97/Steven Crew: East, postwar

Object/Artifact

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RAF Pathfinders Archive

Name/Title

97/Steven Crew: East, postwar

Entry/Object ID

2023.1155

Description

Albert East with Jimmy Rainsford (right), post-war dance.

Context

Jimmy Rainsford had been best man at Albert's wedding. Albert's wife Patricia is on the far left,; these being times which necessitated frugality, she is wearing her wedding dress with slight modifications. it is not known who the young woman is with Jimmy Rainsford. Donated by Joan Champion and Paul East, April 2021.

Collection

97 Squadron, War's Over, YEAS: ALBERT EAST & the Steven Crew

Category

QAI: Personal photographs