18th November in wartime Northern Ireland

On 18th November 1940, a Belfast Telegraph photographer spent time with an R.A.F. 502 Squadron crew as they prepared their Mark V Armstrong-Whitworth Whitley.

Crew harmonising the gunsights of the tail turret on a Mk. V Armstrong-Whitworth Whitley of RAF 502 (Ulster) Squadron at R.A.F. Aldergrove, Co. Antrim on 18th November 1940
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Crew rearming the tail turret on a Mk. V Armstrong-Whitworth Whitley of RAF 502 (Ulster) Squadron at R.A.F. Aldergrove, Co. Antrim on 18th November 1940
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Crew loading bombs on a Mk. V Armstrong-Whitworth Whitley of RAF 502 (Ulster) Squadron at R.A.F. Aldergrove, Co. Antrim on 18th November 1940
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Crew loading bombs on a Mk. V Armstrong-Whitworth Whitley of RAF 502 (Ulster) Squadron at R.A.F. Aldergrove, Co. Antrim on 18th November 1940
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