Eighty-five years ago, the Avro Lancaster prototype made its first flight, marking the beginning of one of the RAF's most ...
When the British needed a weapon capable of a near-impossible mission—destroying the mighty Ruhr Valley dams—they turned to the mighty Avro Lancaster. But its standard 18,000-pound bomb load wouldn't ...
The Avro Lancaster was definitely the most famous British bomber of WWII, but was it the best? When one thinks of the Royal Air Force’s (RAF) contributions to the Allied victory in World... Here’s ...
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 ...
Here’s What You Need to Know: The very best aircraft have been those that could not only conduct their primary mission effectively, but that were also sufficiently flexible to perform other ...