Ground crews refuelling and bombing up an Avro Lancaster of No 75 (New Zealand) Squadron RAF at Mepal for a night raid on Krefeld, Germany. © IWM (CH 14680)
Mepal near Ely possesses strong links with New Zealand and No 75 Squadron, which arrived from Newmarket in June 1943. This unit’s Short Stirlings and then Avro Lancasters were heavily involved in the RAF bomber offensive. Read more and see more photographs here.
Details of the memorial unveiling at Mepal, as well as at Upwood and Warboys, on the weekend of 27th/28th July 2019, here.