<i>Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945.</i><br>
Armourers prepare to load 1,000-lb MC bombs into the bomb-bay of an Avro Lancaster B Mark III of No. 106 Squadron RAF at Metheringham, Lincolnshire, for a major night raid on Frankfurt, Germany.  The chalk markings on the bombs indicate that each has been fuzed with a No. 43 air-armed nose pistol, the safety pins of which can be seen hanging from the nose rotor.  These will be removed shortly before the crew board the aircraft.
Royal Air Force official photographer, Bellamy W (F/O)
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