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Photograph album, 1930-1940
- Date
- 1930s-1940
- By
- S P Andrew Ltd
- Reference
- PA1-q-759
- Description
Album comprises British Official photographs of Edgar James Kain (1918-1940) and his fellow pilots of No 73 Squadron, Royal Air Force, taken between the Squadron's posting to France in September 1939 and Kain's death on 7 June 1940; Dornier Do 17 aircraft shot down by Kain in France, and a captured crew member under interrogation by French police; pre-war scenes of No 73 Squadron in England; Kain meeting with Arthur Askey and other actors at the Prince of Wales Theatre, Birmingham; photographs of Kain with his fiancee, Joyce Phillips; Kain's mother, Nellie Maria Kain, his sister, Judy Kain, and his fiancee at memorial services in England after his death.
The album includes telegrams, invitations, mentions in despatches ,and other documentation relating to Kain.
Title supplied by Library
Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).
Provenance: Donors are Edgar Kain's sisters.
Transfers: Transferred from MS-Group-1031..
- Use/Reproduction
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- Access restrictions
- No access restrictions
- Part of
- Kain family: Papers and photographs relating to the life and career of Edgar James 'Cobber' Kain / Photograph albums and loose photographs
- Format
- 1 album(s) Album(s), Albums
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Wreckage of an aeroplane shot down by Edgar James Kain in France during World War 2
Date: 23 Nov 1939
From: Kain family: Papers and photographs relating to the life and career of Edgar James 'Cobber' Kain
Reference: PA1-q-759-12-2
Description: Wreckage of a Dornier Do 17 aeroplane shot down by Edgar James Kain in France on the 8th of November, 1939, during World War 2. Service Cinematographique de L'armee photograph taken 23 November, 1939, in Lubbe, five miles from Rouvres-en-Woevre. Photographer unidentified. Inscriptions: Recto - right of image - Front view. Note port propellor fully feathered. Denotes put out of action during flight. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 12.2 x 12.1 cm
Group including Edgar James Kain, France
Date: 23 Nov 1939
From: Kain family: Papers and photographs relating to the life and career of Edgar James 'Cobber' Kain
Reference: PA1-q-759-04-1
Description: Edgar James Kain, and others, amongst the wreckage of Dornier Do 17 aeroplane shot down by Kain in France, on the 8th of November, 1939, during World War 2. From left to right: French interpreter, Pilot Officer Hall Adjutant, Kain, Squadron Leader Knox, and two unidentified Frenchmen who led the group to the crash site. Photograph taken by Service Cinematographique de L'Armee, 23 November, 1939, in Lubbe, five miles from Rouvres-en-Woevre. Photographer unidentified. Inscriptions: Recto - right of image - French interpret P/o Hall adjt self S/L Knox C O French Capt & Major who took us to the crash Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 12.2 x 12.1 cm
New Zealand High Commissioner in London, W J Jordan, with Edgar James Kain
Date: 4 Apr 1940
From: Kain family: Papers and photographs relating to the life and career of Edgar James 'Cobber' Kain
By: Sport and General Press Agency
Reference: PA1-q-757-77
Description: New Zealand High Commissioner in London, W J Jordan, with Edgar James Kain, New Zealand House, London, England, 4 April 1940. Sport and General photograph. Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 19.3 x 24.5 cm, on album page
Edgar James Kain, and others in school sports uniform
Date: ca 1928
From: Kain family: Papers and photographs relating to the life and career of Edgar James 'Cobber' Kain
Reference: PA1-q-759-35
Description: Edgar James Kain (centre) and two other unidentified boys, circa 1928, probably in the Wellington Diocesan Boys' School sports uniform at Days Bay, Eastbourne, Lower Hutt. Photographer unidentified. Probably an English newspaper photograph. Possible copyright restrictions. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 20.7 x 15.7 cm
Edgar James Kain and Arthur Askey, Prince of Wales Theatre, Birmingham, England
Date: ca 1940
From: Kain family: Papers and photographs relating to the life and career of Edgar James 'Cobber' Kain
By: Daily Mirror (Newspaper)
Reference: PA1-q-759-25
Description: Edgar James Kain and Arthur Askey at the Prince of Wales Theatre in Birmingham, England, after/before a performance of "Jack and Jill" circa 1940. Photograph taken by the Daily Mirror newspaper. Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - Cobbers night out. Cobber had a night out at the Prince of Wales Theatre, Birmingham "Jack and Jill". Photo shows Cobber with Arthur Askey the well known radio comedian. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 23.8 x 19.4 cm
Cockpit of a Dornier aeroplane, France
Date: 23 Nov 1939
From: Kain family: Papers and photographs relating to the life and career of Edgar James 'Cobber' Kain
Reference: PA1-q-759-16-1
Description: Inside a cockpit of the Dornier Do 17 aeroplane shot down by Edgar James Kain in France on 8th November, 1939, during World War 2. Service Cinematographique de L'armee photograph taken 23 November, 1939, in Lubbe, five miles from Rouvres-en-Woevre, France. Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 12.2 x 12.1 cm
Edgar James Kain and siblings, Wellington
Date: ca 1936
From: Kain family: Papers and photographs relating to the life and career of Edgar James 'Cobber' Kain
By: Andrew, Stanley Polkinghorne, 1878-1964
Reference: PA1-q-759-03
Description: Edgar James Kain and his brothers and sisters. Back row: Ken and Edgar. Front row: Peggy , Maurice, and Judith. Photograph taken by S P Andrew of Wellington, circa 1936. Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - S P Andrew Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 13.1 x 18.8 cm
Gladiator fighter planes flown by Royal Air Force (Great Britain) pilots
Date: ca 1938
From: Kain family: Papers and photographs relating to the life and career of Edgar James 'Cobber' Kain
Reference: PA1-q-759-27
Description: Gladiator fighter planes flown by Royal Air Force (Great Britain) pilots, Newell Orton and Edgar James Kain, circa 1938, probably in England. Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 15.8 x 20.9 cm
Presentation of colours dedicated to Edgar James Kain
Date: July 1940
From: Kain family: Papers and photographs relating to the life and career of Edgar James 'Cobber' Kain
Reference: PA1-q-759-34
Description: Kain's fiancee Joyce Phillips, and unidentified officials, during the presentation of colours dedicated to Edgar James Kain in July 1940. Miss Phillips wears Kain's tiki charm. Photographer unidentified. Probably an English newspaper photograph. Possible copyright restrictions. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 20.3 x 15.4 cm
Presentation of colours dedicated to Edgar James Kain
Date: July 1940
From: Kain family: Papers and photographs relating to the life and career of Edgar James 'Cobber' Kain
Reference: PA1-q-759-33
Description: Kain's fiancee Joyce Phillips, and unidentified officials, during the presentation of colours dedicated to Edgar James Kain in July 1940. Photographer unidentified. Probably an English newspaper photograph. Possible copyright restrictions. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 20.3 x 15.4 cm