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Moment WWII bomber returns to its Broughton factory 'home' for 80th WWII commemorations

A famous WWII aircraft has returned home to her "birthplace", now Airbus’ wing building factory in Broughton 80 years on. The Avro Lancaster bomber conducted a number of flypasts over the Broughton ...
WGAL

WWII bomber pilot, now living in Lancaster County, talks about missions, meeting his future wife

THOUSANDS OF MILES IN THE AIR, MANY OF THEM VERY DANGEROUS. RICHARD BOYD WAS IN HIS LATE TEENS, WORKING FULL TIME AND PLAYING SOCCER FOR A LONDON JUNIOR TEAM, WHEN GERMAN BOMB STARTED FALLING ON HIS ...
The National Interest

This Crushed Hitler: The Great 1943 Lancaster Bomber Operations over

The 1943 Battles of the Ruhr and Hamburg realized heavy destruction of German industrial resources but only at a steadily rising loss ratio caused primarily by Luftwaffe Night Fighters. With the ...
Smithsonian Magazine

This WW2 RAF Bomber Dealt a Deathblow to the German Economy

In WW2, the British made destroying German dams a key strategic target in order to kneecap the German industrial effort. To accomplish this, they needed a special plane to deliver the payload: the ...
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Residents spot Lancaster bomber over Watford this afternoon

Watford residents were able to spot a Lancaster bomber over Watford on its way back from today’s VE Day celebrations with the Red Arrows.