Aerial view of Willingdon Island, Cochin, seen from a tiger moth. Photographer: Dickins, Douglas
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Genre: Landscape Photography Typescript note on revrse reads: 'Cochin airfield lies on a pear-shaped island reclaimed from the shallow backwaters. This is the terminus of the South Indian Railway; joined to the mainland by the bridge seen in the background under the clouds. The deep water chann...
Squadron Leader Wilfred Russell and Flight Officer Rabb with the DH 86 at Cochin. Photographer: Dickins, Douglas
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Pencilled note on reverse reads: 'The DH 86 was converted to carry two 250 lb bombs and was our main defence against invasion! F/O Rabb became Air Commodore or Air Marshall and after the war was India's Ambassador to Spain - I think.' Subjects = aircraft; military (general); military aircraft;...
Ambulance rescue party from R.A.F. Vizagapatam. Photographer: Dickins, Douglas
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Genre: Historical Events Duplicate of print 86. Handwritten note on reverse of print reads: 'A rescue party from R.A.F. Vizagapatam, setting out to a village where survivors from a crashed plane in the Bay of Bengal, came ashore near Vizagapatam. Palm leaves are being used to fill in a flooded ...
Cataline seaplane landed at Cochin. Photographer: Dickins, Douglas
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Genre: Historical Events Handwritten note on reverse reads: 'Rowing out to take the crew of Fl/Lt Ken Riddy's catalina, the first to land, during the monsoon, in August 1942, on the shallow lagoon of Cochin Harbour.' Subjects = aircraft; military (general); military aircraft; Royal Air Force