Avro Lancaster
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The Avro Lancaster, commonly known as the Lancaster Bomber, is a British Second World War heavy bomber. It was designed and manufactured by Avro as a contemporary of the Handley Page Halifax, both bom
Lancasters on Avro's Woodford assembly line at Cheshire, 1943
Lancasters under construction at Avro's factory at Woodford, Cheshire, 1943
PA474, Lancaster B.I of the RAF Battle of Britain Memorial Flight
Operation Chastise
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Operation Chastise, commonly known as the Dambusters Raid, was an attack on German dams carried out on the night of 16/17 May 1943 by 617 Squadron RAF Bomber Command, later called the Dam Busters, usi
The Möhne Dam the day following the attacks
1:50 scale model of the Möhne Dam, Building Research Establishment 51°42′06″N 0°22′28″W / 51.701764°N 0.374486°W / 51.701764; -0.374486
Remains of the Nant-y-Gro dam breached in July 1942 during testing
Air Vice-Marshal Ralph Cochrane, Wing Commander Guy Gibson, King George VI and Group Captain John Whitworth discussing the Dambuster Raid in May 1943