At a Royal Air Force Fighter Station in Britain, November 1942
WWII Royal Air Force Fighter Pilot
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About as British as it gets! Great photo
Simon Pegg? aka Shaun? (Shaun of the Dead)
Any infos on what he is reading?
Haircut, reading, warrior, sitting like a man, awesome. The book looks like something Egyptian.
Those are some cool boots. .. I wonder if they were British Govt. issue?
That is pretty manly.
And he does look like Simon Pegg.
My uncle flew for the RAF in WWII (Hurricanes and Mosquitos. Not a part of the Eagle squadrons but an American in the RAF.) He had a pair of those flying boots and told me they were not standard issue but that it was a coveted item for fighter pilots. The most prized items he left me when he died was his service pistol (S&W ,38, lend-lease issue, and his RAF wings. as well as an insatiable thirst for flight. I have followed in his footsteps and became involved in aerial firefighting, suppressing forest fires for the previous 30 years. retired 01-01-11.
Thanks Mark for the boot info… My dad flew in a B-17 out of England during WWII, and was wounded on his 11th mission. .. Maybe they crossed paths in the air.
My grandfather was a navigator on a Lancaster in the RCAF during WWII as a Pathfinder (they went in ahead of the rest of the bomber force and left flares or dropped incendiaries on the target at night). Hasn’t shown me much of his things (except a Distinguished Flying Cross) but he has given me lots of advice on my own military career. Good photo.
Look at the sharp haircut on the barber. Hard to find cut’s like that.