Avro Lancaster - Wikipedia
The Avro Lancaster, commonly known as the Lancaster Bomber, is a British Second World War heavy bomber.
LANCASTER BOMBER. WWII Aircraft that Changed The War.
2023年4月25日 · The Avro Lancaster was a British Second World War heavy bomber, key to winning the war in Europe against Nazi Germany.
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: The Historic Bomber That Changed WWII | The Lancaster …
2023年8月13日 · Using firsthand accounts from pilots, this documentary tells the story of a World War II bomber that played a crucial role in defeating the Third Reich.
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.
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.
Detailed tour through an Avro Lancaster - Britain's greatest WW2 bomber …
Join me in his detailed tour through a retired Avro Lancaster bomber. This icon of the RAF Bomber Command was one of the most important aircraft of World War...
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 - 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 ...
The Workhorse Lancaster - Warfare History Network
Designed by Avro’s Roy Chadwick, the ‘Lanc’ was a development of the company’s ill-fated Manchester—a twin-engine bomber powered by two Rolls-Royce Vulture 1,760hp, 24-cylinder engines. The Manchester prototype first flew on July 25, 1939, and the bomber entered service with the RAF 16 months later.