Lancaster bomb bay Sept 1942 IWM CH 17458
Summary
IWM caption : Armourers make final checks on the bomb load of an Avro Lancaster B Mark I of No. 207 Squadron RAF at Syerston, Nottinghamshire, before a night bombing operation to Bremen, Germany. The mixed load (Bomber Command executive codeword 'Usual'), consists of a 4,000-lb HC bomb ('cookie') and small bomb containers (SBCs) filled with 30-lb incendiaries, with the addition of four 250-lb target indicators (TI).
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Tags
great britain
united kingdom
1942 in nottinghamshire
4000 lb hc bomb
avro lancaster at raf syerston
avro lancaster bomb bays
black and white photographs
bombing of bremen in world war ii
british ww 2 incendiary bombs
collections of the imperial war museum
no 207 squadron raf
uk government artistic works
wwii
world war 2
Date
13/09/1942
Source
UK Government artistic works
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Copyright info
public domain