3-062-999 - Historic England Archive/Heritage Images

RAF aviator Peter Baylis and Commanding Officer Edward 'Teddy' Baird standing by an Airspeed Horsa glider at RAF Iver Heath, Pinewood Studios, Buckinghamshire, 1942-43. Peter Baylis was a film editor for the RAF's Film Production Unit during the WW2. He also appears on the cast list for 'Journey Together', a film produced by the unit in 1945 which starred a young Richard Attenborough. Edward 'Teddy' Baird was Commanding Officer of the RAF's Film Production Unit; following the war he went on to have a career in film production. Pinewood Studios - or RAF Iver Heath - was used as the base during the WW2 for the Royal Air Force Film Production Unit, the Crown Film Unit, and the Army Film and Photographic Unit. The studios were used to produce both films advocating the role of the armed forces in the war, and documentary films, recording the progress of the war. Dorothy 'Knicky' Chapman was posted to Pinewood Studios to serve as a WAAF with the RAF's Film Production Unit, working in the Stills Department. This photograph is one of a set compiled by Chapman, which document her time at Pinewood Studios. It is not clear which of the photographs in the set were taken by Chapman.The print has the handwritten caption: ""'Morning, noon and night', gliders"".