Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1939-1941. C496
Summary
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1939-1941.
Aircrew a No. 77 Squadron RAF Detachment at Villeneuve/Vertus, France, prepare to board Armstrong Whitworth Whitley Mark V, N1357 'KN-H', for a leaflet-dropping ("Nickelling") sortie to Prague and Vienna. The leather 'apron' worn by the air gunner on the left is the unzipped trousers section of his two-piece Irvin flying suit. N1357 was shot down on the night of 27/28 March 1940, after straying into neutral Holland while returning from a similar mission to the Ruhr.
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Tags
air ministry second world war official collection
air gunners
armstrong whitworth whitley aircrew
british propaganda leaflet dropping in world war ii
no 77 squadron raf
royal air force bomber command 1939 1941
soft flight helmets
uk government artistic works
villeneuve vertus airfield
world war ii forces of britain in france
great britain
wwii
royal air force raf
germany
Date
1940 - 1949
in collections
Source
Imperial War Museums
Link
Copyright info
Public Domain