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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

Pilot Officer C.D. Ince - Incendiaries on Hamburg

Film & Sound, In Storage, X001-1885

Recording in which Pilot Officer Ince, a Stirling pilot, describes his experience of a night raid on Hamburg.

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Polish airman on his career

Film & Sound, In Storage, X003-6392

Recording in which a Polish airman gives a brief account of his career as an RAF bomber crewman.

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A yank in the RCAF

Archives, In Storage, B2445

This is the memoir of American Major Hubert Knilans of No. 617 Squadron detailing his time in the RCAF. He flew in Operation Taxable, a deception operation leading up to D-Day.

A yank in the RCAF | B2445