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Object description
Air Chief Commandant Lady R M E Welsh, Director of the Women's Auxiliary Air Force ('the WAAFs') visits No. 9 RAF General Hospital in Calcutta, India.
Full description
A cantilever girder bridge with a Short Empire flying boat passing over it. A small motor launch heads off upriver to rendezvous with the flying boat. A group of RAF officers await the arrival of Lady Welsh on a jetty. A launch ties up at the jetty. Lady Welsh, Group Officer Campbell and Flight Officer Tempest Holmes of the WAAF step ashore and are greeted. One of the Indian crew of the launch wears a shirt marked 'British Overseas Airways' (BOAC). The party go aboard the BOAC reception boat Sonainuki. Lady Welsh, Group Officer Campbell and other officers are served tea. A motorcade sets off. Close-up of a sign which reads 'No. 9 RAF General Hospital'. Lady Welsh is greeted by a senior nurse. The group of officers inspect the wards and meet some of the patients. The group departs.
Physical description
35mm
