Halifax_nose_art_Ruhr_Valley_Express_IWM_CH_6614.jpg
Description Halifax nose art Ruhr Valley Express IWM CH 6614.jpg |
English:
IWM caption : The nose of
Handley Page Halifax B Mark II
, W7710 'LQ-R' "Ruhr Valley Express", of
No. 405 Squadron RCAF
, at
Pocklington
, Yorkshire. An extra truck was added to the nose insignia after each mission. W7710 crashed at Liehuus, Denmark, on the night of 1/2 October 1942 while returning from a raid on Flensburg, Germany. --- (An addition from Wikimedia-Commons-User̠ Soenke Rahn from Flensburg: Liehuus? It must be "Niehuus" on the border. But Niehuus ist part of Germany.)
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Author | Forward (F/O), Royal Air Force official photographer | ||||
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