A flower mosaic commemorating 70 years of liberation of the Netherlands by the Allied Forces was unveiled in Lincoln this week, outside Lincoln Cathedral.

The mosaic is part of the ‘Tulips for Liberators’ project set up by the Embassy of the Netherlands in London, along with the naming of  The ‘Liberation Tulip’ in 2014 and a flower mosaic unveiled  at Kew Gardens last week.

The mosaic in Lincoln specifically commemorates Operation Manna, the first humanitarian relief operation by air. RAF Bomber Command played a pivotal part in this operation, whose aim was to relieve the starving population of the occupied western part of the Netherlands. Thanks to Operation Manna, many lives were saved.

The mosaic depicts a Lancaster bomber dropping food parcels.