"Winged Squadrons" 1942 BEATON, Cecil

"Winged Squadrons" 1942 BEATON, CecilBEATON, Cecil [47] pp. w 67 magnificent photographs taken by the author, Cecil Beaton Hutchinson & Co. Ltd. 9 3 4" x 7 3 8" The author relates his impressions of the men of the R. A. F & Fleet Air Arm *foxing condition noted* Beaton spent much of 1941 travelling around the country visiting air stations. His brief was to take photographs of the R. A. F. and Fleet Air Arm bases and to provide propaganda in words and pictures for the Ministry of

BEATON, Cecil

[47] pp.

w/ 67 magnificent photographs taken by the author, Cecil Beaton

Hutchinson & Co. Ltd.

9 3/4" x 7 3/8"

The author relates his impressions of the men of the R.A.F & Fleet Air Arm

*foxing condition noted*

Beaton spent much of 1941 travelling around the country visiting air stations. His brief was to take photographs of the R.A.F. and Fleet Air Arm bases and to provide propaganda in words and pictures for the Ministry of Information. Having gathered hundreds of photos and recorded numerous impressions in his diary he was authorised to write a book dedicated to the subject. The result is Winged Squadrons, an up-to-the-minute, fly-on-the-wall account of the lives of the airmen, their training and their military missions. Beaton's images of aircraft and military operations sit alongside perceptive portraits of the airmen. The book bears the Book Production War Economy Standard mark and is printed on economy grade paper. It is bound in printed wrappers rather than cloth and the dust jacket repeats the wrapper design. Its fragile nature means copies with the dust jacket are scarce