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31st March 1944: RAF Bomber Command suffers exceptional losses during a raid on Nuremberg ... including one devout young man

Mar 31, 2024
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Halifax B Mark III, LV857, in flight shortly after completion by the Handley Page Ltd works at Radlett, Hertfordshire. In its brief service life, this aircraft served with Nos. 35, 10 and 51 Squadrons RAF before crashing at Schwarzbad while returning from a raid on Nuremberg on 31 May 1944

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