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World's only flyable WWII Lancaster bombers meet in Lincs

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@Lapun Mankimasta

"G For GEORGE" was from 460 Squadron RAAF (which was an International squadron in WW2), my Dad was an RAF member of this squadron as a tail gunner on Lancasters.

After the war the Squadron leader commented that the losses they had suffered was equivalent to the entire squadron being wiped out 5 times, it's said it was safer statistically being in the infantry than it was being in Bomber Command at that time, and nearly all these guys were in their early 20's.

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