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The veteran Avro Lancaster bomber ‘S for Sugar’, of No 467 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force, is prepared for its 97th operational sortie at RAF Waddington, Lincolnshire.

Unidentified Crew in front of Lancaster Bomber "T" Tommy, year not known

RAF, Britain 1942: Canadian PO (A) S Jess, wireless operator of an Avro Lancaster bomber operating from Waddington, Lincolnshire carrying two pigeon boxes. Homing pigeons served as a means of communications in the event of a crash, ditching or radio failure. Homing Pigeons, Italian Campaign, Home Guard, History Online, Search And Rescue, United States Army, Royal Air Force

RAF, Britain 1942: Canadian PO (A) S Jess, wireless operator of an Avro Lancaster bomber operating from Waddington, Lincolnshire carrying two pigeon boxes. Homing pigeons served as a means of communications in the event of a crash, ditching or radio failure.

Details sought on life of a Lancaster bomber hero - http://www.warhistoryonline.com/war-articles/details-sought-life-lancaster-bomber-hero.html Korean War, Military Equipment, Vintage Photography, The Crew

Details sought on life of a Lancaster bomber hero - http://www.warhistoryonline.com/war-articles/details-sought-life-lancaster-bomber-hero.html

463 Squadron at Waddington, Sergeant W Sinclair, RAF, and Flying Officer E H Giersch, RAAF, of No 463 Squadron at Waddington, test their oxygen masks in the crew room before an operational sortie, April 1944.

Empty bullet cases fired from the front turret of a Lancaster Bomber.

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An unexploded German parachute mine in a Liverpool garden, 1940.

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A defused, German 1,000 kg 'Luftmine'. Glasgow, 18 March 1941

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An RAF Pilot getting a haircut during a break between missions, Britain, 1942

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FLASHBACK VE DAY 70th Anniversary - Lincolnshire through the war years

Parachute mine - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Non-Contact, Parachute Ground (Land) Mine Type GC

Non-Contact, Parachute Ground (Land) Mine Type GC

Avro Lancaster carrying the 22,000lbs Grand Slam "Earthquake" bomb, designed by Barnes Wallis.

More than 10,000 Australians served with Bomber Command, a highly trained band of elite flyers who undertook some of the most dangerous operations of World War II. They flew raid after raid over… read more at Kobo. The West Australian, History Magazine, Book Lists, Command, Aussie, True Stories

More than 10,000 Australians served with Bomber Command, a highly trained band of elite flyers who undertook some of the most dangerous operations of World War II. They flew raid after raid over… read more at Kobo.

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Photographers preparing aerial cameras for installation in Lancaster bomber aircraft. SUK12023 Canberra War Memorial. http://www.awm.gov.au/collection/SUK12023/#