AVRO LANCASTER

The Avro Lancaster is one of the most well known and revered aircraft in aviation history. The RAF’s heavy bomber was developed during the early years of the Second World War when Britain’s only means of taking the offensive to Germany was through the RAF’s strategic night bombing campaign. The first Lancaster mission was in 1942 and the aircraft was an instant success. Powered by four Rolls-Royce Merlin engines its performance outstripped its rivals. By the end of the war the aircraft had carried out 156,000 missions and dropped over 600,000 tons of high explosive bombs and more than 51 million incendiary bombs. Its versatility was such that it excelled also in many other roles including daylight precision bombing. Comprehensively illustrated throughout with a stunning collection of black and white and colour photographs, presented in a large, landscape format, this book follows our highly successful Avro Vulcan title. It will be entertaining reading not only for aviation enthusiasts, but for all who know the legend of the Lancaster bomber in Britain's wartime history.