A group of RAF and WAAF (Women's Auxiliary Air Force) instructors, posed for the camera outside the No. 2 School of Photography

Date:
1942 - 1943
Location:
Royal Air Force No. 2 School of Photography, Palatine Road, Blackpool
Reference:
CHP01/07/01/120
Type:
Photograph (Print)
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Description

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.

Knicky Knapman (later Chapman) is included in the image, standing third from the left in the front row.

Content

This is part of the Volume: CHP01/07/01 Photograph Album Compiled by Knicky Chapman; within the Series: CHP01/07 Women's Auxiliary Air Force Second World War Photographs; within the Collection: CHP01 Knicky Chapman Collection

Rights

Source: Historic England Archive

Keywords

Second World War Military Training Site, Military, Second World War, Women's History