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Framed Print of A Women's Auxiliary Air Force (WAAF) trainee practising with a miniature handheld camera chp01_07_01_077
A Women's Auxiliary Air Force (WAAF) trainee practising with a miniature handheld camera during training at the No. 2 School of Photography in Blackpool.
The RAF's No. 2 School of Photography was established in August 1940 to meet the rapidly increasing need for more photographers and photographic technicians to aid with aerial reconnaissance during the Second World War. The School was based at the Blackpool Technical College and Palatine Secondary School in Blackpool. Training of women at the School began in 1941.
In the tenth week of the training programme, the trainees were taught the use and manipulation of miniature Leica and Contax cameras, and how to develop the films.
This photograph is one of a set taken by Barnet Saidman, an RAF officer on the staff at the No. 2 School, and other colleagues, which was compiled into an album and presented to Squadron Leader W H Dunton, officer in charge of the No. 2 School. The album documents the training programme for the WAAF's at the No. 2 School, and is accompanied by written captions. The original album is held by the Defence School of Photography. A second set of prints was collected and presented within the album compiled by Knicky Chapman, who was herself on the staff at the No. 2 School.'
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Media ID 41593206
WAAF Photography Training , Women In The RAF , No 2 School Of Photography Blackpool , Second World War Women's Roles
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