Airmen, bombs and Halifax

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Airmen, bombs and Halifax

Description

Five photographs captioned 'Picturesque Poses'.
#1 Two airmen sitting on the first of several 4000 lb cookie bombs.
#2 two airmen sitting on a stack of bombs.
#3 an airman standing at the nose of a Halifax.
#4 and 5 an airman standing at the rear gun turret of Halifax LW625, coded DT-V of B Flight, 192 Squadron. Note Monica tail warning aerial below the turret, and the elevators in the up position at dispersal.

Additional information was supplied by John Rees of the 192 Squadron Research Group.

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Five b/w photographs on an album page

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PHolmanAW19010017

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“Airmen, bombs and Halifax,” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed June 14, 2025, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/collections/document/46612.