Deux bombardiers Lancaster spécialement adaptés, type 464 (approvisionnement), avec des bombes rebondissantes, piloté par l'Escadron 617, le Dambusters.

• Contributeur: Gary Eason / Flight Artworks / Alamy Banque D'Images
• ID de l’image: EN9K2G
• Taille du fichier: 38,6 MB (823,9 KB Téléchargement compressé)
• Autorisations: Modèle - non | Propriété - non
• Dimensions: 4500 x 3000 px | 38,1 x 25,4 cm | 15 x 10 inches | 300dpi
• Date de la prise de vue: 9 juillet 2011

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Two specially adapted Lancaster bombers - Type 464 (Provisioning) - carrying Upkeep depth charges for use against German dams. This was the Barnes Wallis-designed weapon that the RAF’s 617 “Dambusters” Squadron used against the Ruhr dams during World War II. This is a black and white version of a Flight Artworks depiction featuring Lancaster ED932/G, coded AJ-G, as flown by the leader of the operation, Wing Commander Guy Gibson, in May 1943. Alongside is ED912/G, AJ-N, as piloted by Les Knight. His was the aircraft on Operation Chastise that successfully breached the Eder Dam.

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