Bomber Command by Frank Rust - Part of The Northcliffe Collection
Bomber Command crew loading bombs onto a Short Stirling bomber aircraft 1941. The Stirling was the first of the RAF’s four-engine bombers to enter service. It could not fly as high as the Halifax or Lancaster Bomber and was vulnerable to anti-aircraft fire. Stirlings were withdrawn from bomber operations in November 1943.
photograph by Frank Rust Northcliffe Collection