Two veterans and a pilot in Hurricane cockpit

PFOMetheringhamAF19040055.jpg

Title

Two veterans and a pilot in Hurricane cockpit

Description

Top - head and shoulders image of two men wearing civilian jacket and tie with a hedge behind. Submitted with description 'Post-war colour print of Des Richards, Chairman of the 106 Sqn Association, and F/Lt David Shannon DSO*, DFC* of 106 and 617 Sqn's. [Duplicate of MAVCP:2019/M10/30]'.
Bottom - half length image of an airman wearing flying helmet standing up in cockpit of a Hurricane. Submitted with description 'Photo of F/O Edgar James "Cobber" Kain DFC, standing in the cockpit of a Hurricane. Kain shot down 17 German aircraft before dying in a flying accident in June 1940'.

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Format

One colour and one b/w photograph mounted on an album page

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

PFOMetheringhamAF19040055

Citation

“Two veterans and a pilot in Hurricane cockpit,” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed December 6, 2024, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/document/31297.

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