File:Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. CH10404.jpg

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Royal Air Force official photographer
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English: Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945.
The crew of Avro Lancaster B Mark III, ED689 'WS-K', of No. 9 Squadron RAF, headed by the captain, Flight Lieutenant J A Wakeford boarding their aircraft at Bardney, Lincolnshire, for their 50th mission, a raid on the Zeppelin works at Friedrichshafen, on the shores of Lake Constance (Bodensee), Germany. This special raid introduced novel tactics devised by No. 5 Group, among which was the 'shuttle' technique. After bombing the target, the Lancasters flew to Blida in North Africa, where they were refuelled and rearmed, returning to the United Kingdom two nights later and attacking Spezia, Italy, en route. Two weeks later, Wakeford and his crew were shot down and killed in ED689, during a raid to Cologne, Germany.
Date between 1942 and 1945
date QS:P571,+1942-00-00T00:00:00Z/8,P1319,+1942-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1945-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Source/Photographer http://media.iwm.org.uk/iwm/mediaLib//53/media-53375/large.jpg
This photograph CH 10404 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums.
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(Reusing this file)		 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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Air Ministry Second World War Official Collection
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  • Associated people and organisations
    Royal Air Force, 5 Group, Royal Air Force, 9 Squadron
  • Associated places
    Bardney, Lincolnshire, England, UK, Blida, Algeria, Friedrichshafen, Baden-W�rttemberg, Germany, La Spezia, Liguria, Italy
  • Associated events
    Allied Air Offensive 1942-1945, Germany, Second World War, Allied Air Offensive 1942-1945, Italy, Second World War
  • Associated themes
    Italy 1939-1945, Royal Air Force 1939-1945, Bomber Command
  • Associated keywords
    Aerial Warfare, Operations
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photographs
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