The Avro Lancaster PA474 based at RAF Coningsby is the world's oldest airworthy Lancaster bomber [BBC] The UK's last flying Lancaster bomber is to undergo months of maintenance meaning it will not ...

Key Points and Summary - The Avro Vulcan was a British high-altitude, long-range strategic bomber, renowned for its distinctive, massive delta-wing design. -Developed in the late 1940s and entering ...

The Lancaster bomber PA474 of the RAF Battle of Britain Memorial Flight (BBMF) has arrived at Duxford's Imperial War Museum[.

Because of its ability to attack targets that were hundreds of miles away from its airbases in England, the bombers of World War II were vital assets to the Allied war effort. Tasked with the ...

The Halifax aircrew had the misfortune that Lt. Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer, Germany’s most successful night-fighter of WWII mounted two attacks from the rear, setting the port wing on fire and sending ...

All corners of the UK contributed to the war effort in the 1940s and Nottinghamshire is no different. Notts was home to 10 RAF bases during the Second World War, with each one playing a role between ...