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Prestwick Airport- Transport and Travel in Wartime, Prestwick, Ayrshire, Scotland, UK, 1944 D20328
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Prestwick Airport- Transport and Travel in Wartime, Prestwick, Ayrshire, Scotland, UK, 1944
BOAC Station Steward Eldridge prepares supper boxes in the kitchens at Prestwick airport, as one of the kitchen staff makes up flasks. These boxes are for the 16 passengers and 5 crew travelling that evening. The original caption states that in peacetime, Mr Eldridge served hot meals in flight.
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