Sujet

Royal Air Force No. 2 School of Photography, Palatine Road, Blackpool, Lancashire, 1941. Creator: Allied Newspapers Limited.

Légende

A group of women from the Women's Auxiliary Air Force, in military uniform, posed with their cameras outside the No. 2 School of Photography, Blackpool, Lancashire, 1941. The RAF’s No. 2 School of Photography was established in August 1940 to meet the rapidly increasing need for more photographers and photographic technicians to aid with aerial reconnaissance during the Second World War. The School was based at the Blackpool Technical College and Palatine Secondary School in Blackpool. Training of women at the School began in 1941. This photograph shows a group of recruits at the beginning of their training at the No. 2 School.

Date

1941

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Historic England

Notre référence

HRM25A27_090

Model release

Non

Property release

Non

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

107,5Mo (3,1Mo) / 60,5cm x 44,5cm / 7145 x 5261 (300dpi)

Mots clés

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