Card with Lancaster dropping food parcels

Card with Lancaster dropping food parcels

Ground to air photograph of a Lancaster flying to the right dropping food parcels with cheering crowd at the bottom below. Submitted with description 'A card with a photograph of a Lancaster dropping food parcels. Printed on the card: "Operation 'Manna', April/May 1945 REMEMBRANCE AND FRIENDSHIP BERGEN N.H. 1939-1945" Handwritten at the top of thre card: "195 Sqdn JE-C, Wratting Common. First Sqdn to drop food over Holland in the region of The Hague. One of my a/craft in C Flight. Des Richards NCO I/C Elect. 'C' Flight Nov 44 - July 45'.

1945-04

1945-05

One b/w photograph on card with text mounted on an album page

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