Just stumbled across some fantastic photos of the RAF Symphony Orchestra's 1944-5 tour of the USA. Including my dad, aged 24, who played the flute in the orchestra and the RAF Central Band throughout the war. @RAFMusic 
Standing to the left of my dad is, I think, the celebrated horn player Dennis Brain, taking a photo of his own.
Aficionados of 20th-century British music may notice other great names here including the conductor Norman del Mar, bassoonist Cecil James, and violinists Sidney Griller and Frederick Grinke.
All those photos have been preserved here: dennisbrain.net/raf/raf.html
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