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English: Aircraft of the Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Avro 683 Lancaster.
Three Lancaster B Mark IIIs of No. 619 Squadron RAF, airborne from Coningsby, Lincolnshire. The aircraft in the foreground, LM418 ‘PG-S’, was destroyed in a crash-landing at Woodbridge Emergency Landing Ground after returning from the ill-fated Nuremberg raid of 30/31 March 1944 on two engines. Its crew survived the crash, but were all killed in action later
Date between 1939 and 1945
date QS:P,+1950-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1939-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1945-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Source
This photograph CH 12352 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums.
Author
Stanley Arthur Devon  (1907–1995)  wikidata:Q112244814
 
Stanley Arthur Devon
Alternative names
S. A. Devon
Description military photographer, military officer, photojournalist and official photographer
Date of birth/death 20 August 1907 Edit this at Wikidata 2 December 1995 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Tottenham Edit this at Wikidata Buckinghamshire Edit this at Wikidata
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creator QS:P170,Q112244814
Royal Air Force official photographer
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Air Ministry Second World War Official Collection
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  • Associated people and organisations
    Royal Air Force, 619 Squadron
  • Associated places
    Coningsby, Lincolnshire, England, UK
  • Associated events
    Allied Air Offensive 1942-1945, North West Europe, Second World War
  • Associated themes
    Royal Air Force 1939-1945, Bomber Command
  • Associated keywords
    Aerial Warfare, Operations
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