Lancaster I NG128 Dropping Load - Duisburg - Oct 14 - 1944 new
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- _Lancaster_I_NG128_Dropping_Load_-_Duisburg_-_Oct_14_-_1944.jpg: Howard L (Fg Off): No. 1 RAFFPU
- derivative work: Drdoht (exchange of grafics - left vs. right - according to the realistic timeline, hear also the audio from YouTube)
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This is photograph CL 1404 from the collections of the Imperial War Museums. |  |
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This is photograph CL 1405 from the collections of the Imperial War Museums. | |
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Lancaster I NG128 coded "SR-B" of 101 Sqn out of Ludford Magna and flown by Fg Off R. B. Tibbs as part of a thousand-bomber raid, dropping its load over Duisburg on Oct 14/15, 1944.
The new two Airborne Cigar - antenna (ABC) against german radar can be seen at the top of the plane.
- Left image: the aircraft releases the main part of its load, a 4000lb HC "cookie" and 108, 30lb "J" incendiaries.
- Right image: a fraction of a second later, the Lancaster releases its load of 1,170, 4lb stick incendiaries.
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- In an RAF daylight raid on Duisberg, showers of incendiaries released from the bomb bay of this British Lancaster bomber hurtle down through the cloud cover to the city of Duisburg below. ... Imperial War Museum, London"[1]
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