Thousands of boys—often orphaned—left Soviet Union territory along with soldiers and staff of the Anders’s Army. Many of them were sent to junior schools. As early as 1943, the idea surfaced to organise technical aviation schools catering specifically to these minors. Following an endorsement from General Kazimierz Sosnkowski and the acceptance of the British authorities, it was decided that the Technical Air School for Minors in Heliopolis in Egypt would be established, alongside analogous schools situated at Royal Air Force bases in Halton and Cranwell. On 12 August 1943, the first group of 246 youths flew into Liverpool, the very next day reaching Halton. Among those pupils who enrolled at this school was Andrzej Mielnik, deported from Białystok on 20 June 1941 together with his mother, Olga, née Sołtys. As a result of the amnesty granted to deportees by the Soviets after the signing of the Sikorski–Majski Agreement (30 July 1941), the Mielnik family was evacuated to the Middle East. They were moved on to a civilian camp in Karachi, India, and later to Mombasa in East Africa. At the close of 1943, Andrzej Mielnik was enlisted into the school at Halton, where he joined the engine class. Upon completion of the course, he enlisted in the RAF in 1947, taking up British citizenship.

Perhaps, in a joint effort, you might be able to decipher at least some of the names of the individuals shown in the photograph?