Lancaster nose art

Lancaster nose art

A cartoon character wearing Arab style dress holding playing cards labelled 'Ali Oop!' with the citation 'I Go - I come Back' painted under the cockpit of a Lancaster, the bomb doors of which are open.. Alongside is a bomb tally of 36 including 3 daylight operations. To the side of the tally is a painted swastika symbol.

One b/w photograph

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