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Watch a WWII Lancaster bomber fly along the seaside

The Avro Lancaster drifts along the coastline as waves roll in below. Four Merlin engines fill the air with a sound that ...
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How a Second World War bomber still commands the skies

We watched the Avro Lancaster perform low level flypasts over the sea at the Bournemouth Airshow 2024. The sound and presence ...
The Aviationist

BBMF’s Avro Lancaster Begins Major Maintenance Overhaul

The Battle of Britain Memorial Flight’s Avro Lancaster has flown to Duxford to begin a planned period of maintenance that will see it miss the 2026 display season. Avro Lancaster PA474 was built in ...
The Aviationist

Unusual (and stunning) view of an Avro Vulcan from a Lancaster’s rear turret

The following image shows Avro Vulcan XH558 (carrying civil registration G-VLCN), the only airworthy bomber of a fleet of 134 Vulcan V bombers operated by the Royal Air Force from 1953 until 1984.
CBC.ca

Rare WW II Lancaster bomber returns to Winnipeg, offers 'very emotional experience' for some

The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. A crowd gathers to ...
CBC.ca

'It's devastating': Relatives of WWII vets fight to save Toronto's Avro Lancaster bomber

Relatives of veterans who died while flying the legendary Avro Lancaster during the Second World War are urging Toronto to restore and display the city's bomber, one of the few surviving examples in ...
The Yorkshire Post

Avro Lancaster Bomber: The story of the men and women behind the 'workhorse of the RAF'

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BBC

Avro Lancaster of 61 Squadron to be recovered from Dutch lake

An operation to recover a World War Two Lancaster bomber submerged in a lake for 75 years since it was shot down is under way. The Avro Lancaster of 61 Squadron, crashed in the lake during a night ...
BBC

Avro Lancaster PA 474

One of only two airworthy Lancaster bombers in the world which regularly flies from RAF ConingsbyDuring the Second World War, there were 49 airfields in Lincolnshire, more than any other county in ...
BBC

Avro Lancaster B.MK.1

For the last three years of the Second World War the Avro Lancaster was the major heavy bomber used by Bomber Command to take the war to the heart-land of Nazi Germany. With an impressive performance ...
Flying

Single-Pilot Ops Originated in Europe

American multiengine aircraft historically featured two-pilot operations, a standard practice established with WWII bombers like the B-17 and B-24. Conversely, European nations like Germany and ...