File:Lancaster I NG128 Dropping Load - Duisburg - Oct 14 - 1944.jpg
Summary
A Royal Air Force Avro Lancaster I (s/n NG128, coded "SR-B") of No. 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 <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Duisburg" class="mw-redirect" title="Duisburg">Duisburg</a>, Germany, on 14-15 October 1944. Note the large aerials on top of the Lancaster´s fuselage, indicating that the aricraft is carrying 'Airborne Cigar' (ABC), a jamming device which disrupted enemy radio telephone channels. Over 2,000 sorties were dispatched to the city of Duisburg during 14-15 October 1944, in order to to demonstrate the RAF Bomber Command's overwhelming superiority in German skies ("Operation Hurricane").
- Left image: the Lancaster releases bundles of 'Window' over the target during a special daylight raid on Duisburg.
- Right image: a fraction of a second later, the aircraft releases the main part of its load, a 4000lb HC "cookie" and 108 30lb "J" incendiaries.
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| current | 07:07, 8 January 2017 | | 1,218 × 550 (348 KB) | 127.0.0.1 (talk) | A Royal Air Force Avro <i>Lancaster</i> I (s/n NG128, coded "SR-B") of No. 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 <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Duisburg" class="mw-redirect" title="Duisburg">Duisburg</a>, Germany, on 14-15 October 1944. Note the large aerials on top of the <i>Lancaster</i>´s fuselage, indicating that the aricraft is carrying 'Airborne Cigar' (ABC), a jamming device which disrupted enemy radio telephone channels. Over 2,000 sorties were dispatched to the city of Duisburg during 14-15 October 1944, in order to to demonstrate the RAF Bomber Command's overwhelming superiority in German skies ("Operation Hurricane"). <ul> <li>Left image: the <i>Lancaster</i> releases bundles of 'Window' over the target during a special daylight raid on Duisburg.</li> <li>Right image: a fraction of a second later, the aircraft releases the main part of its load, a 4000lb HC "cookie" and 108 30lb "J" incendiaries.</li> </ul> |
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