A Hurricane pilot of No. 87 Squadron dons his flying kit, seen from beneath the wings of another aircraft, Exeter

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A Hurricane pilot of No. 87 Squadron dons his flying kit, seen from beneath the wings of another aircraft, Exeter
A Hurricane pilot of No. 87 Squadron dons his flying kit, seen from beneath the wings of another aircraft, Exeter
DateNovember 1940
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 9 1/2 × 11 1/8 in. (24.1 × 28.3 cm) Sheet: 10 in. × 11 15/16 in. (25.4 × 30.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Thomas J. Wilson and Jill M. Garling, P2016
Object number2020.9.205
On view

Additional Details

Alternate Titles Pilot through plane, World War II, London
Provenance 2020: Hamilton College (Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art), by gift of Thomas J. Wilson and Jill M. Garling.
Markings Stamp: "COPYRIGHT PHOT [illeg.] G [illeg.] A / IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM. (Tel: RELiance 8922) / LAMBETH ROAD, LONDON, S.E.1. / Not to be reproduced to Imperial War Museum / Negative No." upside down on verso at center in purple ink.
Inscribed Verso, top right corner (pencil): "George Rodger"
"11A" on verso at top left corner in red ink.
"Ac 20176" on verso at top left corner in pink ink.
"FCC F 9610" on verso at top center in pencil.
"GR-F-86" on verso at top center in pencil.
"GA II Lo[illeg.] A / Reprod" on verso at center right in pencil.
"[illeg.] 1640" upsidedown on verso at center in pencil.
Hurricane pilots of No. 601 (City of London) Squadron, Exeter
Royal Air Force Official Photographer
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Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2020.9.203
German gunner's eye view of three Spitfires of No. 610 Squadron, 'attacking' a Blenheim
Royal Air Force Official Photographer
Date: July 24, 1940
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2020.9.212
Pilots of No. 87 Squadron practicing a scramble to their Hawker Hurricane Mark Is at Lille-Seclin
Flight-Lieutenant Henry Hensser
Date: November 1939-May 1940
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2020.9.206
Photograph by John Bentham.
Date: mid-16th century
Medium: Double-sided watercolor, ink, and gold leaf on paper
Object number: 1986.29.1a-b
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Dmitri Baltermants
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Medium: Gelatin silver Estate print
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