Image: Lancaster bomb bay Sept 1942 IWM CH 17458

Description: IWM caption : Armourers make final checks on the bomb load of an Avro Lancaster B Mark I of No. 207 Squadron RAF at Syerston, Nottinghamshire, before a night bombing operation to Bremen, Germany. The mixed load (Bomber Command executive codeword 'Usual'), consists of a 4,000-lb HC bomb ('cookie') and small bomb containers (SBCs) filled with 30-lb incendiaries, with the addition of four 250-lb target indicators (TI).
Title: Lancaster bomb bay Sept 1942 IWM CH 17458
Credit: This photograph CH 17458 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums.
Author: Daventry B J (F/O), Royal Air Force official photographer
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