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2 photos and 1 illustration tagged bouncingbomb, from 2 members of Flickr Commons.

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• operationchastise
• wwii
• raf
• dambusters
• bomber
• lancaster
• royalairforce
• thenationalarchivesuk
• ww2
• secondworldwar
• 617squadron
• lancasterbomber
• no617squadron
• afro
• dam
• ruhr
• drawing
• airplanes
• worldwarii
• dambustersraid
• royalairforceraf
• aerialwarfare
• militaryhistory
• bombingmission

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• The National Archives UK 2 photos & illustrations
• SDASM Archives 1 photo / illustration

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Upkeep mine loaded

from The National Archives UK

• John said:

  Guy Gibson's aircraft "G" George. It survived the war but was scrapped without thought or ceremony in 1947/8.

• Not the Fake Nate said:

  John This is an important photo. Gibson was 617 squadron cmmdr, right? I love how we can see the mechanism that rotated the bomb on this Lancaster.

• Frantic Friction said:

  Vraiment interessante comme composition

• Jens Roesner said:

  I never heard the term "Upkeep mine" and thought it looked like a rotating, bouncing bomb... More info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bouncing_bomb#Upkeep