Picture No | 10509479 |
Date | 1944 |
Description | Mary Churchill christens a new bomber, 1944 |
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After breaking a bottle of Coca-Cola across the nose of a new Fortress aircraft and naming it 'Stage Door Canteen', Miss Mary Churchill left the airfield with some of the officers. On the left are Alfred Lunt, the actor, and Vivien Leigh, actress and film star who were also at the ceremony.
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Source | Unattributed photograph in The Tatler 1944, May 3rd page 131. |
Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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