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.
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 …
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.
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.
WW2 History: Your Guide To The Lancaster Bomber | HistoryExtra
2020年7月1日 · Sir Arthur Harris, the chief of Bomber Command, called the Lancaster his shining sword and a key weapon in winning the Second World War. But could you say the Lancaster was more important than the Arctic convoys …
Lancaster Bomber Timeline - World History Encyclopedia
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 WWII.
The Avro Lancaster Bomber and the Dambusters Raid | IWM
The Avro Lancaster is one of the most famous heavy bombers of the Second World War. With a wingspan of 102 feet and four Rolls-Royce Merlin V-12 engines, the Lancaster could carry the heaviest bomb load in the European Theatre of Operations.
Avro Lancaster Bomber - RAF Museum
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. It resulted from design work undertaken by Roy Chadwick and his Avro team to overcome the problems experienced with the twin-engined Manchester bomber.
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.