Title

RAF pilot learning to fly during the Second World War,1941

Caption

RAF pilot learning to fly during the Second World War, 1941. Flying lesson in a de Havilland Tiger Moth biplane: 'Dual control at the Elementary Flying Training School is the first step in the actual handling of the aircraft'. From "The Royal Air Force in Pictures", 2nd edition, by World War I flying ace Major Oliver Stewart. [Country Life Ltd, London, 1941]

Date

1941

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector/Charles Brown

Reference

HRM19F23_449

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

64,7Mb (1,9Mb) / 19,7in x 12,8in / 5895 x 3838 (300dpi)

Keywords

transport transportation people male learning training job man men flying education lesson guy occupation British aircraft war instructor royal air force Armed Forces century Britain profession cockpit pilots pilot concept B&W 1940s MONOCHROME Army warfare Air Force Forties aviator air Transport World War II World War two WWII Airman black & white black and white instrument panel B W world war 2 20th century The Print Collector decade RAF Second World War WW2 training school airmen photograph 2nd World War Stewart Charles E Brown Charles Brown Brown Charles E Brown Charles Oliver De Havilland Tiger Moth Oliver Stewart Major Oliver Stewart Charles E. Brown Brown Charles E. dual control photograph