49 Trainee airmen at Lord’s cricket ground

49 Trainee airmen at Lord’s cricket ground

47 trainee airmen with two instructors arranged in three rows in front of an ornate veranda at Lord’s cricket ground. Windows taped against bomb blast, a NAAFI poster visible. On the reverse 'Alphast' and Feb 1942.

Identification kindly provided by Rona Skirbeck and Nigel Pepper of the Unidentified photos of the British Isles Group.

1942-02

One b/w photograph

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