Modified Avro Lancaster Mark I, PD328 "Aries", of the Empire Air Navigation School takes on fuel at Shawbury, Shropshire, just before departing for Reykjavik, Iceland, to commence a series of flights over the geographic and magnetic north poles, led by the pilot Wing Commander D C McKinley.


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RAF  FLYING TRAINING COMMAND, 1940-1945

An air gunner sits at the ready in the Nash and Thompson Type FN4 rear turret of an Armstrong Whitworth Whitley Mark V of No.102 Squadron RAF at Driffield, Yorkshire.

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Tailgunner

An airman smiles for the camera, a baby magpie perched on his cap, as he stands, loaded with kit, on the deck of the troopship which is transporting him back to England from France. The magpie is the troopship's mascot.


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