Air and ground crew in front of Lancaster LM296 VN-T

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Title

Air and ground crew in front of Lancaster LM296 VN-T

Description

Six air crew wearing Mae West standing in line and three groundcrew squatting in front. All in front of rear fuselage of Lancaster with letters 'VN-T'.

The pilot was Squadron Leader W G (Bill ) Drinkell DFC AFC. He flew with 50 Squadron from 1944 to 1945.

Additional information about this item has been kindly provided by the donor.

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One b/w photograph

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PSchofieldR1904

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Citation

“Air and ground crew in front of Lancaster LM296 VN-T,” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed June 14, 2026, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/collections/document/55198.