Accession Number | P02491.087 |
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Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | Black & white - Print silver gelatin |
Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain This item is in the Public Domain |
India. c. 1945. Portrait of Mrs Casey, Air Marshal W. A. Coryton CB MVO DFC, Air Marshal ...
Description
India. c. 1945. Portrait of Mrs Casey, Air Marshal W. A. Coryton CB MVO DFC, Air Marshal Commanding RAF Burma, R. G. Casey, Governor of Bengal, during their tour of inspection to the Wing Headquarters of the Photographic Reconnaissance Unit (PRU). Mr Casey made a special request to an RAF PRU to take low-level aerial photographs of Calcutta's condemned slum areas.