Name/Titlephoto negative - 610 Squadron
About this object610 Squadron. 'Forward Readiness at Hellfire Corner' Hawkinge. Left to right standing: Flying Officer Stan Norris, Sergeant Horatio Chandler, Squadron Leader John Ellis (just visible), Flight Lieutenant Bill Warner, Pilot Officer Fred Gardiner, Flying Officer Doug Wilson and Sergeant Ronnie Hamlyn . On the ground left to right: Flight lieutenant Edward Smith, Pilot Officer Joe Pegge (lying on his back), Sergeant Claude Parsons and Sergeant Doug Corfe. Bill Warner was to be killed on 16th August 1940, three weeks after this photo was taken. Claude Parsons was killed in 1941 and Doug Corfe in 1942.
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 Hawkinge
MakerFox Photos
Maker RolePublisher
Date Made29 July 1940
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 Keywords610 Squadron
Subject and Association KeywordsBiggin Hill
Subject and Association KeywordsHawkinge
Subject and Association Keywords'Hellfire Corner'
Subject and Association Keywords'forward readiness'
Subject and Association KeywordsNorris, Stan
Subject and Association KeywordsChandler, Horatio
Subject and Association KeywordsEllis, John
Subject and Association KeywordsWarner, Bill
Subject and Association KeywordsHamlyn, Ronald Fairfax
Subject and Association KeywordsGardiner, Fred
Subject and Association KeywordsWilson, Doug
Subject and Association KeywordsSmith, Edward
Subject and Association KeywordsPegge, Joe
Subject and Association KeywordsParsons, Claude
Subject and Association KeywordsCorfe, Doug
Medium and Materials1: photographic negative
2: paper
CollectionBob Ogley
Credit LineImage from the Bob Ogley Collection
Object number2018.1.279
Copyright LicenceAll rights reserved
