It will now rejoin the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight. 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 ...
The Avro Lancaster set off on a routine training flight on 4 January 1945 from RAF Elsham Wolds, but hit a sudden blizzard and ditched into the river 16 minutes later, killing the six airmen on board.