The Avro Lancaster is best known for the Dambusters raid over Germany in 1943. The Coningsby-based bomber is one of 7,377 Lancasters that were built. Many of them never made it home. The Avro ...

Avro Lancaster PA474 took off from RAF Coningsby earlier to resume service with the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight (BBMF). The bomber, which was built in 1945, received repairs, including a new ...

Another bomber that packed a bigger bomb load than the B-17 was the Avro Lancaster of Great Britain's Royal Air Force (RAF): it wielded the "Grand Slam" bomb, which in several engagements dropped ...