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A Show of Elegance and Power At the 1953 Farnborough Airshow, two brilliant white Avro Type 698 bombers roared into view ...
This event brings together the whole Shuttleworth experience for two full days of entertainment utilising the Aerodrome, ...
From the Manchester to the B-32, these Allied heavy bombers showcase air power's rapid evolution of purpose, design, and ...
Jack Oliver, from Hawarden, was a rear gunner in the iconic Avro Lancaster bomber in World War Two - taking part in 42 missions. Jack Oliver (Image: Family handout) In RAF bombers, nearly 50 per ...
The Spirit of Surfers Paradise, an Avro Lancaster, made its final flight from Australia to the UK in mid-1965 where it was to be retired and put on display. The plane was built in Birmingham in ...
The Avro Lancaster was definitely the most famous British bomber of WWII, but was it the best? When one thinks of the Royal Air Force’s (RAF) contributions to the Allied victory in World War II ...
The Avro Shackleton, which was used to track Soviet submarines from the 1950s to the early 1990s, has now been moved to the Yorkshire Air Museum (YAM) at Elvington.
All the sections of the the Avro Shackleton – a cousin of the iconic Lancaster bomber – which was used to track Soviet submarines in UK waters, have made it to the Yorkshire Air Museum in ...
The Avro Lancaster set off on a routine training flight on 4 January 1945 from RAF Elsham Wolds, but hit a sudden blizzard and ditched into the river 16 minutes later, killing the six airmen on board.
The crew of an RAF bomber aircraft which crashed into the Humber Estuary during World War Two have been honoured at a ceremony today. The Avro Lancaster set off on a routine training flight on 4 ...
The Avro Lancaster is considered the most successful RAF heavy bomber hailing from World War 2. Currently, there are only two air-worthy left in the world! Bring this stunning piece of engineering ...