First flight of the Avro Lancaster, 9th January 1941. All the Wingleader Lancaster books, and Manchester for good measure. The tail turret mount is FN120, unfortunately without history. It holds .303 Brownings (professionally deactivated and certificated) from Spitfire and Curtiss Mohawk recoveries. The windscreen is from a scrapped aircraft, again, sadly, without history, as is the bomb steady. #WWII ##ww2aircraft #lancasterbomber #RAF #wwiihistory #ww2relics #RoyalAirForce #military #museum #r

The Avro Manchester was meant to be the future of Britain’s heavy bombing power—sleek, powerful, and capable of reaching deep into enemy territory. But what was meant to be a war-winner turned into one of the Royal Air Force’s most frustrating aircraft of the Second World War. #ww2 #aviation #military | The War Rooms