The unmistakable figure of Winston Churchill watching the take off of a 7 Sqn Stirling on the bleak RAF Oakington airfield (Cambridgeshire), June 6, 1941. Three years before D-Day, the situation of Britain looked this gloomy.
Photo: Capt. Horton (IWM).
In 4 years the RAF would have the B-29 “Washington”. Quite a leap forward.
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