Actress Vivian Leigh speaks to the 381st Bomb Group at Ridgewell, Hallstead, UK during the christening ceremonies for B-17G “Stage Door Canteen,” 21 Apr 1944. Also present were actors Alfred Lunt and Laurence Olivier.

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Caption     Actress Vivian Leigh speaks to the 381st Bomb Group at Ridgewell, Hallstead, UK during the christening ceremonies for B-17G “Stage Door Canteen,” 21 Apr 1944. Also present were actors Alfred Lunt and Laurence Olivier. ww2dbase
WW2-Era Location Name Hallstead, England, United Kingdom
Date 21 Apr 1944
Photographer    Unknown
 
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Source    ww2dbaseUnited States Army Signal Corps
 
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1. Commenter identity confirmed David Stubblebine says:
26 May 2019 10:49:55 PM

Vivian Leigh and Laurence Olivier were married at the time. The actual christening was done by Mary Churchill, daughter of the Prime Minister,using a bottle of Coca-Cola. The naming of the aircraft was linked to the opening of a Stage Door Canteen in London along the lines of the Stage Door Canteen in New York’s theater district.
2. Anonymous says:
30 Dec 2023 06:08:53 AM

There"s an article of the last flight of this aircraft in the November/December 2004 issue of THE HISTORY CHANNEL MAGAZINE. If you pursue this article and are unable to obtain, I heve it. Crashed on Isle of Man April 23, 1945.

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