Hampdens and Lancasters

PFOMetheringhamAF19040023.jpg

Title

Hampdens and Lancasters

Description

Top - air-to-air photograph of two Hampdens in formation. Submitted with description 'Aerial photo of two 106 Sqn Hampdens - ZN-K and ZN-F'.
Bottom - three Lancaster parked on dispersal with another two visible in the distance. Submitted with description 'A view of five 106 Sqn Lancasters dispersed on an airfield with their engines running. The aircraft in the centre background is ZN-E . Photo annotated "Lancaster Mk 3 leaving dispersals for runway. Destination Frankfurt 22/23 Mar 44." This date confirms location as RAF Metheringham. [IWM image CH 12543]'.

Date

1944-03-22
1944-03-23

Temporal Coverage

Type

Format

Two b/w photographs mounted on an album page

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

PFOMetheringhamAF19040023

Citation

“Hampdens and Lancasters,” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed March 28, 2024, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/document/31265.

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