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Header image: Liberated Allied prisoners of war walk past Lancaster ‘F2-Z’ of 635 (Pathfinder) Sqn at Lubeck aerodrome, Germany, on 11th May 1945, to board a Lancaster for a flight home.

Eighty years ago, in April and May 1945, RAF Bomber Command became involved in an urgent humanitarian operation to repatriate thousands of recently released Allied prisoners of war from Europe to Britain. The Bomber Command operation ran from 3rd April to 31st May 1945 and was given a wholly appropriate code name, Operation Exodus.

During 2025 we are presenting the image from the Club calendar in the newsletter for that month, with some details about the picture, including when and where the photo was taken. All the photos in the calendar were taken by Club members.

Header image: A tour of the inside of Lancaster PA474 and its cockpit is waiting for the lucky winner of this month's ballot prize. (PA474 has dual controls, unlike operational wartime Lancasters.) (Photo: John Dibbs)

This month one lucky member of the RAF Memorial Flight Official Club will win a ‘money cannot buy it’ opportunity to experience what it is like inside BBMF Lancaster PA474, which is very representative of operational wartime Lancasters, with the exception of having dual controls.