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Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. An Avro Lancaster leaves the target area (top left), as smoke from exploding bombs smothers the village of Villers-Bocage, south-west of Caen, France. 942 aircraft of Bomber Command were despatched to bomb German-held positions, in support of the Second Army attack in the Normandy battle area (Operation GOODWOOD), on the morning of 18 July 1944.
Uploaded 13 June 2026
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- Status
- Approved
- Context
- Field / Unknown location
- Date taken
- 18 July 1944(AI estimate)
- Operation
- Battle of Normandy· Western FrontAI
- Location
- Caen
- Coordinates
- 49.41310, -0.82610
- License
- Public domain / no rights reserved
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