"Bomber Legends"

The rear gunner of an RAF Lancaster bomber watches the sky for enemy fighters as they head out on another mission - date and location unknown

The bomb load used for industrial demolition (Bomber Command codeword "Abnormal") loaded in the bomb bay of an Avro Lancaster of No. 9 Squadron RAF at Bardney, Lincolnshire, before a night raid on Stettin, Germany. "Abnormal" consisted of 14 x 1,000-lb. MC high-explosive bombs.

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Cool Aircraft

Mész az (angol) autópályán és egy Lancaster repül keresztbe, nem lehet rossz

via Nikola Wallis

"What your favorite Bomber says about you" by historyinthedark: link

Aéronavale s/n NX665 "WU-13" [Avro Lancaster B.VII] masquerading as an RAF Bomber Command Mk. III s/n NE181 "JN-M" at MoTaT.

Built too late for the war, the various Mk. VIIs were put into reserve and eventually refurbished to meet RAF reconnaissance standards. The intent of which was to support the fledgling Westen Union/Brussels Treaty Organisation* and as a result, NX665 was sold to the French Government and impressed into the Fleet Air Arm (Aéronavale).

As an Aéronavale aircraft, it was deployed in Morroco, Vietnam, and Nouvelle Calédonie. It was one of two Lancasters operating out of Nouvelle Calédonie in the late 1950s.

By the 60s Aéronavale was replacing their Lancasters with Douglas C-54 Skymasters and after an inquiry from one of MoTaT's founders NX665 was flown to Auckland on 15/04/64 alongside NX611 "WU-15" which was to ferry the crew back home.

Its final flight was on 16/04/64 over Northland with just 2348.3 hours on log. In preservation, it was modified to appear as a Mk. III with turrets sourced from Argentina and Canada. After spending time as both ND752 "AA-O" and PB457 "SP-V", it was repatned as NE181 "JN-M" of 75 (NZ) Sqaudron RAF.

*Eventually became the EU and NATO.

1944 05 11 One Hundred Up - Simon Atack

Piloted by RAAF skipper T.N.Scholefield, No. 467 Squadron’s Lancaster “S For Sugar”, one of RAF Bomber Command’s most famous “Lancs”, heads out on her 100th mission on May 11, 1944. Embellished with a bomb symbol painted on the fuselage signifying each raid completed, and the infamous Hermann Goering quotation “No enemy plane will fly over the Reich Territory”, the mighty bomber leads a formation bound for Germany. In total she completed 137 bombing raids. Today, beautifully restored, “S For Sugar” proudly rests in the RAF Bomber Command Museum at Hendon, London.

PA474, Avro Lancaster B.1, Yeovilton, 19-06-1974 by Gordon Riley

”Low Flying Lancaster”

A British Royal Airforce Avro Lancaster seen above the German city of Hamburg - Jan 1943

#OTD in 1943, Elsham Wolds airfield. An Avro Lancaster B III from 103 Squadron pausing on the flarepath before a raid on Duisburg. #WW2 #HISTORY

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An interesting graphic, source unknown. It shows the difference in size between the three different 4-engined RAF bombers from the Second World War. Gives an idea of the size of the Stirling.