HM_King_George_VI_visits_No_617_Sqn_RAF.jpg

Description

English: The visit of HM King George VI to No 617 Squadron (The Dambusters), Royal Air Force, Scampton, Lincolnshire, 27 May 1943 - The King has a word with Flight Lieutenant Les Munro from New Zealand. Wing Commander Guy Gibson is on the right and Air Vice Marshal Ralph Cochrane, Commander of No 5 Group is behind Flight Lieutenant Munro and to the right.

Date

27 May 1943

Source

This photograph TR 999 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums .

Author

Royal Air Force official photographer

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Les Munro

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27 May 1943