Originally Posted by
Warmtoast
Re my post above.
Checking in the Air Britain publication "The Squadrons of the Royal Air Force" it shows that 40 Sqn equipped with York C.Mk.1's was based at Abingdon from December 1947 to June 1949 with a typical Serial No. of MW193 - so Abingdon is a possibility.
Why I would date the mystery photo as no later than 1945 concerns what the men are wearing.
Quite are few of them are wearing the RAF forage caps!
I don't think I see any berets ( though I am not sure).
Forage caps were the main form of working headgear for all ranks right through WW2.
However when you start viewing photos of RAF personnel from the late 1940's onward many of them appear wearing berets - including
aircrew!
Perhaps someone on here will know when 'berets' stated became standard issue in the RAF.