48 Squadron

Thank you very much to Trevor Henshaw for sending me this fantastic photograph of 48 Squadron taken shortly after the war. Reginald can be found in the middle row just left of centre, he is man standing head and shoulders above everyone else in his row.

Looking back at his service record it says that Reginald was 5 foot 10 when he enlisted but in the picture he looks more like his final height as a man of 6 foot 2. It just brings back the fact that he was still such a young man when he served in the RAF and still going through a late growth spurt.

This photo must have been taken before the 18th February 1919 as Capt.L.Payne can be seen sitting in the middle of the photo next to Major Keith Parks. Payne was killed on this date. Capt Freddie Cunningham, the other side of Park, had a copy of this picture with Cologne writen on the back so suggests the photo was taken while the squadron were at Bickendorf. If this is the case then the photo must have been taken at some time between the 19th December 1918 and 18th February 1919.