ROYAL AIR FORCE BOMBER COMMAND, 1942-1945. - Vertical aerial photograph taken during a daylight attack by 872 aircraft on German defensive positions around Calais, France. Three Handley Page Halifaxes, photographed from an Avro Lancaster, can be seen over the target area, a coastal battery, which is obscured by low cloud. The scattered candles of a Target Indicator (TI) can be seen smoking on the beach, which is itself covered with landing obstacles, Royal Air Force, Royal Air Force Regiment, Sqdn, 128

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