The British Avro Lancaster bomber was the primary aircraft for Bomber Command during World War II. The aircraft performed its ...

Avro Lancaster PA474 took off from RAF Coningsby earlier to resume service with the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight (BBMF). The bomber, which was built in 1945, received repairs, including a new ...

The Avro Lancaster was a British bomber that served as the main aircraft for Bomber Command during the Second World War. An important Royal Air Force (RAF) member of the United Kingdom performed ...

More than 4,000 Lancaster Bombers were assembled at Woodford in ... the Hawker Siddeley Nimrod and the BAe 146. In 1977, British Aerospace took control of Woodford Aerodrome after the ...

The Lancaster Bomber carried out daring missions ... However the mission became legendary and was a great boost to British morale. On 17 and 18 August 1943, they took part in ‘Operation Hydra ...

The 18-hour trip - the last time the Lancaster ... exceptionally close British and Canadian relationship and commemorate the sacrifice and dedication of Commonwealth Bomber crews and the ...

A poem for a Lancaster Bomber crew who never returned home has been shared with their relatives, 80 years after being written. Jean Gibson, from Smethwick, created the poem in 1943 in honour of ...

“It’s a great privilege for me to do this,” said Woods, a mechanic who kept Lancaster bombers flying during the war. “And I suppose I’ll never do it again." The annual ceremony is a ...