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(57) L.552 - Pilots in a R.A.F. squadron: an American, Canadian, New Zealander, Englishman & South African
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| First World War 'Official Photographs' > Photographers > David McLellan > (57) L.552 - Pilots in a R.A.F. squadron: an American, Canadian, New Zealander, Englishman & South African |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/74548678 |
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| Description | Multi-national pilots consulting a chart, France, during World War I. Five young airmen are leaning up against the tail of their plane, looking at a map which they have balanced on the tail. They are all wearing flying gear, goggles and caps but they are only wearing their normal uniform jackets and ties. They are all engaged in what appears to be a serious conversation although they all seem relaxed and at ease with one another. There is a posed air about this photograph which suggests that it has been setup for propaganda purposes. The RAF was created on the 1st of April by merging the Royal Flying Corp and the Royal Naval Air Service. By the end of the war It comprised 188 squadrons and an 'Independent Air Force' of strategic bombers. [Original reads: 'OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN ON THE BRITISH WESTERN FRONT IN FRANCE. Pilots in a R.A.F. Squadron. An American, Canadian, New Zealander, Englishman & South African.'] |
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| Description | Formerly a photographer with the 'Daily Mirror’, a newspaper which led the field in pictorial journalism, McLellan was appointed as an official war photographer in December 1917 along with Tom Aitken whose work also features in this collection. McLellan is especially noted for his work capturing the huge scale of operations on the Front. McLellan was one of five official photographers working on the Western Front, for the propaganda department during the last two years of the war. The photographers were driven to the site the authorities wanted them to photograph, which meant that most of their material was also largely censored. This did not, however, mean that the photographer did not get to know the people in the picture. |
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| Description | Black-and-white photographs mainly of the Western Front during the First World War. Official British war photographers took many of them for propaganda purposes. Unless otherwise stated, titles are the photographs' original captions. From the papers of Field Marshal (Earl) Haig (1861-1928). The Haig Papers also contain Douglas Haig’s diaries. |
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| Shelfmark | Acc.3155 |
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