Three aircrew with newspaper

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Title

Three aircrew with newspaper

Description

Three airmen one with life preserver and one with parachute harness, the one in centre is reading a 'wings abroad' newspaper while the other look over his shoulders. Submitted with caption 'Official RCAF photograph of three sitting aircrew, one reading a copy of "Wings Abroad" newspaper. Two of the men wear Canada shoulder titles, one being a sergeant wireless operator and the other an observer's brevet. The centre man does not appear to carry shoulder titles but he is aircrew as he is wearing a parachute harness'.

Type

Format

One b/w photograph

Rights

This content is property of the Royal Air Force Metheringham Airfield Visitor Centre which has kindly granted the International Bomber Command Centre Digital Archive a royalty-free permission to publish it. Please note that it was digitised by a third-party which used technical specifications that may differ from those used by International Bomber Command Centre Digital Archive. It has been published here ‘as is’ and may contain inaccuracies or culturally inappropriate references that do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the University of Lincoln or the International Bomber Command Centre.

Identifier

PFOMetheringhamAF25010006

Citation

“Three aircrew with newspaper,” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed September 9, 2026, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/collections/document/58457.