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Description A 12,000-lb (5,443 kg) MC bomb (Bomber Command executive codeword 'Tallboy') seen immediately after its release from Avro Lancaster B Mark I (JB139) of No. 617 Squadron RAF over the flying-bomb store at Watten, France. The "Blockhaus d'Éperlecques" V-2 launch site was attacked on 19 June 1944 and 27 July 1944.
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Image of the exterior main entrance to the Imperial War Museum in London. This photograph CH 15380 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums. Flag of the United Kingdom.
Author No. 617 Squadron RAF
Camera location50° 49′ 43.24″ N, 2° 11′ 01.22″ E Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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