File:RAF crew with Boeing Fortress IIA at Lajes c1943.jpg

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Description A publicity shot purporting to show the captain of a Boeing Fortress of the Royal Air Force Coastal Command holding a final conference with his crew before taking off. The photograph was taken at Lagens, Azores (today Lajes Air Base), in front of a Boeing Fortress Mark IIA (s/n FL462, "W") of No. 220 Squadron RAF. The "crew" were, in fact, an ad hoc group drawn from No. 206 Squadron RAF, and the "captain" (3rd from right, wearing SD Cap) was Flying Officer L.W. Taylor RAAF, an Air Ministry public relations officer.
Date between 1943 and 1944
date QS:P,+1943-00-00T00:00:00Z/8,P1319,+1943-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1944-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Source
This photograph TR 1082 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums.
Author Royal Air Force official photographer

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