Sir – Re your photo (Picture No 59, 150 Images, January 17) “And here’s one Herr Hitler...”. The plane in question is an Armstrong Whitworth Albemarle, the front section of which was made in some quantity at the MG factory in Abingdon, not Cowley.
Originally designed in 1938 as a bomber, it was superseded in that role by more modern aircraft and became a tug for paratroop gliders in Italy and during D-Day.
The same photo, with additional info, appears in the book Calling All Arms (p145) a history of the Nuffield Organisation in the Second World War – published shortly after the war.
Chris Pym, Headington
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