Description
India. c. 1945. The Governor of Bengal, R. G. Casey, made a special request to an RAF Photographic Reconnaissance Unit to take low level aerial photographs of Calcutta's condemned areas. RAF Mosquito aircraft were used to fulfil the request. On completion of the task Mr and Mrs Casey paid an official visit to the Wing Headquarters of the PRU under which the Mosquito aircraft operate. Mr Casey examines through a stereoscope the reconnaissance photographs of the slum area in Calcutta which were taken by RAF Mosquito aircraft. Left to right: Air Marshal W. A. Coryton CB MVO DFC; Section Officer Margaret Munn of Little Chalfont, Buckinghamshire (Photographic Interpretation Officer); the Governor; Section Officer Hester Bell of St Johns Vicarage, Reading.
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Accession Number
P02491.088
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain
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