Leaving party for Wing Commander Ian Clifford Kirby Swales
Title
Leaving party for Wing Commander Ian Clifford Kirby Swales
Description
First page:
Photograph of empty party venue and the five other photographs of large groups of airmen drinking and enjoying party.
At the back of the room is a sign '622S BLONDIE'.
Second page:
Six photographs showing various groups of airmen enjoying party and drinking. One photograph of interior of party room and another with a wing commander pilot (wearing tunic with brevet and medal ribbons) drinking from a tankard in front of a 622 Squadron sign.
Wing Commander Ian Clifford Kirby Swales, CO of 622 Squadron appears in several of these photographs.
Photograph of empty party venue and the five other photographs of large groups of airmen drinking and enjoying party.
At the back of the room is a sign '622S BLONDIE'.
Second page:
Six photographs showing various groups of airmen enjoying party and drinking. One photograph of interior of party room and another with a wing commander pilot (wearing tunic with brevet and medal ribbons) drinking from a tankard in front of a 622 Squadron sign.
Wing Commander Ian Clifford Kirby Swales, CO of 622 Squadron appears in several of these photographs.
Date
1944-10
Temporal Coverage
Spatial Coverage
Type
Format
Twelve b/w photographs mounted on two pages
Publisher
Rights
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Contributor
Identifier
PRichardsWE1901
Collection
Citation
“Leaving party for Wing Commander Ian Clifford Kirby Swales,” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed May 13, 2026, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/collections/document/55374.

