Philip Pearce arrives in reykjavik, Oct.1945

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Philip Pearce (dad) arrives in Reykjavik, Oct. 1945

Welcome to the RAF! Philip Pearce called up, 1942

In 1942, Philip joined the RAF. In Oct, 1945 he was posted to Iceland.

Exclusive to the Labyrinth Busker Journal are these photos taken by my father of Reykjavik and Iceland in 1945 and/or 1946. Take a tour of modern day Reykjavik

DAD IS POSTED TO ICELAND

Pictures taken from Raf Lockheed Huson

Above: The lower picture (left) could be snap of an areas actually visited (looks like Gullfoss). The rest are taken from a Lockheed Hudson and the scenery is Greenland, including Greenland´s east-coast-fjords, stretching for miles and miles. (The latter info supplied by Eggert Norddahl.)

It ain't half cold here, Ken! Philip in Reykjavik

Philip, ready to throw snowballs at the enemy. Plus RAF, Army, Navy meet?

Reykjavik,1945

Pictures taken by my father, or friend

TOP: Reykjavik Harbour, 1945

MIDDLE: Well, what's going on here then?

LOWER: RAF Barracks, Reykjavik

MORE REYKJAVIK,1945

Reykjavik views, 1945

WARNING: HOUSES CROSSING

OR:- "I'm moving house right now"

Moving complete houses was apparently being explored immediately after the war. It reached its ultimate with prefab, it would seem.