Bombers took on different roles during World War II, depending on size ... Britain’s Avro Lancaster became the RAF’s mainstay bomber. With some 7,300 built by 1945, the Lancaster’s night ...

In WW2, the British made destroying German dams ... To accomplish this, they needed a special plane to deliver the payload: the Lancaster Bomber. Explore Subscribe Newsletters Content Licensing ...

The Lancaster Bomber carried out daring missions ... The spitfire is the most famous plane of WW2. Its groundbreaking design and superior specifications gave the British the critical edge in ...

drama based on WWII.” One user replied: “Back in 1995 BBC Radio 4 did a real-time docu-drama of Len Deighton's novel Bomber. It interspersed interviews with former Lancaster bomber crew with a ...

The Avro Lancaster bomber was a key weapon of the Allies during the War. More than 7,000 were produced, which flew a total of more than 150,000 missions - from which more than 3,000 planes were ...

It was the "spirit of the day" that drew Bill Purdy to the air force during World War II. The now-centenarian still remembers being called up as a Lancaster bomber pilot in 1942. "The war had been ...