British aviators with the Avro Lancaster bomber (serial number R5868) from the 381st group at Ridgewell airfield. Western Front, World War II.
The inscription at the bomb bay door is a quote from the Reichsmarschall of the Third Reich Hermann Goering – “No enemy plane will fly over the reich territory.”
Among the British aviators is a US Air Force captain (second pilot from left).
Location: Ridgewell, UK
Time when the photo was taken: February 18, 1945