Nurnberg, Milan and unidentified

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Title

Nurnberg, Milan and unidentified

Description

Top - target photograph of Nurnberg with tracer and glare. Submitted with caption 'Target photo of Nurnberg, dated, 27-28/8/1943. The pilot was F/O J Hoboken flying 106 Sqn Lancaster ED593, ZN-Y, based at RAF Syerston. The photograph is hand-annotated "P/O Hoboken, P/O Jenkins and F/O Graham", the crew's pilot, navigator and bomb aimer respectively'.
Bottom left - target photograph of Milan near Castello Sforzesco showing tracer and city streets below. Submitted with caption 'Target photo of Milan dated, 14-15/2/1943. The pilot was Sgt Markland, flying 106 Sqn Lancaster R5750, ZN-Z, based at RAF Syerston.
Bottom right - target photograph showing bomb explosions, tracer and a four engine bomber below. Submitted with caption 'Target photo dated 30/31 January 1943. Location and aircraft unknown. Lancaster flying at lower altitude visible in photograph'.

Date

1943-08-27
1943-08-28
1943-02-14
1943-02-15
1943-01-30
1943-01-31

Type

Format

Three b/w photographs mounted on an album page

Conforms To

Rights

This content is property of the Royal Air Force Metheringham Airfield Visitor Centre which has kindly granted the International Bomber Command Centre Digital Archive a royalty-free permission to publish it. Please note that it was digitised by a third-party which used technical specifications that may differ from those used by International Bomber Command Centre Digital Archive. It has been published here ‘as is’ and may contain inaccuracies or culturally inappropriate references that do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the University of Lincoln or the International Bomber Command Centre.

Identifier

PFOMetheringhamAF25030007

Citation

“Nurnberg, Milan and unidentified,” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed January 18, 2026, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/collections/document/58503.