3-063-004 - Historic England Archive/Heritage Images

Portrait of Ronnie Pilgrim, wearing RAF uniform, leaning out of an aeroplane window, and holding a camera, RAF Iver Heath, Iver, Buckinghamshire, 1942-1943. Ronnie Pilgrim (1913-2003) was a stills photographer prior to the Second World War; during the war he served with the RAF's Film Production Unit at Pinewood Studios. He continued to work as a cinematographer and director after the war. Pinewood Studios - or RAF Iver Heath - was used as the base during the Second World War 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.