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The Avro Lancaster, commonly known as the Lancaster Bomber, is a British Second World War heavy bomber.It was designed and manufactured by Avro as a contemporary of the Handley Page Halifax, both bombers having been developed to the same specification, as well as the Short Stirling, all three aircraft being four-engined heavy bombers adopted by the Royal Air Force (RAF) during the same era.
English: Avro Lancaster Bombers in Flight, 26 August 1943 Lancaster B Mark Is of No. 50 Squadron, Royal Air Force, based at Skellingthorpe, flying in spread formation.The two aircraft beyond the wing tip are `VN-D' and `VN-J' the former, serial number JA899, was missing on the night of 24 - 25 June 1944 with Pilot Officer L G Peters and crew.
On the night of 30/31 March 1944, he was flying in Handley Page Halifax HX272, one of 782 heavy bombers taking part in a raid on the German city of Nuremberg. This attack, known as RAF Bomber Command 's "Black Friday", would become notorious for the high losses incurred – 108 British aircraft were lost, 665 aircrew were killed and 159 taken ...
Flying Officer P Ingleby, the navigator of a Lancaster of No. 619 Squadron based at RAF Coningsby, seated at his table in the aircraft The squadron was formed out of elements of 97 Squadron [ 7 ] [ 8 ] at RAF Woodhall Spa in Lincolnshire on 18 April 1943, equipped with Lancaster Mk.III bombers, as part of 5 Group in Bomber Command .
A small museum is located on side of airfield. [6] RAF Bracebridge Heath: England Lincolnshire: 1916 1920 Adjacent to RAF Waddington. Site used to for the recovery and restoration damaged Lancaster bomber parts for reuse in WWII & construction site of Avro 707 prototype aircraft. RAF Brackla: Scotland Nairnshire: 1941 1947 RAF Staff College ...
The Avro Lancaster is a British four-engine heavy bomber used by the Royal Air Force and other Commonwealth air forces during World War II. Of the 7,377 aircraft built, 3,736 were lost during the war (3,249 in action and 487 in ground accidents).
During the winter of 1995 the Lancaster was fitted with a new main spar to extend the flying life. [2] On 7 May 2015, the aircraft suffered a fire in its starboard outer engine. A safe landing was made at RAF Coningsby. It flew again on 12 October 2015 after extensive work to fix the damage caused by the fire to number four engine. [4]
Battle of Britain Memorial Flight Lancaster B1 bomber in the markings of No 550 squadron on one side (BQ-B) and No 100 squadron on the other (HW-R). Germany surrendered on 8 May 1945. North Killingholme closed [ 13 ] and 550 Squadron was disbanded on 31 October 1945, [ 2 ] the same day that .