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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.
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.
Formed at RAF Waltham on 25 November 1943, 550 Squadron flew Avro Lancaster bombers as part of No. 1 Group RAF. In early 1944, the squadron was moved to RAF North Killingholme , Lincolnshire where it continued operations until May 1945, when it began dropping food over the Netherlands as a relief effort as part of Operation Manna .
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).
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 ...
Upon retirement from combat duty in 1944, G-George was flown to Australia by an all-RAAF crew of Bomber Command veterans, and played a major part in raising war bonds during a round-Australia publicity trip. Post-war, it was left to decay in the open air at RAAF Base Fairbairn, before being moved to the AWM in the early 1950s.
The construction of a veterans museum was envisioned by city boosters and received support from former Senator and World War II veteran John Glenn. [7] It was designated as the National Veterans Memorial and Museum by the United States Congress in June 2018. [8] [9] The museum was the 20th museum to receive national museum status from Congress. [4]
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]