Operation Manna Photos

[K4KittyCrew]

Hi folks, here are some great photos and link details, regarding Operation Manna. If you have any further photos and details, please post them.
Cheers,
John

[tranacz5372]

from the 29th april to may 8th 1945 operation manna was launched from mepal which involved 126 sorties to drop supplies to the dutch people in western holland a truce was arranged with a german commander, lancasters from 1,3 and 8 started with 6,672 tonnes of supplies were dropped to the dutch people
details of operation Manna can be seen at the Witchford Museum Ely Cambs
ps have you anything on Mepal Airfield
thanks phil

[K4KittyCrew]

Hi Phil and welcome to the forum. I haven't got anything at present but let me do some fishing around and I'll try to find something soon.
Cheers,
John

[Nocturna mors]

Ground crew loading supplies into the bomb bay of an Avro Lancaster of No. 514 Squadron RAF at Waterbeach, Cambridgeshire, during Operation 'Manna', the dropping of food to the starving Dutch population, 29 April 1945. From the IWM photo archive.

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source http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/search?query=operation%20manna

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source http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/search?query=operation%20manna

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[PAFG]

Wonderful photos - very evocative esp the 514 Sqn Lanc loading up at night.

Richard

[K4KittyCrew]

Here are a few more photos. Also, a very good link http://operationmanna.secondworldwar.nl/tonhermans.php .......... with some actual film footage.
John

[K4KittyCrew]

here are a few more images and details.
John