Le bombardier Avro Lancaster et le chasseur Hawker Hurricane ont survolé Woodcote, Oxfordshire, Angleterre, Royaume-Uni, par des membres du Battle of Britain Memorial Flight. Le légendaire Lancaster était un bombardier lourd de la Royal Air Force de la Seconde Guerre mondiale. L'ouragan est l'un des combattants classiques à siège unique de tous les temps et a été à l'avant-garde de la défense de la Grande-Bretagne en 1940.

• Contributeur: Terence Kerr / Alamy Banque D'Images
• ID de l’image: 2PTP9F8
• Taille du fichier: 103,4 MB (2,3 MB Téléchargement compressé)
• Autorisations: Modèle - non | Propriété - non
• Dimensions: 7360 x 4912 px | 62,3 x 41,6 cm | 24,5 x 16,4 inches | 300dpi
• Date de la prise de vue: 14 juillet 2013
• Lieu: Woodcote, Oxfordshire, England, UK

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Woodcote, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom: an Avro Lancaster (left) four-engine bomber and a Hawker Hurricane single-engine fighter, flown by members of the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight (BBMF), mark the 50th anniversary of the Woodcote Steam and Vintage Transport Rally with a Sunday afternoon fly past in July 2013. The legendary Lancaster, the most famous and successful Royal Air Force heavy bomber of World War Two, was a mainstay of RAF Bomber Command from 1941 to 1945. The Lancaster in this image, PA474, is one of only two airworthy examples in the world out of the 7, 377 built (the other is in Canada). It rolled off the production line at the Vickers Armstrong Broughton factory at Hawarden Airfield, Chester, on 31 May 1945, just after the war in Europe had ended. Although it was prepared for use against Japan, the end of the war in the Far East came before it could be deployed, and it never took part in any hostilities. The Hurricane is one of the classic single-seat fighters of all time. With the Spitfire, it was at the forefront of Britain’s defence against Nazi Germany in 1940 and it played a major role in numerous theatres of war in achieving the final victory in 1945. There are now only 12 airworthy Hurricanes worldwide, of which six are in the UK. Two of these, both examples of the Hurricane MK IIC, are flown by the BBMF. D1001.B2044

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