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Description: | Handley Page O/400 bombers at Coudekerque airfield near Dunkirk, 20 April 1918. The O/400 and its predecessor, the O/100, went into production during 1916 as a result of a request from Captain Murray Sueter, Director of the Admiralty Air Department in late 1914, for a "bloody paralyser" of an aeroplane to bomb Germany. The O/400 was the mainstay of the RAF's Independent Force formed in June 1918 to carry out strategic bombing operations.
Two Handley Page Heavy Bombers on the R. N. A. S. Aerodrome, near Dunkirk 20 April 1918.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Subjects: | Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force 1912-1918 Military Aviation | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | McLellan D (2nd Lt) | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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