Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. An Avro Lancaster (bottom left) and a Handley Page Halifax (top right) fly over Essen, Germany, during a major daylight attack by 771 aircraft which inflicted heavy damage on buildings and the city's remaining industries. The Lancaster is flying over the Krupps steelworks from which clouds of smoke from exploding bombs is rising into the air.

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Keywords: 2, conflict, military, war, world, ww2