Avro Lancaster of the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight at Kemble Airshow

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Phantom of the Ruhr After major servicing at Air Atlantique in Coventry during the winter of 2006/07, PA474 wears the markings of EE139, the ’Phantom of the Ruhr’, a ton-up Lancaster that flew her first 30 ops on No 100 Squadron based at Waltham before completing a further 91 ops on No 550 Squadron at North Killingholme. She sports the letters HR-W of ‘The Ton’ on her port side and BQ-B of 550 on her starboard, effectively commemorating the crews of both Squadrons.

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Size: 3456px × 2304px
Location: Cotswold Airport, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, GL7 6BA, UK
Photo credit: © Michael Johnson / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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