100 not out

100 not out

Eight airmen, a senior officer a bomb and Lancaster R5868

Seven airmen stand behind or sit on a 4000lb MC blockbuster bomb. Another airman is finishing adding words '100 not out' to the bomb. A senior (air commodore) RAF officer stands on the right watching. In the background the front of Lancaster R5868 S-Sugar with nine rows of operation symbols, letter 'S' and words 'No enemy plane will fly over Reich territory' on the fuselage. Two versions of the same image.

two b/w photographs

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