File:279 Squadron air sea rescue Avro Lancaster.jpg

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Description An Avro Lancaster ASR Mk.III heavy bomber modified for air-sea rescue work. This aircraft was operated by No. 279 Squadron RAF until it crashed in Burma on 4 March 1946.
Date or 1946
date QS:P,+1945-00-00T00:00:00Z/8,P1319,+1945-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1946-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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This photograph ATP 14310B comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums (collection no. 205127386)
Author British official photographer

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