Description
Object description
Photocopy of three ms journals (682pp), August 1939 - October 1945, in which he records his thoughts and emotions and describes his experiences with No 101 Squad stretcher bearers in London, August 1939 - January 1940; his service as a photographer in the Fleet Air Arm, January 1940 - October 1941, training in HMS ROYAL ARTHUR, Skegness, HMS EXCELLENT, Portsmouth, and in HMS SPARROWHAWK (RNAS Hatston, Orkney), where he occasionally took photographs from aircraft; and finally his period with the Naval Training Film Section of the Admiralty, October 1941 - October 1945, dealing mainly with his social life amongst London's artistic fringe but making some mention of the work of the unit and of his trip to Normandy shortly after the invasion in June 1944; together with a photocopy of his flying log book recording the flights that he made taking pictures, April 1940 - August 1941.
Content description
Photocopy of three ms journals (682pp), August 1939 - October 1945, in which he records his thoughts and emotions and describes his experiences with No 101 Squad stretcher bearers in London, August 1939 - January 1940; his service as a photographer in the Fleet Air Arm, January 1940 - October 1941, training in HMS ROYAL ARTHUR, Skegness, HMS EXCELLENT, Portsmouth, and in HMS SPARROWHAWK (RNAS Hatston, Orkney), where he occasionally took photographs from aircraft; and finally his period with the Naval Training Film Section of the Admiralty, October 1941 - October 1945, dealing mainly with his social life amongst London's artistic fringe but making some mention of the work of the unit and of his trip to Normandy shortly after the invasion in June 1944; together with a photocopy of his flying log book recording the flights that he made taking pictures, April 1940 - August 1941.
History note
Cataloguer PJT
History note
Catalogue date 1981-01