Image: Air Force (RAF) Pilot Officers V C 'Shorty' Keough (CH1442)
Description: Three American pilots of No. 71 (Eagle) Squadron RAF, Pilot Officers G Tobin, V C 'Shorty' Keough, and A Mamedoff show off their new squadron badge at Church Fenton, Yorkshire, October 1940. Three American pilots of No. 71 (Eagle) Squadron RAF, Pilot Officers G Tobin of Los Angeles, V C 'Shorty' Keough of Brooklyn, New York and A Mamedoff of Thompson, Connecticut, show how their new squadron badge will look on Keogh's uniform at Church Fenton, Yorkshire. Mamedoff was formerly a stunt pilot in an air circus. Keough was a professional parachutist with 480 drops at the time this photograph was taken. Tobin was a commercial pilot who also did film work in Los Angeles.
Title: Air Force (RAF) Pilot Officer V C 'Shorty' Keough (CH1442)
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Author: Royal Air Force official photographer, Daventry B J (Mr)
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