3-062-969 - Historic England Archive/Heritage Images

Royal Air Force No. 2 School of Photography, Palatine Road, Blackpool, Lancashire, 1942-1943. A group of RAF and WAAF (Women's Auxiliary Air Force) instructors, posed for the camera outside the No. 2 School of Photography. Knicky Knapman (later Chapman) is included in the image, standing third from the left in the front row. The RAF’s No. 2 School of Photography was established in August 1940 to meet the rapidly increasing need for more photographers and photographic technicians to aid with aerial reconnaissance during the Second World War. The School was based at the Blackpool Technical College and Palatine Secondary School in Blackpool. Training of women at the School began in 1941.