IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Navy]]> Royal Australian Air Force]]> Sri Lanka]]> Great Britain]]> England--Sheffield]]> Australia]]> Queensland--Brisbane]]> England--Yorkshire]]> Chile]]> England--Tunbridge Wells]]> England--Ashington (Northumberland)]]> England--Birmingham]]> Canada]]> Germany--Mannheim]]> France--Paris]]> France--Vichy]]> England--Flamborough Head]]> France--Givet]]> Belgium--Brussels]]> England--Lowestoft]]> England--Norwich]]> Germany--Frankfurt am Main]]> France--Saint-Nazaire]]> Atlantic Ocean--North Sea]]> Germany]]> 1942-05-19]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> Royal Air Force ex-Prisoner of War Association. Batchelder, HE]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Personal research]]> EBatchelderHE[Recipient]C920907-0003]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> France--Givet]]> Germany--Mannheim]]> Belgium--Brussels]]> Netherlands]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lowestoft]]> England--Norwich]]> France]]> Germany]]> 1942-05-19]]> 1942-05-20]]> Maurice Stimpson]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Sue Smith]]> eng]]> Text]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--London]]> England--Ashbourne]]> England--Halstead Region (Essex)]]> England--Scarborough]]> United States]]> New York (State)--Albany]]> Florida--Quincy]]> Florida--Lake City]]> England--Harrogate]]> England--Walsall]]> England--Cheltenham]]> England--Heysham]]> England--London]]> England--Esher]]> England--Bournemouth]]> England--Seaton (Devon)]]> Wales--Cardiff]]> England--Lowestoft]]> Florida]]> New York (State)]]> England--Derbyshire]]> England--Devon]]> England--Essex]]> England--Gloucestershire]]> England--Hampshire]]> England--Lancashire]]> England--Norfolk]]> England--Staffordshire]]> England--Suffolk]]> England--Surrey]]> England--Yorkshire]]> England--Sheringham]]> England--Lowestoft]]> Photo 1 is a starboard side view of a Lancaster in flight.
Photo 2 is a view of Lowestoft harbour, docks and river Waveney with row of ships. Underneath is a post-it with 'Op Manna'.

Identification kindly provided by Tommy Hmlnk and Dave Hauton of the Finding the location WW1 & WW2 Facebook group.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Suffolk]]> England--Lowestoft]]> England--River Waveney]]> 1945]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> Geolocated]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Suffolk]]> England--Lowestoft]]>
Additional information about this photo from Wingleader book by Peter Allam. These are B.1 (Special) Lancasters issued to 15 Squadron in mid 1946. The aircraft nearest the camera is PD126 LS-Q and the other is PD125 LS-X.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> Geolocated]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Suffolk]]> England--Lowestoft]]> 1946]]> 1947]]>