I’ve been working on adding colour and cleaning up an image showing members of the W.A.A.F. (Women’s Auxiliary Air Force) taking care of one of the Bristol Pegasus engines belonging to a Short Sunderland MK III aircraft.
The original caption on the image does not offer a location, but I believe it to be RAF Station Mount Batten, on Plymouth Sound in Devon.
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RAF Mount Batten was the regular home of RAAF (Royal Australian Air Force) No. 10 Squadron, who were under RAF operational command, so there’s a good chance the aircrafts shown belong to them. It’s also possible that it could have been No. 461 Squadron, who also spent time at the station, in 1942.
![© IWM CH 13659](https://i0.wp.com/dansteele.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/IWM-CH-13659.png?resize=600%2C783&ssl=1)