Copy photograph from an original taken by Captain Edward K Deeming, 15th/19th King’s Royal Hussars.
Accompanying note provides caption, ‘ACROSS THE RIVER ELBE AND THE GERMAN SURRENDER, 2 May 1945: A closer examination of the fighter by our tank crews.’
A further note names people featured in the photograph, ‘EXAMINATION OF GERMAN JET FIGHTER: Foreground - Tpr Ruddin (Sqn. Leader’s jeep driver); on wing from left - Tpr D.J. Cain, an ‘A’ Sqn trooper, and Tpr A. Hilder.’
From a collection of 74 copy photographs taken during World War Two, North West Europe (1944-1945).