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Avro Lancaster Mk I

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1942-1970, London, Hangar Five, 74/A/12

This Avro Lancaster is a rare survivor of the Second World War and among the most significant aircraft in the RAF Museum’s collection. On average, a Lancaster’s life expectancy was 21 operational sorties, yet this Lancaster flew a total of 137.

Four-engined aircraft with propellers and camouflage pattern, © RAF Museum/Iain Duncan

Invasion of Europe: Normandy Campaign - 1/ First pilot to land in France interviewed by Stewart MacPherson 2/ Evacuation of casualties by air - Leading Aircraftswoman Birbeck interviewed by Audrey Russell

Film & Sound, In Storage, X001-6427

Brief interviews with Leading Aircraftswoman Birbeck, a nursing orderly, and a Canadian pilot, both RAF participants in Operation Overlord.

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Freedom of World 1940-45, Plate, Leo Hupkes

Aircraft & Exhibits, In Storage, 82/C/822

This Delftware plate celebrates the liberation of Holland in 1945. It shows the Battles of Dunkirk (left) and Normandy (right) playing out across the horizon, while the combined emblems of the United-Kingdom and the Netherlands emerge victorious in the foreground.

Delftware plate depicting the Battle of Dunkirk, Battle of Normandy, and a large emblem