Image: Avro Lancaster B Mk I (Special) of No. 617 Squadron, loaded with a 'Grand Slam' 22,000-lb deep-penetration bomb, running up its engines at Woodhall Spa, Lincolnshire, 1944. MH4263
Description: Avro Lancaster B Mk I (Special) of No. 617 Squadron, loaded with a 'Grand Slam' 22,000-lb deep-penetration bomb, running up its engines at Woodhall Spa, Lincolnshire, 1944. An Avro Lancaster B Mark 1 (Special) of No. 617 Squadron RAF, loaded with a 22,000-lb MC deep-penetration bomb (Bomber Command executive code word 'Grand Slam'), running an engine test in its dispersal at Woodhall Spa, Lincolnshire.
Title: Avro Lancaster B Mk I (Special) of No. 617 Squadron, loaded with a 'Grand Slam' 22,000-lb deep-penetration bomb, running up its engines at Woodhall Spa, Lincolnshire, 1944. MH4263
Credit: This is photograph MH 4263 from the collections of the Imperial War Museums.
Author: Royal Air Force official photographer
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