Birmingham Wings for Victory Week, 1943
26 June – 3 July 1943 · Birmingham (city-wide campaign)
Souvenir programme for Birmingham's Wings for Victory Week, 26 June – 3 July 1943, the city-wide savings drive to pay for RAF aircraft.
Cover of the souvenir programme and guide to exhibitions ('Sixpence'). The cover design is an Air Ministry award print: 'War Savings Campaign 1943, presented by the Air Ministry in recognition of successful achievement in Wings for Victory Week', with 'Per ardua ad astra' and the RAF badge.
Notes
Place: Birmingham, city-wide. This is not Kingstanding-specific and should be captioned that way. Local link: Voices of Kingstanding's Dulwich Road school timeline records the girls raising '2063' for Wings for Victory (REPORTED, via the sibling history dossier). The ATC's 487 Squadron band played 'Sound the Retreat' nightly during the week (REPORTED). Date: printed on the programme. Location confidence: confirmed (Birmingham); not specific to Kingstanding.
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