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Royal
Air Force Film
Production Unit Presents:
Between Friends
(A brief visit to a fighter station)
Movie stills taken from the Boulting Brothers visit to 609 Squadron at Biggin Hill for the Propaganda film 'Between Friends' ( a wonderful ten minutes or so of various pilots and ground staff at dispersal, culminating in a squadron take-off).
BF001 Armand ‘Fifi’ de Saxce and Jonathan 'Johnny' Wiseman BF002
Alan ‘Babe’ Haddon BF003
Alan ‘Babe’ Haddon BF004 Baron Jean de Selys Longchamps DFC BF005
Baron Jean de Selys Longchamps DFC BF006
Baron Jean de Selys Longchamps DFC BF007
George ‘Moose’ Evans BF008
Alan Davis / James Innes BF009
John ‘Joe’ Atkinson DFC BF010
John ‘Joe’ Atkinson DFC BF011
John ‘Joe’ Atkinson DFC BF012
Roy Payne and Baron Jean de Selys Longchamps DFC BF013
Roy Payne BF014
Stanley Spallin BF015
Roy Payne BF016 Alan Davis and Ron Boulting BF017 'Desmond' BF018
Roy Payne and Baron Jean de Selys Longchamps DFC BF019
Raymond Dopere, John ‘Joe’ Atkinson DFC, Ronald Boulting, Alan ‘Babe’
Haddon BF020 Frank ‘Ziggy’ Ziegler
When viewing the film, those involved, in order of appearing, are as follows: The phone is answered by a bespectacled officer who is probably the Biggin Hill Intelligence Officer. He speaks to 609's IO, Frank Ziegler. Once in the Dispersal Hut, the first speaker is Halliday Tidswell, the Adjutant, who introduces Flight Commander Joe Atkinson (Sir John Atkinson KCB DFC). The 1st pilot introduced is Raymond Dopere (Belgian, Killed in flying accident 23rd October 1942) 2nd is Johnny Wiseman (English, KIA 14th February 1943) 3rd (wearing a side cap, stood near the window) is Andre Blanco (Belgian, survived the war) 4th, hatless, is Alan Davis (English, KIA 23rd December 1942) 5th, introduced as Desmond. No further details. 6th is George 'Moose' Evans (Canadian, survived the war) 7th, making a noisy entrance, is Baron Jean de Selys Longchamps (Belgian, Killed in action on 16th August 1943 with 3 Squadron) 8th, following de Selys, is Howard Skett (English, survived the war) 9th, smoking, is Stanley 'Joe' Spallin (Canadian, Killed in flying accident, 5th November 1942) 10th, speaking to de Selys, is Roy Payne (English, survived the war) 11th, reaching the clarinet off the shelf, is Robert 'Balbo' Roelandt (Belgian, killed in action 26th August 1944) 12th, playing the clarinet, is Roy Payne 13th is Johnny Wiseman 14th, seated wearing a peaked cap, is Remy 'Mony' Van Lierde (Belgian, survived the war) 15th, to the right of Van Lierde and wearing a Mae West is Peter Nankivell 16th is ? 17th, resting, is Armand 'Fifi' de Saxce (French, killed in action 10th April 1945, with 341 Squadron) 18th, hatless, is Alan Davis 19th, hatless, is Alan 'Babe' Haddon (Killed in action 14th February 1943) 20th, bringing in the tea tray is 'Tad' Turek (Polish. Survived the war. 21st Taking tea off the tray is ? 22nd talking to Tad Turek is Johnny Wiseman 23rd, suggest calling in the groundcrew, is Stanley Spallin 24th is Corporal Roland Walker 25th informing Joe Atkinson that the Squadron on patrol in 5 minutes, is Ernie Barker, an Auxiliary. 26th pulling his boots on is Alan 'Babe' Haddon 27th is Baron Jean de Selys Longchamps 28th is Peter Raw (Killed in action 21st March 1944 with 183 Squadron)
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