Bombing_up_106_Squadron_Lancaster_WWII_IWM_CH_12541.jpg


Description
English: Armourers prepare to load 1,000-lb MC bombs into the bomb-bay of an Avro Lancaster B Mark III of No. 106 Squadron RAF at RAF Metheringham , Lincolnshire, for a major night raid on Frankfurt, Germany.
Date between circa 1943 and circa 1945
date QS:P,+1943-00-00T00:00:00Z/8,P1319,+1943-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1945-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Source
This photograph CH 12541 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums .
Author Bellamy W (F/O), Royal Air Force official photographer
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British soldiers about to load a Avro Lancaster ready for another bombing sortie on German targets.

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