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Summary

Artist
Royal Air Force official photographer
Description
English: Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945.
Avro Lancaster B Mark I, ME590 'SR-C', of No. 101 Squadron RAF, lies on the FIDO (Fog Investigation and Dispersal Operation) pipework at Ludford Magna, Lincolnshire, after a successful crash-landing on returning from a raid to Augsburg on the night of 25/26 February 1944. The aircraft was damaged by anti-aircraft fire, which disabled the hydraulic system and holed the starboard fuel tank, and was also attacked by a Messerschmitt Bf 110 night fighter which set it on fire and wrecked the elevators. In spite of the damage the pilot, Sergeant R Dixon, brought ME590 back to Ludford Magna for a belly landing, during which some incendiary bombs which had been hung up in the bomb bay, fell out and caught fire on the runway. The censor has eliminated the large aerial masts above the fuselage which indicated that the aircraft was carrying 'Airborne Cigar' (ABC), a jamming device which disrupted enemy radio telephone channels.
Date between 1939 and 1945
date QS:P571,+1950-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1939-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1945-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Source/Photographer http://media.iwm.org.uk/iwm/mediaLib//15/media-15184/large.jpg
This photograph CE 135 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums.
Permission
(Reusing this file)
This image was created and released by the Imperial War Museum on the IWM Non Commercial Licence. Photographs taken, or artworks created, by a member of the forces during their active service duties are covered by Crown Copyright provisions. Faithful reproductions may be reused under that licence, which is considered expired 50 years after their creation.
Part of
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Air Ministry Second World War Official Collection
Subject(s)
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  • Associated people and organisations
    Royal Air Force, 101 Squadron
  • Associated places
    Ludford Magna, Lincolnshire, England, UK, Augsburg, Bavaria, Germany
  • Associated events
    Allied Air Offensive 1942-1945, Germany, Second World War
  • Associated themes
    Royal Air Force 1939-1945, Bomber Command
  • Associated keywords
    Operations, Aerial Warfare
Category
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photographs
Image sorted
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yes

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Public domain
This work created by the United Kingdom Government is in the public domain.

This is because it is one of the following:

  1. It is a photograph taken prior to 1 June 1957; or
  2. It was published prior to 1974; or
  3. It is an artistic work other than a photograph or engraving (e.g. a painting) which was created prior to 1974.

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