film copy negative |
Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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DALLACHY, MORAYSHIRE, SCOTLAND, C. 1944-10. GROUP PORTRAIT OF ALL MEMBERS OF NO. 455 SQUADRON ...
Description
DALLACHY, MORAYSHIRE, SCOTLAND, C. 1944-10. GROUP PORTRAIT OF ALL MEMBERS OF NO. 455 SQUADRON RAAF, ASSEMBLED ON AND IN FRONT OF ONE THE SQUADRON'S BRISTOL BEAUFIGHTER AIRCRAFT. NO. 455 SQUADRON WAS MADE UP OF RAAF SERVICEMEN (DISTINGUISHED BY THEIR DARKER UNIFORMS), ROYAL AIR FORCE (RAF) PERSONNEL AND SOME MEMBERS OF THE WOMEN'S AUXILIARY AIR FORCE (WAAF), WHO ARE STANDING IN THE ROW FIFTH FROM THE FRONT. THE SQUADRON IS AT THE RAF STATION AT DALLACHY IN NORTHEASTERN SCOTLAND, FROM WHERE IT OPERATED AT THAT TIME AS PART OF RAF COASTAL COMMAND.