AVRO lancaster mk i - 463 squadron raaf

Avro Lancaster B Mark I, PD337 ‘JO-V’, of No. 463 Squadron RAAF, preparing for take off from Waddington, Lincolnshire, on a daylight operation. PD337 was specially converted for filming Bomber Command operations, being fitted with a number of camera positions and used by cameramen of the RAF Film and photographic Unit. This Lancaster (PD337/JO-V) was later used by the No. 5 Group Film Unit, and it lmed many of No. 617 Sqn’s operations in late 1944 and early 1945, including the famous attacks on the german battleship Tirpitz in the Kåfjord in Norway.