Polish airmen in Britain 1940s Sgt Antoni Mentlak on right

[Elliven]

This is a badly damaged photograph of Sgt Antoni Mentlak (right) and unknown friend and was taken in England in the early 1940s.  Can any skilled person restore it to a usable condition in black and white please.

It is for a memorial site and a copy to his family.

Many thanks
Neville Bougourd

[jim1]

Any chance of a better scan.
This is how it looks close up.

[Elliven]

I will try to get a better scan - that is as it was sent to me, but I will ask for another.  Thanks for your interest

[jim1]

It needs to be scanned at 600dpi.

[Elliven]

Hello Jim1

Sorry, I have tried but I cannot get a better scan.  I don't need a large picture so if you could just remove the white streaks across the faces, that would be great.  If that's not possible well, thanks for trying anyway.

[pablo59]

airmen

[Wiggy]

Not sure if this is what you wanted -   

I cropped out his friend as I couldn't do his face without making up stuff which wasn't visible.

Unfortunately I don't think you will be able to enlarge this much with such a tiny file.

Cheers,  Wiggy

[Elliven]

Thank you ladies and/or gentlemen

This may not be brilliant by your standards, but when the best you have is what I offered up, then it is brilliant by mine!  I didn't need a picture that could be enlarged.  I just needed a picture that didn't look like some kid had tipp-exed the faces.  Thanks again.

[Artognou]

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