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Picture No 12688910
Date 1939
Description Interceptor aircraft pilots waiting to go up 1939
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Interceptor aircraft pilots sitting on their parachutes as they wait for the order to fly, a few weeks after the outbreak of war. Interceptor pilots were used to attack enemy planes as they approached and these men are shown in full uniform, complete with earphones and goggles.
Source Unattributed photographer in ‘The Sphere’, 30 September 1939, page 491
Credit © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
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