RAF's No. 2 School of Photography
Formal portrait of RAF and WAAF instructors and staff at the No. 2 School of Photography in BlackpoolThe RAF's No. 2 School of Photography was established in August 1940 to meet the rapidly increasing need for more photographers and photographic technicians to aid with aerial reconnaissance during the Second World War. The School was based at the Blackpool Technical College and Palatine Secondary School in Blackpool. Training of women at the School began in 1941.This photograph shows Knicky Knapman, third from the right in the middle row, and her future husband Sergeant Chapman, second from the right in the front row. The Commanding Officer at the No. 2 School of Photography, Squadron Leader Denton, is in the centre of the front row
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