Heavies prepare for Victory Day fly-past

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Title

Heavies prepare for Victory Day fly-past

Description

Top - newspaper cutting with photograph, air-to-air view of two Lancaster behind in trail in formation. Notes that Lancasters of 35 Squadron will represent RAFs heavy bombers in London's Victory Day fly-past. Picture taken during test flight from Huntingdon to Romford and back. After the fly-past the aircraft will fly to New York.
Bottom left - an air-to-air view of a Lancaster over open countryside.
Bottom right - air-to-air view of two Lancasters in trail taken from rear turret.

Date

1946-06

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Spatial Coverage

Language

Format

One newspaper cutting and two b/w photographs mounted on an album page

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Identifier

PPearceAT16030017

Citation

“Heavies prepare for Victory Day fly-past,” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed March 19, 2024, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/document/17615.

Item Relations

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