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Avro Lancaster I aircraft of 207 Squadron in flight, 20 June 1942

Photographs, In Storage, P100023

The Avro Lancaster was designed as a four-engined replacement for the Avro Manchester, using four Rolls-Royce Merlin engines instead of two Rolls-Royce Vultures. The prototype first flew on 9 January 1941.

Avro Lancaster I aircraft of 207 Squadron in flight, 20 June 1942 | P100023, Royal Air Force Museum, Charles Brown Collection

Avro Lancaster I of 207 Squadron in flight, 20 June 1942

Photographs, In Storage, P100025

The Avro Lancaster was designed as a four-engined replacement for the Avro Manchester, using four Rolls-Royce Merlin engines instead of two Rolls-Royce Vultures. The prototype first flew on 9 January 1941.

Avro Lancaster I of 207 Squadron in flight, 20 June 1942 | P100025, Royal Air Force Museum, Charles Brown Collection

Avro Lancaster I aircraft of 207 Squadron in flight, 20 June 1942

Photographs, In Storage, P100024

The Avro Lancaster was designed as a four-engined replacement for the Avro Manchester, using four Rolls-Royce Merlin engines instead of two Rolls-Royce Vultures. The prototype first flew on 9 January 1941.

Avro Lancaster I aircraft of 207 Squadron in flight, 20 June 1942 | P100024, Royal Air Force Museum, Charles Brown Collection

Avro Lancaster Mk. I (R5868 PO-S) of No. 467 Squadron, with the Duke of Gloucester and three other officers standing below it

Photographs, In Storage, P009480

The Duke of Gloucester visiting No. 467 Squadron in 1944.

Avro Lancaster Mk. I (R5868 PO-S) of 467 Squadron, with the Duke of Gloucester and three other officers standing below it, Crown

The crew of NO. 9 Squadron RAF Lancaster Mk I W4964/WS-J 'Johnny Walker', 31 July 1944

Photographs, In Storage, P032502

A Lancaster crew pose beneath 'Johnny Walker', with its decorated nose showing that this aircraft had already completed over 100 missions when this photograph was taken.

Black and white photograph of 7 aircrew in front of a parked Lancaster bomber, Crown

Nose art on RAF Lancaster Mk I W4964 'Johnny Walker' of No. 9 Squadron, 1944

Photographs, In Storage, P032501

Painting cartoons and images on aircraft has long been a popular pastime for aircrew. In the Second World War it was a regular feature particularly for RAF Bomber Command crews.

Black and white photograph of nose section of a Lancaster bomber showing nose art and successfully completed bombing missions, © RAF Museum

Photograph of an Avro Lancaster Mk I (JE-C) of No. 195 Squadron dropping supplies over the Netherlands as part of Operation Manna, 1945

Photographs, In Storage, P007095

An RAF Lancaster of No. 195 Squadron, having swapped its usual payload of bombs for food, delivers essential supplies to grateful Dutch civilians.

Civilians cheer an aircraft dropping supplies, © Royal Air Force Museum / u00a9 RAF Museum

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