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Four senior officers, two air vice marshals a group captain and a wing commander walking out from under the front of Lancaster S-Sugar. The nose art says 'No enemy plane will fly over Reich territory'.

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Seven airmen wearing battledress with brevets and side caps standing in line in front of a Halifax with fox nose art.

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Seven aircrew, all wearing Mae West, three squatting and the others standing by the nose of a Lancaster. A trolley accumulator in the background.

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Seven aircrew, four standing behind three squatting. All are wearing battledress with side caps. Two are holding flying helmets. In the background a Lancaster with bomb doors open. The nose art is of a kneeling woman holding a bomb.

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Seven airmen sitting on a blockbuster bomb in front of a Lancaster with partial nose art and bomb operation symbols.

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Seven aircrew, two squatting and five standing all dressed in battledress. Two are wearing peaked caps and the rest side caps. Basil Ambrose is standing third from the left. In the background the nose and inboard engines of a Lancaster are visible.…

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Air and ground crew posing in two lines in front of a Halifax. Aircrew wearing parachute harness stand in the rear and aircrew squatting down in front.Dennis W Raettig is front row second from left. Aircraft has heart with reclining lady nose art and…

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Seven aircrew wearing tunic or battledress standing in line in front of a Lancaster on dispersal. Aircraft has nose art of teddy bear with bomb under arm. The tail of another Lancaster can be seen.

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Seven aircrew, three wearing flying jackets, the others battledress standing in line in front of a Lancaster with nose art and one row of operation symbols. Two versions of the same image.

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Seven aircrew all wearing Mae West standing in line in front of the port inner engine of a Lancaster. Aircraft has two rows of operation symbols below cockpit.

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Seven aircrew wearing a variety of flying kit standing in line by the nose of a Lancaster with three rows of operation symbols. The airman second from the left is carrying a pigeon crate.

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Seven aircrew wearing a variety of flying kit standing in line by the nose of a Lancaster with three rows of operation symbols as well as nose art of cat holding up a bomb and a harp. The name 'Digger' is painted under the front turret.

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Seven aircrew donning life preservers and parachute harnesses in front of a Lancaster. Aircraft has nine rows of operation tally symbols, letter 'S' and 'No enemy plane will fly over Reich territory'.

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Seven aircrew wearing parachute harness and mae west standing in front of a Halifax. Four are wearing side caps and two peaked caps. Aircraft has nose art of heart with reclining lady. Below nose art two swastikas and two rows of bomb symbols. In the…

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Seven aircrew stand inline wearing a variety of flying kit or battledress. In the background the nose and port inner engine if a Halifax. The naked lady nose art has been erased but 'Eve' remains. Four rows of bomb symbols on lower nose and letter…

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Seven airmen wearing battledress with brevet standing in line in front of a Lancaster with five rows of bomb symbols on its nose. In the background, part of a hangar. Tony Snook is standing second from the left. On the reverse a post-it note with…

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Seven airmen wearing battledress with brevet standing in line in front of a Lancaster with five rows of bomb symbols on its nose. In the background, part of a hangar. Submitted with caption 'L-R
Dick Tinsley, George Cliffe, Eddie Harison, John…

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Two versions of the same photograph. Seven men wearing battledress standing in line. In the background the front of a Lancaster with two rows bomb symbols and crossed flag nose art.

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Seven aircrew wearing battledress or tunic with aircrew brevet, side or peaked caps, stand in line in front of a Lancaster. The aircraft has 8 rows of 10 bomb symbols and the letter 'Z' on the nose. In front of the aircrew in the centre is a dog…

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Seven aircrew wearing battledress with brevet standing in line with a cine camera on tripod in front. All in front of Lancaster with name 'Dumbo' and operation symbols. Front turret is faired over. Original photograph attached to another underneath…

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Seven airman wearing battledress with brevet and peaked or side caps standing up either side and in the centre of a step ladder by the nose of a Halifax. Nose has kangaroo nose art with row of bomb symbols. Submitted with caption '78 Sqn McGregor…

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Seven airmen under the port side of their Lancaster 'Z'.
On the reverse -
'Wonder why M/Sgt Walton is making the crew numbers up. (I will check the records and let you know)

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Seven Airmen and Halifax MZ282'Sweet Adeline' AL-A'. On the bomb is written '1000th Sortie. Don't give up Adolph there's more coming. The Bison Squadron'.
On the nose is 16 bombs and 'Sweet Adeline'.
It is annotated 'PL-29631'.

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Two sets of three airmen on ladders and one airman in the cockpit of a Lancaster 'G'. The nose has a 408 squadron badge, a maple leaf and 'Miss Kingsville'.

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Two photographs of seven airmen, LJ Barter is on the extreme left. They are grouped under their Lancaster 'Blue Bird'.

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