Girl On A Seafire

RNAS Yeovilton, July,1944; Armourer Barbara Platt wins the Miss Seafire contest. This photograph reveals all we could ever wish to know about the spirit of the ground crews of the FAA.

Post-war, Miss Platt married and became the mother of my great friend and computer guru Peter.

Team photo: From the left; Rusty, Jean, "Daddy" George, Barbara, Pilot Officer Hanley, Jeso, and Eddie.

February, 1944. Course A.M.O.(9) for WRNS Aircraft Mechanics at HMS Fledgeling (Mill Meece, Staffordshire). The class has succeeded in getting all eight .303 Colt Browning machine guns out of the Hurricane - now all they have to do is to figure out how to put them back.

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