Squadron and Nigeria scenes

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Squadron and Nigeria scenes

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Top left 358 service personnel in rows in front of a Wellington, which is inside a hangar,
Top right a group of two women and two young men standing by a low wall. The wall is next to a utility pole with single storey buildings with trees and other vegetation behind
Centre left is a street scene with two people walking pass a two storey building with a flat roof and steps up to wooden doors with windows above.
Centre second is a group people, one woman with a baby strapped to her back and two young men standing in front of a hedgerow.
Centre third is a street scene and mainly two and three storey buildings. The street has a pavement and people are walking along the road.
Centre right is a two storey brick building with a pitched tile roof, surrounded by a hedge. A group of seven men and a dog are standing next to the hedge. A drive, with planters either side, leads up to the arched entrance where a car is parked.
Bottom left is a village scene with grass roofed single storey buildings with men and women walking alongside. Table, baskets and other items sit on the ground in front of the buildings and there are palm trees behind.
Botton centre is a Ebute Ero Fishing Market in Lagos with men and women walking along a roadway alongside a body of water. There are boats moored and some of the women are carrying goods on their heads.
Bottom right is street scene with group of three uniformed officers standing in Custom Str, Lagos, with the office of the African Oil Nuts Company. There are utility poles along the road and other people can be seen.

Identification kindly provided by Frank Schilder and Tommy Hmlnk of the Finding the location WW1 & WW2 Facebook group.

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Format

Nine b/w photographs on an album page

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PLaneEO1930001

Citation

Great Britain. Royal Air Force, “Squadron and Nigeria scenes,” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed February 15, 2025, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/document/44701.

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