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Lancaster bomber between sorties

Lancaster bomber between sorties

Royal Air Force ground crew clean a Lancaster bomber between sorties. Many of the thousands of New Zealanders serving in Bomber Command flew these planes.

Imperial War Museum, TR 188 

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Lancaster bomber over Hamburg, 1943

Lancaster bomber over Hamburg, 1943

A Lancaster bomber is silhouetted against flares, smoke and explosions during and attack on Hamburg, Germany.

Imperial War Museum, C 3371 

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