Avro Lancaster - Wikipedia
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 ...
Lancaster | WWII Bomber, Avro Aircraft, RAF Bomber | Britannica
2024年9月30日 · Lancaster, the most successful British heavy bomber of World War II. The Lancaster emerged from the response by A.V. Roe & Company, Ltd., to a 1936 Royal Air Force specification calling for a bomber powered by two 24-cylinder Rolls-Royce Vulture engines.
Avro Lancaster - Aviation History
The Avro Lancaster the most famous of all Avro military aircraft, and without doubt the most successful heavy night bomber to be deployed over Europe, during World War II.
The Avro Lancaster in all its glory: Stats and facts - Forces News
2020年1月15日 · The Avro Lancaster bomber first came into service in March 1942 and as the main RAF heavy bomber, soon became as iconic a part of the British air war as the Supermarine Spitfire.
Avro Lancaster - BAE Systems
The four-engined Avro Lancaster heavy bomber was designed and built by AV Roe & Company for the RAF during the Second World War. Entering service with RAF Bomber Command in 1942, it soon became their main heavy bomber.
WWII Aircraft: The Lancaster Heavy Bomber - Warfare History …
The Lancaster became the dominant aircraft of RAF Bomber Command and the mainstay of its regular night raids over Nazi-occupied Europe and Germany. By January 1942, there were 256 Lancasters out of 882 heavies in Bomber Command, and a year later there were 652 Lancasters out of 1,093 bombers.
Lancaster Bomber - World History Encyclopedia
2024年3月11日 · The Avro 683 Lancaster bomber was a four-engine heavy bomber flown by the Royal Air Force and allies during the Second World War (1939-45). Lancasters were particularly used in nighttime bombing raids and could carry the heaviest bombs ever dropped in …
Lancaster - Royal Air Force
The Avro Lancaster is the most famous and successful RAF heavy bomber of World War Two. There are only two airworthy Lancasters left in the world - 7,377 were built. Lancaster PA474 was built at the Vickers Armstrong Broughton factory at Hawarden Airfield, Chester on 31 May 1945, just after VE day. The war in the Far East ended before she was ...
Avro Lancaster Bomber - RAF Museum
Location: Hangar 5. On Display: Yes. For the last three years of the Second World War the Avro Lancaster was the main heavy bomber used by Bomber Command to take the war to the heart-land of Nazi Germany.
AVRO LANCASTER (FM212) - Canadian Aviation Museum
FM212, one of 430 Lancaster Bombers produced in Canada, was built in July 1945 by Victory Aircraft in Malton (Toronto). There were 7,377 Lancasters built during the war with over 3,932 lost due to combat and accidents.