The rear gunner of an RAF Lancaster bomber watches the sky for enemy fighters as they head out on another mission - date and location unknown
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The bomb load used for industrial demolition (Bomber Command codeword "Abnormal") loaded in the bomb bay of an Avro Lancaster of No. 9 Squadron RAF at Bardney, Lincolnshire, before a night raid on Stettin, Germany. "Abnormal" consisted of 14 x 1,000-lb. MC high-explosive bombs.
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Mész az (angol) autópályán és egy Lancaster repül keresztbe, nem lehet rossz
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1944 05 11 One Hundred Up - Simon Atack
Piloted by RAAF skipper T.N.Scholefield, No. 467 Squadron’s Lancaster “S For Sugar”, one of RAF Bomber Command’s most famous “Lancs”, heads out on her 100th mission on May 11, 1944. Embellished with a bomb symbol painted on the fuselage signifying each raid completed, and the infamous Hermann Goering quotation “No enemy plane will fly over the Reich Territory”, the mighty bomber leads a formation bound for Germany. In total she completed 137 bombing raids. Today, beautifully restored, “S For Sugar” proudly rests in the RAF Bomber Command Museum at Hendon, London.
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PA474, Avro Lancaster B.1, Yeovilton, 19-06-1974 by Gordon Riley
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A British Royal Airforce Avro Lancaster seen above the German city of Hamburg - Jan 1943
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#OTD in 1943, Elsham Wolds airfield. An Avro Lancaster B III from 103 Squadron pausing on the flarepath before a raid on Duisburg. #WW2 #HISTORY
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An interesting graphic, source unknown. It shows the difference in size between the three different 4-engined RAF bombers from the Second World War. Gives an idea of the size of the Stirling.
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Lancaster poses beneath wartime searchlights, possibly being used to triangulate the height of the cloudbase, or as a landing aid (SANDRA)
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