A bombers moon.....
As was all too often the case during WW2. airmen, young men, would head out over the North Sea never to return.
The RAF lost a total of 55,573 killed out of a total of 125,000 aircrew: a death rate of almost 45% percent. 8,403 were wounded in combat & 9,838 became prisoners of war.
NX611 'Just Jane' Lancaster Bomber.
Lincolnshire Aviation Heritage Museum, East Kirkby
The RAF lost a total of 55,573 killed out of a total of 125,000 aircrew: a death rate of almost 45% percent. 8,403 were wounded in combat & 9,838 became prisoners of war.
NX611 'Just Jane' Lancaster Bomber.
Lincolnshire Aviation Heritage Museum, East Kirkby
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