The Avro Lancaster Bomber
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About the British Avro Lancaster World War II Bomber
The Lancaster shown here is preserved at RAF Hendon, the RAF's Aviation museum. There are two flying survivors - one in the Battle of Britain Memorial flight and one in Canada. The Canadian Lancaster is currently running a campaign to raise funds for repair as it is grounded due to propellor damage.
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Lancaster Bomber by lensman
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- The Story Of Avro Lancaster JB659 by Steve Hanglands
- Photographs of Lancasters
- The Dambusters
- Avro Lancaster in Flight
- Coming in to Land
- Technical Information
- The Haynes Manual
- A Formidable Machine!
- Pilot's manuals
- The Canadian Lancaster Survivor
- Roy Chadwick
- Goodbye to the Lancaster
- Other World War Two bombers
- Her successors
- Lancaster Video Showcase
- A Lancaster Compilation
- Lancaster in action
- Learning to fly a Lancaster
- The Bomber Boys Trailer
- The complete series of Bomber Boys
- A tribute to a Lancaster
- Lancaster Memorabilia on CafePress
- More Lancaster Videos
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The Story Of Avro Lancaster JB659 by Steve Hanglands
The story of a Lancaster from factory to end
(1:59 in part 2 onwards is of particularly historical interest.)
Filmed and made by Steve Hanglands.
Photographs of Lancasters
Publid images from flickr
Photographs of historic and surviving Lancasters.
The Dambusters
The best known Lancaster mission of the second world war
To allow the use of genuine archive footage from the tests, the entire film was shot in black and white.
Dambusters
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Not just for the aircraft (although it has some classic sequences and inspired Star Wars final attack) but also for the early sequences of Barnes Wallis developing the bomb and persuading a doubtful Ministry that it would work.
Depending on the version of course, viewers may run into various dubs to cover the name of Guy Gibson's dog, also used as the codeword for success in the mission.
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Avro Lancaster in Flight
Videos of the mighty Lancaster
Coming in to Land
An Avro Lancaster passing overhead as it comes in to land
Technical Information
The details of the Avro Lancaster
Entire books are written about the engineering on Lancasters, but a summary is below:Bombs
The Lancaster dropped a variety of weapons. Most famously it used the Tallboy, but also dropped the Bouncing Bomb and the Grand Slam - Barnes Wallis' famous earthquake bomb. The Grand Slam was so large the Lancaster's huge (33ft long) bomb bay had the doors removed to fit it.
Type:
Heavy Bomber
Crew:
7
Max Speed:
287mph
Service Ceiling:
24,000ft
Range:
1800 miles*
Engines:
4 x Rolls Royce Merlins
Length:
69 ft 6 inches
Wingspan:
102 ft
Height:
20 ft 6 inches
Weight:
65,000lbs
*with full bomb load - further (up to 3000 miles) when load is reduced
Lancaster Dam Buster
Bomber Aviation Giclee Print by Garcia, Carlos
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Design Views and Images
A design view is available from media storehouse:
- Avro 683 Lancaster: Published 13/08/42 - Cutaways - Media Storehouse
- Avro 683 Lancaster: Published Unknown - Cutaways - Media Storehouse
More Information
For more about the Lancaster see:
Aircraft Aces
Or
Classic Aircraft which contains information on restoration and spares.
The Haynes Manual
Avro Lancaster Manual: An insight into restoring, servicing and flying Britain's legendary World War 2 bomber (Haynes Owners Workshop Manuals)
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A Formidable Machine!
Barrel Roll
The Lancaster was barrel rolled at slow speed during a test flight.
When a pilot barrel-rolled it at full speed with a full bomb-load during combat to evade a fighter he thought he was being shot with rifle bullets. On later examination, it proved to be rivets popping out of the wings.
Pilot's manuals
What was it like to fly the Avro Lancaster
Lancaster Bomber over Germany - Giclee Print
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The Canadian Lancaster Survivor
The Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum
"A Lancaster and a Bentley" by Peter Miller
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About the Campaign
“"It's a sign of sacrifice. It's a sign of freedom, a sign of duty." - The Hamilton Spectator”
Roy Chadwick
Designer of the Lancaster
Wings Over the World: Legacy of a Legend Builder
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Number 6 in the series, Legacy of a Legend Builder focuses on the career of Roy Chadwick, designer of the Lancaster and the Avro Vulcan.
A rough ride
After the war, the Lancaster was also used to ferry back prisoners from POW camps. However as there was not a lot of room inside, the passengers travelled in the bomb bay...
Goodbye to the Lancaster
From Pathe.
Avro Lancaster on Ebay
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Other World War Two bombers
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World War Two saw great advances in aviation and many new planes were created. (AN: Alright I admit, to my eternal shame I forgot the Mossie - It's added now and even has its own lens!)
Her successors
The era of the jet bomber
For more information about the legendary plane see:
The Avro Lancaster bomber
Lancaster Video Showcase
Videos and recordings of the famous bomber.Lancaster in action
Dropping her largest bomb - the Grand Slam
Learning to fly a Lancaster
The Bomber Boys
The Bomber Boys Trailer
The complete series of Bomber Boys
Bomber Boys Complete Series (2 DVD Set)
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The complete series showing how hard it was to learn to fly a Lancaster.
Lancaster Memorabilia on CafePress
T-shirts, Posters and more
Avro Lancaster Mousepad
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Videos of the Avro Lancaster
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tirial
Jan 1, 2012 @ 3:56 pm | delete
- To answer a question that came up by email about the Lancaster bomber's service ceiling and surviving bail out:
The service ceiling was 24,000 feet. The crewmember you mention is Nicholas Alkemade, whose survival after a free fall of 18,000 without a parachute was confirmed by the Germans who examined the wreckage of his bomber. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_Alkemade
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pawpaw911
May 10, 2011 @ 11:32 am | delete
- I just did a lens on collecting military correspondence, and thought I would check out some other military lenses. Very nice lens.
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reasonablerobinson
Nov 16, 2010 @ 2:37 pm | delete
- What a fantastic lens. I've seen a Lancaster fly accompanied by Hurricane and Spitfire. The sound of the engines was simply unforgettable. I've also been to a village where my German friends mother in law lived near the Moehne dam is, spooky, especially when I told her that I lived not too far from the Lady Bower dam in Derbyshire!!
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ruaria
Mar 22, 2009 @ 11:34 am | delete
- The new video for the Story Of Avro Lancaster JB659 was very touching.
Excellent lens on a great bomber
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