The UK's last flying Lancaster bomber is to undergo months of maintenance meaning it will not feature in air displays next year. The Avro Lancaster PA474 is based at the Battle of Britain Memorial ...
THOUSANDS OF MILES IN THE AIR, MANY OF THEM VERY DANGEROUS. RICHARD BOYD WAS IN HIS LATE TEENS, WORKING FULL TIME AND PLAYING SOCCER FOR A LONDON JUNIOR TEAM, WHEN GERMAN BOMB STARTED FALLING ON HIS ...
An iconic Avro Lancaster flies over RAF Fairford during the Royal International Air Tattoo, forming up with a Hawker Hurricane and a Supermarine Spitfire from the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight.
AUSTIN Texas Land Commissioner and Veterans Land Board (VLB) Chairwoman Dr. Dawn Buckingham introduced the next installment of the series highlighting the VLB’s Voices of Veterans oral history program ...
A centre dedicated to Bomber Command will be built in a design "echoing the crouching beauty" of one of its most famous aircraft, the Lancaster bomber. The centre in Lincoln - to be named after the ...
In WW2, the British made destroying German dams a key strategic target in order to kneecap the German industrial effort. To accomplish this, they needed a special plane to deliver the payload: the ...
A memorial has been unveiled to commemorate the crew of a Lancaster bomber who perished when their plane crashed during World War Two. The bomber, piloted by Flt Sgt Geoffrey Appleyard, crashed on 26 ...