Picture No | 10219811 |
Date | 1944 |
Description | 4000-lb Bomb being loaded into a Lancaster, Britain |
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A 4000-lb 'Cookie' bomb being loaded into an Avro Lancaster of the Royal Air Force, at an airfield somewhere in Britain. The bomb is shown being hoisted into the bomb bay, by winches in the body of the bomber, with the armourer's thumbs-up signal indicates that everything is proceeding satisfactorily.
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Source | Photograph in 'The Illustrated London News', 5 February 1944, page 147 |
Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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