Six Airmen

PSheppardIE22010067.jpg
PSheppardIE22010068.jpg

Title

Six Airmen

Description

Six airmen arranged in two rows. On the reverse are brief personal messages and is stamped 7 Feb 1944.

Date

1944-02-07

Temporal Coverage

Coverage

Language

Type

Format

One b/w photograph

Rights

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Contributor

Identifier

PSheppardIE22010067, PSheppardIE22010068

Transcription

[black and white photograph of six airmen in two rows. Three standing in the back row and three seated in the front row]

[page break]

The “Rose” this time is – [underlined] George King [/underlined]

This is the first time I have been “left standing” – John Newman

Mines a light Inkey, in a glass
John Noske.

Best Wishes – Norm Huggett

Bottom Left, the modest good looking lad, is [underlined] Frank Phillipe [/underlined]

Sorry, I missed out, all the best – Wally Adam

Last but not least – Irvo the Great – Luv
[underlined] Don Irving [/underlined]

[date stamp 7 FEB 1944]

Citation

“Six Airmen,” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed June 6, 2026, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/collections/document/38626.