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Lancaster Bomber on approach to Derwent Dam

Lancaster Bomber on approach to Derwent Dam

Lancaster bomber approaches Derwent reservoir, 70 years on from the historic World War II raid on German dams. The reservoir was one of the sites where pilots p...
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Lancaster bomber approaches Derwent reservoir, 70 years on from the historic World War II raid on German dams. The reservoir was one of the sites where pilots practised dangerous low-flying ahead of their mission. More than a third of the men never returned from the raids, which required them to fly 60ft above ground.
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Canon EOS 7D

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May, 2013

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