Halifax on Maintenance

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Title

Halifax on Maintenance

Description

Halifax, LK640, 'SE-Q' undergoing maintenance by two ground crew. On the nose is a cartoon woman named 'Queenie' Each crewman has his name painted on at their respective stations. Three bombs are painted on.
Information supplied with the collection states 'Halifax Mk. V LK640 SE-Q "Queenie" of 431 "Iroquois" Squadron at dispersal at Tholthorpe. This aircraft was lost on the 18/19 November raid to Mannheim, in which the Philbin crew took part'.
It is annotated 'PL26140'.

Type

Format

One b/w photograph

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Identifier

PCothliffKB15110084

Citation

“Halifax on Maintenance,” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed March 29, 2024, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/document/25080.

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