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Photograph of a Wings for Victory Week procession - 2

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c. 1943

Overview

Photograph of a Wings for Victory Week procession through an English village. Taken a little further back from photo 1, showing more of the large contigent of airmen marching.

Historical information

Wings for Victory Week was one of the British National War Savings campaigns during WWII. It specifically raised money to support individual Royal Air Force warplanes.
There were similar schemes which raised money for the Army (Salute the Soldier Week) and Navy (Warship Week).
Each county was set a target of money to raise and local civic leaders were presented with plaques recognising the fund raising efforts of their communities.
Smaller groups within the county, such as the W.V.S. (Women's Voluntary Service), local schools and towns which held events to raise money, received certificates.

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Registration number

cwa-org-119-RoW00037

Item type

Themes

War and Conflict
War and Conflict > World War 2

Material

Photographic Paper

Width

85 mm

Height or length

140 mm

Keywords

Royal Air Force (RAF)

History - Social

Place made

United Kingdom

Year

Primary significance criteria

Historic significance

Social or spiritual significance

Comparative significance criteria

Interpretive capacity

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Sibling records

Photograph of a Wings for Victory Week procession - 1

'Wings for Victory' War Savings poster

Wings for Victory War Savings plaque

Wings for Victory War Savings Certificate of Honour

Wings for Victory Week advertisement from 'Picture Post' magazine

Wings for Victory Week article from the Cornish Guardian newspaper - 1

Wings for Victory Week article from the Cornish Guardian newspaper - 2

Wings for Victory Week article from The Illustrated London News

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