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Richard Shirk - Off Duty

Richard Shirk was a professional photographer who served in the US Army Air Force during the Second World War. Attached to the 155th Night Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron after initial training in Colorado, he was based in England where, in his spare time he photographed his local surroundings, landscapes, air force buddies and local people with his personal camera.

His interest in reportage photography continued when the squadron moved to France and then Germany. In addition, he took noteworthy oblique aerial photographs of bomb damaged German cities during a Trolley Trip in May 1945.

Richard Shirk's wartime photographs were presented to NCAP by his daughter, Beth Shirk, in 2012. This gallery presents a selection of images which illustrate his off-duty moments.

0044 Buy RS/G 0044	0023 Buy RS/G 0023	Bedford; Bedford; England Buy RS/G 0027	St Albans; Hertfordshire; E... Buy RS/G 0037
Porthmeor Beach; St. Ives C... Buy RS/G 0043	Green Park; Greater London ... Buy RS/G 0068	High Town; Luton; England Buy RS/G 0067	0116 Buy RS/G 0116
Cambridge; Cambridgeshire; ... Buy RS/G 0121	Green Park; Greater London ... Buy RS/G 0140	Green Park; Greater London ... Buy RS/G 0152	0166 Buy RS/G 0166
0173 Buy RS/G 0173	0176 Buy RS/G 0176	0197 Buy RS/G 0197	0208 Buy RS/G 0208
0242 Buy RS/G 0242	0310 Buy RS/G 0310	626 Buy RS/G 626	Wiesbaden; Darmstadt; Germany Buy RS/G 0010
Chyandour; Penzance CP; Cor... Buy RS/G 0061	Buckingham Palace; Greater ... Buy RS/G 0085

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