Lancaster and large group of airmen
Title
Lancaster and large group of airmen
Description
Top - front quarter view of a parked Lancaster with letter 'P' on nose.
Bottom - a large group of aircrew listening to a officer reading from paper. Annotated 'Congratulations telegram on Caen raid 7 July 1944 from General Montgomery, 166 Squadron names on back, Wing Commander Donald Garner & adjutant'. Submitted with caption 'Photo of Lancaster P "Peter" and photo of telegram from General Montgomery giving his congratulations to 166 Sqdn for bombing Caen which enabled Allied troops to break out from beaches in Normandy (July 1944)'.
Bottom - a large group of aircrew listening to a officer reading from paper. Annotated 'Congratulations telegram on Caen raid 7 July 1944 from General Montgomery, 166 Squadron names on back, Wing Commander Donald Garner & adjutant'. Submitted with caption 'Photo of Lancaster P "Peter" and photo of telegram from General Montgomery giving his congratulations to 166 Sqdn for bombing Caen which enabled Allied troops to break out from beaches in Normandy (July 1944)'.
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One b/w photocopy
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PBlanchardJW1802
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Citation
“Lancaster and large group of airmen,” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed June 14, 2025, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/collections/document/34142.