LANCASTER BOMBER SERVICE PERSONNEL WW2 all RAF personnel required to keep an Avro Lancaster of RAF Bomber Command flying on war operations, taken at Scampton, Lincolnshire, 11 June 1942. Remarkable record of the various people and duties required during World War II to keep aircraft airborne and in vital brave airborne action against Nazi Germany

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5302 x 3809 px | 44.9 x 32.2 cm | 17.7 x 12.7 inches | 300dpi

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1942

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Scampton, Lincolnshire, UK

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