'WHOA BESSIE' IS THE NAME OF AN AVRO LANCASTER BOMBER AIRCRAFT OF NO. 463 SQUADRON RAAF OF BOMBER ...

Place Europe: United Kingdom, England, Lincolnshire, Waddington
Accession Number UK1215
Collection type Photograph
Object type Negative
Place made United Kingdom: England, Lincolnshire, Waddington
Date made c 18 April 1944
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

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Description

'WHOA BESSIE' IS THE NAME OF AN AVRO LANCASTER BOMBER AIRCRAFT OF NO. 463 SQUADRON RAAF OF BOMBER COMMAND, FLOWN BY FLYING OFFICER B. A. BUCKHAM, PENSHURST, NSW (CAPTAIN). EACH BOTTLE OF MILK ABOVE THEIR EMBLEM, THE ENRAGED COW, REPRESENTS A RAID OVER ENEMY TERRITORY.