Künstler | Royal Air Force official photographer |
Beschreibung | English: Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. The crew of Avro Lancaster B Mark III, ED831 'WS-H', of No 9 Squadron RAF, captained by Squadron Leader A M Hobbs RNZAF, boarding their aircraft at Bardney, Lincolnshire, for a raid on the Zeppelin works at Friedrichshafen, on the shores of Lake Constance (Bodensee), Germany. This special raid introduced novel tactics devised by No. 5 Group, among which was the 'shuttle' technique. After bombing the target, the Lancasters flew to Blida in North Africa, where they were refuelled and rearmed, returning to the United Kingdom two nights later and attacking La Spezia, Italy, en route. Six days later, Hobbs and his crew were shot down and killed in ED831, while returning from a raid on Gelsenkirchen, Germany, |
Datum | zwischen 1942 und 1945 date QS:P571,+1942-00-00T00:00:00Z/8,P1319,+1942-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1945-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 |
Herkunft/Fotograf | http://media.iwm.org.uk/iwm/mediaLib//53/media-53372/large.jpg |
Genehmigung (Weiternutzung dieser Datei) | 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 InfoField | Air Ministry Second World War Official Collection |
Subject(s) InfoField | - Associated people and organisations
- Royal Air Force, 5 Group, Royal Air Force, 9 Squadron
- Associated places
- Bardney, Lincolnshire, England, UK, Blida, Algeria, Friedrichshafen, Baden-W�rttemberg, Germany, La Spezia, Liguria, Italy
- Associated events
- Allied Air Offensive 1942-1945, Germany, Second World War, Allied Air Offensive 1942-1945, Italy, Second World War
- Associated themes
- Italy 1939-1945, Royal Air Force 1939-1945, Bomber Command
- Associated keywords
- Aerial Warfare, Operations
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Category InfoField | photographs |
Image sorted InfoField | yes |