The splendid photo is among the Brodick Memories on show at the library.
The latest exhibition at Arran library is Brodick Memories, which runs to May 29.
Brodick boy Billy Hartley, eldest son of Jock and Nellie Hartley (nee McKinnie) was born on Arran in 1935. Aged 19, he joined the Royal Air Force, serving in the telecommunications section as a teleprinter operator. He was posted to Aden in the Gulf and purchased an AGFA 120 folding camera.