RAF's No. 2 School of Photography

The exterior of Block B at RAF Iver Heath, Pinewood Studios, with the building painted in camouflage paint. A handwritten note on the back of the print identifies this building: B block. WAAF Sgts quarters. Prod. office etc.Pinewood Studios - or RAF Iver Heath - was used as the base during the Second World War for the Royal Air Force Film Production Unit, the Crown Film Unit, and the Army Film and Photographic Unit. The studios were used to produce both films advocating the role of the armed forces in the war, and documentary films, recording the progress of the war. Dorothy Knicky Chapman was posted to Pinewood Studios to serve as a WAAF with the RAF's Film Production Unit, working in the Stills Department. This photograph is one of a set compiled by Chapman, which document her time at Pinewood Studios. It is not clear which of the photographs in the set were taken by Chapman

Advocating Auxiliary Buckinghamshire Chapman Clear Compiled Handwritten Identifies Iver Knicky Pinewood Posted Produce Quarters Serve Sgts Waaf

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