ROYAL AIR FORCE BOMBER COMMAND, 1942-1945. - Still from a film taken from Avro Lancaster Mark I, DV380 'AJ-N', of No. 617 Squadron RAF, flown by the Squadron commander,Wing Commander G L Cheshire, during the low-level marking of the Gnome-Rhone aero-engine factory at Limoges, France, on the night of 8/9 February 1944. Cheshire was given official permission to try his low-level marking techniques on this raid, leading 12 Avro Lancasters of the Squadron to the target. He made three runs over the factory at rooftop height to ensure correct identification and to warn French workers of the impendin
ROYAL AIR FORCE BOMBER COMMAND, 1942-1945. - Still from a film taken from Avro Lancaster Mark I, DV380 'AJ-N', of No. 617 Squadron RAF, flown by the Squadron commander,Wing Commander G L Cheshire, during the low-level marking of the Gnome-Rhone aero-engine factory at Limoges, France, on the night of 8/9 February 1944. Cheshire was given official permission to try his low-level marking techniques on this raid, leading 12 Avro Lancasters of the Squadron to the target. He made three runs over the factory at rooftop height to ensure correct identification and to warn French workers of the impending attack. This still shows a 30-lb incendiary bomb exploding over the centre of the factory during Wing Commander G L Cheshire's fourth pass. Each of the following Lancasters then dropped a 12,000 HC bomb on the markers with great accuracy Cheshire, Geoffrey Leonard, Royal Air Force, Royal Air Force Regiment, Sqdn, 168
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