Photo 808/1

Black cloth-covered post-bound album, 300x407mm, containing captioned prints inserted in corner mounts. Corporal Alan Cedric Dyke of the RAF was attached to No 6 Squadron, Indian Air Force (Fighter Reconnaissance) from 12/5/43 to 21/6/46. A note pasted on to the front free endpaper reads: 'Early photographs were difficult to obtain because cameras were scarce and so were films. After 8/5/45 films became available from the then surplus stock of wide aircraft films (of the Photo Reconnaissance Squadron) which were cut to smaller widths. Spools were in short supply, but if you had a spare spool you could get a film'. A letter home and copy of Dyke's itinerary are in an envelope pasted to the rear fixed endpaper and several xerox copies of maps are also included in the album with places visited underlined. The photographs are snapshots of amateur quality.

Prints 1-14 South Africa, Mar-Apr 1943. Views of Durban and the beach at Amanzimtoti. Prints 15-20 Bombay, May 1943. Views of buildings and streets. Print 21 Portrait of A.C. Dyke and Cpl. Tucker, Morli Transit Camp. Prints 22-43 Bombay, May 1943. Architectural views (including commercial reproductions). Prints 44-46 Trichinopoly, Aug-Sep 1943. Architecture including a temple gopuram. Print 47 View of Howrah Bridge, Calcutta. Print 48 RAF (?) group, Kalyan, Oct 1943. Prints 49-53 Calcutta, 30/11/43. Street scenes. Print 54 Fishing boat, Chittagong (poor quality print). Prints 55-92 Ratnapalong (Chittagong District), Feb-May 1944. Views and portraits of the Servicing Section of No 6 Squadron, Indian Air Force. All British men are named, as is the C.O., Squadron Leader Mehar Singh. Photographs also include some views at Ramu. Prints 93-97 Views and portraits at Cox's Bazaar, Chittagong, and a copy of a memo: 'Easy Burmese for shot down pilots'. Prints 98-106 Miscellaneous prints including views of ghats at Varanasi, June 1944. Prints 107-109 Portraits at Risalpur, Jun-Aug 1944. Prints 110-112 The Golden Temple, Amritsar. Prints 113-154 Kohat, Aug 1944-Nov 1945. Portraits, views of the RAF station and views of the town and surrounding country. Prints 155-197 Lower Topa and Murree, Aug-Sep 1944. Hill station views including buildings and bazaars. Prints 198-205 Khyber Pass, 29/10/44. Afghan border views. Prints 206-213 Views at No 6 Squadron, IAF, 2nd Anniversary Sports Day, Kohat, 2/12/44. Prints 214-220 Visit by Sir Claude Auchinleck to RAF station, Kohat, Dec 1944. Prints 221-246 Delhi and New Delhi, Dec 1944. Architectural views inluding the Jantar Mantar, Red Fort and Humayun's Tomb. Prints 247-274 Agra, Dec 1944. Views of the Taj Mahal, Fort and Itimad-ud-daulah's tomb. Prints 275-291 Postcard views of Agra, Sikandra and Fatehpur Sikri. Prints 292-303 Fatehpur Sikri, 9/12/44. Snapshot views. Prints 304-306 Akbar's tomb, Sikandra. Prints 307-311 Views of the Lakshmi Narayana or Birla Temple, New Delhi, built in 1938. Prints 312-322 Street scenes in Delhi, including beggars and bazaars, and two views of the Jami Masjid. Prints 323-334 Portraits during Christmas celebrations at RAF station, Kohat, Dec 1944 (prints accompanied by menu card). Prints 335-352 Portraits and views at Kohat RAF station, and in the bazaar. Prints 353--361 Views and portraits at Peshawar, Jan-Feb 1945. Prints 362-370 Views at an IAF funeral for a Sikh officer.