Sujet
Royal Air Force No. 2 School of Photography, Palatine Road, Blackpool, 1942-1943. Creator: Barnet Saidman.
Légende
Royal Air Force No. 2 School of Photography, Palatine Road, Blackpool, Lancashire, 1942-1943. Members of the WAAF (Women's Auxiliary Air Force) looking at a passing out card, on completion of their training course. 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 WW2. The School was based at the Blackpool Technical College and Palatine Secondary School in Blackpool. Training of women at the School began in 1941. Each cohort on the training programme designed and made their own passing out cards, generally consisting of "small caricatures of each phase of the course, complete with a few verses or a parody of a poem." The evening before their last day each cohort would hold a small farewell party for their instructors. This photograph is one of a set taken by Barnet Saidman, an RAF officer on the staff at the No. 2 School, and other colleagues, which was compiled into an album and presented to Squadron Leader W H Dunton, officer in charge of the No. 2 School. The album documents the training programme for the WAAF's at the No. 2 School, and is accompanied by written captions. The original album is held by the Defence School of Photography. A second set of prints was collected and presented within the album compiled by Knicky Chapman, who was herself on the staff at the No. 2 School.
Date
1942
Crédit
Photo12/Heritage Images/Historic England
Notre référence
HRM25A27_214
Model release
Non
Property release
Non
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
106,9Mo (2,7Mo) / 59,6cm x 44,9cm / 7042 x 5307 (300dpi)