Image from the RJ Atkinson personal collection.
No. 486 Squadron pilot, Pilot Officer JR Duncan, standing beside his Tempest SA-V. Germany.
Handwritten on the reverse "Jim Duncan & kite. Rhine Germany. April 45."
Image from the RJ Atkinson personal collection.
No. 486 Squadron pilot, Pilot Officer JR Duncan, standing on his Tempest SA-V. Germany.
Handwritten on the reverse "Jim Duncan & sweetheart 'V'. Rhine Germany. April 45."
Image from the RJ Atkinson personal collection.
No. 486 Squadron pilot, Reginald John Atkinson, sitting in his Tempest. Germany.
Handwritten on the reverse "Me & my killer. Rhine. Germany. April 45. FW190 fell to the credit of this one & the guy in the 'pursuit ship'."
Image from the RJ Atkinson personal collection.
No. 486 Squadron pilot standing beside his Tempest SA-W. Germany.
Handwritten on the reverse "The Tempest & its pilot. Between her & I we put a FW190 in the deck the [illegible]. Rhine Germany. April 45."
Image from the RJ Atkinson personal collection.
RAF Anson taking off.
Handwritten on the reverse "Rhine. The Duty Anson with its heart aching mail from & to many a sweetheart. Wonder if theres one for me. Rhine. Germany. April 45."
Image from the RJ Atkinson personal collection.
Two No. 486 Squadron pilots doing laundry outside their tent.
Handwritten on the reverse "Our weekly wash. 'Home sweet home'. Rhine Germany | April 1945."
Image from the RJ Atkinson personal collection.
Kitchen area and tent.
Handwritten on the reverse "Cook house | the joint they find me always | Rhine Germany | April 1945."
Image from the RJ Atkinson personal collection.
Group of ground crew relaxing on the airfield with some long range fuel tanks.
Handwritten on the reverse "Some of our groundstaff boys with me getting the low down & shooting a line, [illegible] caught in the act of these nasty camera boys. Rhine Germany. April 1945."
Image from the RJ Atkinson personal collection.
No. 486 Squadron pilot, Reginald John Atkinson, sitting on the wing of an overturned ME109.
Handwritten on the reverse "Sorta bent about a bit but still enough room for me to perch. ME109. Rhine. Germany. April 45."
See duplicate print, 2012-405.149, with complimentary details on the reverse
