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A floral tribute to Operation Manna air crews outside Lincoln Cathedral during the Spark Engineering Festival in 2015. In Lincoln, Lincolnshire.
A World War Two air crew veterans helped unveil a floral tribute marking the food drops which saved Dutch people from starvation.
Veterans from across Lincolnshire and further afield have met with Dutch nationals at Lincoln Cathedral to commemorate Operation Manna.
The mission saw Lancaster air crews fly low across the West of Holland to drop food parcels to nearly a million starving Dutch people, from April 29, 1945.
Bomber Command aircraft from RAF bases including East Kirkby, Ingham, Scampton and Faldingworth near Lincoln helped drop the food.
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A floral tribute to Operation Manna air crews outside Lincoln Cathedral during the Spark Engineering Festival in 2015. In Lincoln, Lincolnshire.
A World War Two air crew veterans helped unveil a floral tribute marking the food drops which saved Dutch people from starvation.
Veterans from across Lincolnshire and further afield have met with Dutch nationals at Lincoln Cathedral to commemorate Operation Manna.
The mission saw Lancaster air crews fly low across the West of Holland to drop food parcels to nearly a million starving Dutch people, from April 29, 1945.
Bomber Command aircraft from RAF bases including East Kirkby, Ingham, Scampton and Faldingworth near Lincoln helped drop the food.