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Image: Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. CH15363

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Description: Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. A 12,000-lb MC deep-penetration bomb (Bomber Command executive codeword 'Tallboy') is hoisted from the bomb dump to its carrier at Woodhall Spa, Lincolnshire, to be loaded into an Avro Lancaster of No. 617 Squadron RAF for a raid on the V-weapon site at Wizernes, France. 617 Squadron were unable to bomb the target on this occasion because of low cloud cover, but were to succeed two days later.
Title: Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. CH15363
Credit: http://media.iwm.org.uk/iwm/mediaLib//54/media-54181/large.jpg This photograph CH 15363 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums.
Author: Stanley Arthur Devon
Permission: This image was created and released by the Imperial War Museum on the IWM Non Commercial Licence. Photographs taken, or artworks created, by a member of the forces during their active service duties are covered by Crown Copyright provisions. Faithful reproductions may be reused under that licence, which is considered expired 50 years after their creation.
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License: Public domain
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