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| Picture No | 10610833 |
| Date | 1939 |
| Description | Sir Kingsley Wood visits the RAF in France, 1939 |
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Sir Kingsley Wood (1881 - 1943), Secretary of State for Air pictured during a tour of the R.A.F. in France, the first British Defence Minister to visit British Forces overseas in 1939. He is seen before a bus which has been converted for office use and is adorned with humorous slogans and signs. Behind him is Air Vice-Marshal Peirse; on the right are Air Vice-Marshal P.H.L. Playfair, Air Officer Commanding the RAF in France and wo staff officers - Group-Captain A. H. Wann and Air-Commodore J. C. Quinnell.
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| Source | Unattributed photograph in The Sphere, 28 October 1939 |
| Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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