Pilots of No. 87 Squadron practicing a scramble to their Hawker Hurricane Mark Is at Lille-Seclin

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Pilots of No. 87 Squadron practicing a scramble to their Hawker Hurricane Mark Is at Lille-Seclin
Pilots of No. 87 Squadron practicing a scramble to their Hawker Hurricane Mark Is at Lille-Seclin
DateNovember 1939-May 1940
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 9 1/2 × 11 1/4 in. (24.1 × 28.6 cm) Sheet: 10 in. × 12 1/8 in. (25.4 × 30.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Thomas J. Wilson and Jill M. Garling, P2016
Object number2020.9.206
On view

Additional Details

Alternate Titles Pilots running to planes, World War II, England
Provenance 2020: Hamilton College (Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art), by gift of Thomas J. Wilson and Jill M. Garling.
Markings Stamp: "COPYRIGHT PHOTOGRAPH / IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM. (Tel. RELiance 8922) / LAMBETH ROAD, LONDON, S.E.1. / Not to be reproduced without permission. / Reproduction fees payable to Imperial War Museum / Negative No." upside down on verso at center in purple ink.
Inscribed "5B" on verso at top left corner in red marker, crossed out with pencil.
"6B" on verso at top left corner in pencil.
"Ac 20186" on verso at top left corner in fading red ink.
"FCC F g609" on verso at top center in pencil.
"GR-F-89" on verso at top right corner in pencil.
"GA II Bat. d'Angleteros" on verso at center right in pencil.
"C465" upside down on verso at center in pencil.
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