PATRICIA BURKE ENTERTAINS AN RAF THUNDERBOLT SQUADRON [Allocated Title]

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Object description

British actress Patricia Burke, serving with the Entertainments National Service Association (ENSA), entertains airmen of an RAF Thunderbolt squadron.

Full description

Patricia Burke drives a jeep up to a waiting crowd of airmen near a parked Thunderbolt Mk I of RAF 135 Squadron. She is lifted bodily up onto the wing of the Thunderbolt by two airmen, and laughs while her accompaniest struggles to climb up to join her. Singing to ukulele accompaniment. Men applauding. She tweaks the hat of an American airman.

Physical description

35mm

Object details

Category: Film
Related period: Second World War (content)
Creator: Air Ministry, Directorate of Public Relations (Production sponsor)
Royal Air Force Film Production Unit (Production company)
Production date: 1945
Place made: GB
Dimensions: whole: Number Of Items/reels/tapes 1
Catalogue number: ABY 84

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