During 2024 we are presenting the image from the Club calendar in the newsletter for that month, with some details about the picture, including when and where the photo was taken. This month we feature the stunning night-time image which we used for May, showing BBMF Lancaster PA474 at Southend Airport, which was taken by Club member Matt Stride in August 2022, whilst the BBMF was operating from Southend for the Eastbourne Air Show that year.
Header image: Local workers unloading grain from Vickers Wellington B Mark X, LP202, 'F', of the RAF Famine Relief Flight, at Al-Qatn in the Hadhramaut region of the British Aden Protectorate in May 1944, during operations to alleviate famine in the area. The Wellington’s crew are gathered by the tail, (left to right): Sgt R J Oke, Plt Off R Mann (captain), W.O. L H J Sullivan and Flt Sgt N L Davy, talking to an RAF medical officer (far right).
Header image: Last year’s winner of the BBMF Experience Day prize, Simon Smith, and his wife Angela, watching and videoing the BBMF Lancaster from a privileged standpoint as the four Rolls-Royce Merlin engines are started for a flight. (Photos: Clive Rowley)
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