Refuelling Lancaster R5868 S-Sugar

Refuelling Lancaster R5868 S-Sugar

Shows the front of Lancaster R5868 S-Sugar and inboard engines with bomb doors open. Letter 'S' on the nose, eight full rows of operations symbols, and the quote attributed to Hermann Goering 'No enemy plane will fly over the Reich territory'. One airman is working on the bomb aimer's cupola and two on top of the port inner wing. In front of the aircraft is a petrol bowser with hose going up to one of the men on the port wing. The hose is attended by an airman in white coat standing on the ground behind the bowser.

One b/w photograph

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