The story of the Lancaster actually begins with the downfall of an earlier Avro aircraft that failed to live up to the high expectations that birthed it. Even in aviation circles, the Avro ...

Ford changed all of that in 1932 with the introduction of the 221 cubic inch flathead V8. Almost immediately upon its ...

The Dickin Medal, also known as the animals' Victoria Cross, was awarded for bravery 54 times between 1943 and 1949: to 18 ...

“The plane previously had a Lancaster cockpit, which now resides in a private collection in America — we want to restore the original Lincoln cockpit,” Mr McArthur said. Avro Lincoln’s ...

THIS is the 660-pound bomb from World War II that brought Eurostar trains to and From Paris’ Gare du Nord to a chaotic halt.

It was carried out by 270 RAF Arvo Lancaster and 22 Mosquito bombers ... a large number also failed to detonate. The 247 Avro Lancasters and 22 Mosquitos involved were part of the RAF’s ...

His war service culminated in Lancaster operations over Nazi-occupied Europe. The Avro Lancaster, commonly known as the Lancaster Bomber, was a British Second World War heavy bomber powered by ...

Jack Finan didn’t talk much about how he defied death more than 80 years ago, piloting Lancaster bombers on dangerous raids against Nazi Germany in the Second World War. About half of Allied ...