John Dering Nettleton
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John Dering Nettleton, VC was a South African officer in the Royal Air Force during the Second World War. He is most famous for leading the Augsburg raid, a daylight attack against the MAN U-boat engi
Nettleton on his final low level practice flight over England in preparation for the Augsburg raid
Avro Lancaster
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The Avro Lancaster, commonly known as the Lancaster Bomber, is a British World War II heavy bomber. It was designed and manufactured by Avro as a contemporary of the Handley Page Halifax, both bombers
John Dering Nettleton
…plant in Augsburg in Bavaria, responsible for the production of half of Germany's U‑boat engines. It was the first major mission flown using the new Avro Lancaster, a four engine bomber with tremendous lift, great range, and a heavy defensive armament. It would be the longest low‑level penetration raid made during…
Battle of Britain Memorial flight Avro Lancaster
Lancasters on Avro's Woodford assembly line at Cheshire, 1943
Lancasters under construction at Avro's factory at Woodford, Cheshire, 1943
PA474, Lancaster B.I of the RAF Battle of Britain Memorial Flight