ROYAL AIR FORCE BOMBER COMMAND, 1942-1945. - The devastated town of Kleve, Germany, photographed from an Auster AOP aircraft, after capture. The wrecked railway station and yards lie in the foreground. The fortified town was heavily bombed by 285 Avro Lancasters of No. 1 Group, led by 10 De Havilland Mosquitos of Group on the night of 7/8 February 1944, and captured the following day by troops of the Canadian 1st Army Royal Air Force, Wing, 1, Royal Air Force, Group, 88, Canadian Army

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