IWM caption : <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Short_Stirling" class="extiw" title="en:Short Stirling">Short Stirling Mark I</a>, N3641 MG-D, of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._7_Squadron_RAF" class="extiw" title="en:No. 7 Squadron RAF">No. 7 Squadron RAF</a> taking off at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Oakington" class="extiw" title="en:RAF Oakington">Oakington</a>, Cambridgeshire. 7 Squadron was the first unit to be equipped with the type, which it received in August 1940. N3641 was the seventh production aircraft.
Royal Air Force official photographer
World War II
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