Lantern Slides and Photographic Prints of Aircraft

Made:
1909-01-01-1945-12-31
maker:
Unknown and Royal Air Force

Collection of photographic prints of aircraft, servicemen and aircrew, as well as some landscapes and scenes taken mainly in India. The material also includes two photographs of King George VI with service personnel and the Gordon Highlanders Band.

The glass slides feature the interior of an aircraft with steward serving a drink to passengers; a Wibualt-Penhoet 282-T12 parked at Croydon Airport; Siddeley-Deasy RE 8 with a "Side Fitting" reconaissance Camera; and a General Arrangement Engineering Drawing for Gypsy Moth titled "Oiling Diagram."

The collection includes a series of photographic prints of First and Second World War military aircraft taken by the Machine Records Section of the Royal Air Force.

Details

Extent:
1 envelope containing photographs and 4 glass slides
Identifier:
YMS0036
Access:
Open access.