ROYAL AIR FORCE BOMBER COMMAND, 1942-1945. - Vertical aerial photograph showing Handley Page Halifax B Mk III, LW127 'AL-F', of No. 429 Squadron RCAF, flown by Flight Lieutenant George W Gardiner, in flight over Mondeville, France, after losing its entire starboard tailplane to bombs dropped by another Halifax above it. LW127 was one of 942 aircraft of Bomber Command despatched to bomb German-held positions in support of Operation 'Goodwood' on the morning of 18 July 1944. Three of the crew were killed, one evaded and three became POWs, including Gardiner Royal Canadian Air Force, 429 Squadron

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