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                    2019493 Leading Aircraftwoman Irene Lucy Whiteside

          Here are some great pictures provided by her family of her time at Balloon site 9 in London.

            Here is Irene Lucy with her fellow balloon crew members astride the Eagle gas trailer. I can imagine them joking

         about laughing gas.

        Here is Irene Lucy with her fellow balloon crew members sitting on the balloon bed  note the ballast bags scattered around

                                     Here is Irene Lucy with her fellow balloon crew members

        Here is Irene Lucy with her fellow balloon crew members having a a well deserved teabreak

        Here is Irene Lucy with her fellow balloon crew members sitting on the balloon bed

            Here is Irene Lucy with another balloon crew member standing on the balloon anchorage point

            The crossover is visible on the flying wire between them. The hangars in the back suggest Kidbrooke.

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