DALLACHY, MORAYSHIRE, SCOTLAND, C. 1944-10. GROUP PORTRAIT OF ALL MEMBERS OF NO. 455 SQUADRON ...

Place Europe: United Kingdom, Scotland
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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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.