This photograph, taken at a Fleet Air Arm Station "somewhere in England," shows officers and ratings of the Royal Navy who have been transferred to the Fleet Air Arm, or who have joined direct, According to tradition, the station bears a name similar to a warship—in this case H.M.5. Peregrine. Many customs which are religiously observed in ships, are maintained at these stations. The group pictured above are seen receiving their final instructions before taking off on a reconnoitering flight.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.