Title

BOAC navigation officers drawing up a flight plan, World War II, c1939-c1944 (1946). Creator: Unknown.

Caption

BOAC navigation officers drawing up a flight plan, World War II, c1939-c1944 (1946). 'Flight Plan. BOAC navigation officers plan an Atlantic crossing. They are in the control room at Prestwick, terminus of the busy 3000-mile transocean traffic route'. From "Merchant Airmen - The Air Ministry Account of British Civil Aviation, 1939-1944". [His Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1946].
The Print Collector collection

Date

1946

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19D56_226

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

61,8Mb (3,4Mb) / 12,6in x 19,1in / 3779 x 5718 (300dpi)

Keywords

travel transport transportation work planning flight British Scotland uniform dress war century Britain preparing thirties aviation wartime concept navigation airline B&W 1940s navigator MONOCHROME transatlantic Forties air Transport World War II World War two flight plan WWII black & white black and white B W 1930s world war 2 20th century The Print Collector decade Prestwick Second World War South Ayrshire TGN WW2 working photograph BOAC British Overseas Airlines Corporation 2nd World War Unknown Atlantic Bridge photograph