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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 Rivazi - Flight to Magdeburg

Film & Sound, In Storage, X003-6380

Pilot Officer Rivazi, a tail gunner, describes a night raid on Magdeburg during which little anti-aircraft fire and no fighters were encountered and Munster was seen burning from some distance.

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Czech pilot - raids on Emden, Berlin, Bremen etc.

Film & Sound, In Storage, X001-1998

Recording in which a Czech bomber pilot describes raids over Berlin, Emden, Bremen, Brest and Munster.

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Sergeant Pilot Ward VC

Film & Sound, In Storage, X003-6385

Recording in which Sergeant James Ward of 75 Squadron, second pilot in a Wellington bomber, describes his actions of 7 July 1941, for which he was awarded the Victoria Cross.

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Squadron Leader Widdowson talking on the gallantry that won Sergeant Ward the VC

Film & Sound, In Storage, X003-6389

Squadron Leader Widdowson, pilot of a 75 Squadron Wellington, explains how his second pilot, Sergeant James Ward on 7 July 1941 came to be awarded the Victoria Cross.

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