Thumper Avro Lancaster PA474 was constructed at the Vickers Armstrong ... As the bomber fell, he attempted to free the tail gunner trapped in the rear turret of the blazing aircraft. The tail gunner ...

A fly-past from the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight's Avro Lancaster is set to take to the skies in Warwickshire. Warwick District Council has said that, subject to weather and aircraft ...

A fly-past from the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight's Avro Lancaster is set to take to the skies in Warwickshire. Warwick District Council has said that, subject to weather and aircraft ...

As part of the week's VE Day celebrations and commemorations, an Avro Lancaster bomber flew above Shropshire on Saturday as a tribute to the extraordinary courage and sacrifice of those who served ...

A Lancaster bomber will fly over Shropshire this weekend. Picture: RAF Museum. The famous Avro Lancaster bomber will fly above the museum (weather permitting) between 1.30pm and 1.40pm today ...

From its 18,000-pound bomb capacity to its role in some of history’s most high-risk raids, the Avro Lancaster was a marvel of WWII aviation. Most famous for carrying the bouncing bomb during the ...

Merkava. TAM. Ferdinand. Chrysler K. All these tank designs have a common feature - their turrets are mounted at the rear of the vehicle. But why? What are the advantages of placing your engine in ...

Eight x .303 caliber (7.7mm) Browning Mk II machine guns (two in the nose turret, two in the upper turret, and four in the rear turret) Bomb payload of 14,000 lb. (standard); 22,000 lb. when ...

On the 4-engined heavies of the RAF the turrets were manned by full-time ... The master unit was a gimbal-mounted cylinder near the rear door of the Lancaster, and was a combination magnetic ...

An Avro Lancaster PA474 is set to take to the skies above an annual event in Atherstone. The motor show is taking place in the heart of the town centre on Sunday, September 8. The heritage motor ...

Between its introduction in 1942 and the end of the Second World War, the Avro Lancaster flew around 150,000 sorties and dropped more than 600,000 tons of explosives. It played a leading role in ...