Crew members of Bristol Blenheim Mark IV of No. 40 Squadron RAF enjoy the fresh air while waiting to take off from Wyton, Cambridgeshire. On 26 August 1940, R3811 failed to return from a night intruder sortie over Querqueville and Maupertus airfields in France, all the crew being killed. The Bristol Blenheim was a British light bomber aircraft designed and built by the Bristol Aeroplane Company andused extensively in the first two years of the Second World War.

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Size: 4686px × 3805px
Location: England
Photo credit: © De Luan / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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