Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes-Lyon

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media-25281.jpeg UPL 25281 Queen Elizabeth of England visits an 8th Air force base to inspect the famed Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, "Memphis Belle".

NARA Ref 342-FH-3A06283-24071AC.

Object Number - UPL 25281 - Queen Elizabeth of England visits an 8th Air force base to inspect the famed Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, "Memphis Belle". NARA Ref...

During the Blitz, the King and Queen visited bombed areas to see the damage caused by enemy air raids. On these visits, the Queen took a keen interest in what was being done to help people who had lost their homes. After Buckingham Palace was bombed on 13 September 1940, she said she felt she could 'look the East End in the face'.



The King and Queen also took a real interest in the work that people were doing, and conducted Royal visits to British and American personnel, troops and places involved in supporting the war effort. This often raised morale and gave workers a renewed enthusiasm for their work. The Ministry of Supply studied the effects of royal visits and found that, in most cases, production figures dropped on the day of the visit but the weekly production figures invariably rose.

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Born

4 August 1900

Died

30 March 2002

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