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Date 3 October 2005 (according to Exif data)
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The ABC Lancaster I NG128 coded "B-SR" of 101 Sqn out of Ludford Magna, dropping its load over Duisburg on Oct 14/15, 1944.

Description: A Lancaster releases a 4000lb HC "cookie" and 108 30lb "J" incendiaries.

Source: Still taken originally from a cine film. This image has been cropped from the Commons image Image:Lancaster I NG128 Dropping Load - Duisburg - Oct 14 - 1944.jpg

NOTE: a clip of this original cine film appears in the 2006 film Dresden

Imperial War Museum - pictures scanned by Ian Dunster 16:41, 3 October 2005 (UTC) from the What Did Happen To Glenn Miller? article in the February 1987 issue of Aeroplane Monthly and credited to IWM.

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11:10, 8 January 2008 400 × 352 (94,327 bytes) w:en:SlimVirgin (talk | contribs) {{PD-BritishGov}} The ABC Lancaster I ''NG128'' coded "B-SR" of 101 Sqn out of Ludford Magna, dropping its load over [[Duisburg]] on Oct 14/15, 1944. Description: A Lancaster releases a 4000lb HC "cookie" and 108 30lb "J" incendiaries. Source: Still ta

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