Name/Titlephoto negative - 609 Squadron

About this object609 Squadron. Biggin Hill visit by Winston Churchill, 7th July 1941. Left to right: partially seen, Sir Sholto Douglas, AOC-in-C, Fighter Command, Churchill, Sergeant Hughes-Rees, 'Dickie' Barwell and John Bisdee, back to the camera.

In September 1980 RAF Biggin Hill gathered together a collection of photographs from museums, commercial and private individuals to mount an exhibition to celebrate the 40th Anniversary of the Battle of Britain. The collection was passed on to Bob Ogley when the RAF withdrew from Biggin Hill.

This photograph is part of the Bob Ogley Photograph Collection.

Place MadeRAF Biggin Hill

MakerIWM

Maker RolePublisher

Date Made7 July 1941

Measurements1: H 100 mm x W 125 mm
2: H 185 mm x W 145 mm

PeriodSecond World War

Object TypePhotographic negative

Subject and Association Keywords609 Squadron

Subject and Association KeywordsBiggin Hill

Subject and Association KeywordsWinston Churchill

Subject and Association KeywordsSholto Douglas, Sir, AOC-in-C, Fighter Command

Subject and Association KeywordsHughes-Rees

Subject and Association KeywordsBarwell, 'Dickie'

Subject and Association KeywordsBisdee, John

Medium and Materials1: photographic negative
2: paper

CollectionBob Ogley

Credit LineImage from the Bob Ogley Collection

Object number2018.1.264

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