"Royal Air Force Coastal Command- No. 247 Group Operations in the Azores, 1943-1945." An airman standing guard in the tented RAF encampment, at Lagens. Parked on the airfield is Vickers Wellington GR Mark XIV, HF197 '1-D', of a Detachment of No. 172 Squadron RAF, which was based in the Azores between December 1943 and April 1944.