Avro Lancaster

Royal Air Force- 2nd Tactical Air Force, 1943-1945 North American Mitchell Mk IIs of No. 226 Squadron RAF based at Hartford Bridge, Hampshire, dropping 500-lb MC bombs over the Foret de Grimbosq south of Caen, in the evening of 12 June 1944. This operation was the biggest daylight raid mounted by No. 2 Group since 6 June, in which 90 aircraft bombed the 21st Panzer Division which was dispersed in the forest.

13 Jun 2026 · identified as “Avro Lancaster”

IWM caption : Avro Lancasters of No. 514 Squadron RAF , lined up at Waterbeach , Cambridgeshire, before taking part in a daylight attack on fortified villages east of Caen, in support of the Second Army's armoured offensive in the Normandy battle area ( Operation GOODWOOD ).

13 Jun 2026 · identified as “Avro Lancaster”

IWM caption : Avro Lancaster B Mark IIs of No. 514 Squadron RAF taxy onto the main runway at Waterbeach , Cambridgeshire, for a daylight attack on fortified villages east of Caen, in support of the Second Army's armoured offensive in the Normandy battle area ( Operation GOODWOOD ).

13 Jun 2026 · identified as “Avro Lancaster”