United Kingdom's Avro Lancaster Bomber1

Avro Lancaster:
United Kingdom's Avro Lancaster Bomber

Avro Lancaster:
United Kingdom's Avro Lancaster Bomber

Avro Lancaster:
United Kingdom's Avro Lancaster Bomber

Avro Lancaster:
United Kingdom's Avro Lancaster Bomber

Avro Lancaster:
United Kingdom's Avro Lancaster Bomber

Avro Lancaster:
United Kingdom's Avro Lancaster Bomber

Avro Lancaster:
United Kingdom's Avro Lancaster Bomber

Avro Lancaster:
United Kingdom's Avro Lancaster Bomber

Avro Lancaster:
United Kingdom's Avro Lancaster Bomber

Design

It was based on the Avro Manchester.1

Usage

Over 156,000 missions were flown by Lancasters.1

Used on the "Dambusters" raid by the No. 617 Squadron.1 The Lancasters had to fly 60' / 18.3 m above the water at exactly 249 mph / 402 kph when it released the rotating bomb, which then skipped across the water to sink next to the dam and then detonate.1

  Avro Lancaster B Mk I1
Type Bomber1
Crew 81
Pilot, navigator, flight engineer, bombaimer, nose gunner, mid-upper gunner, radio operator, rear gunner1
Engine (Type) 4: Merlin 241
Cylinders Inverted inline1
Cooling  
HP  
Propeller blades  
Dimensions  
Span 102'1
31.09 m1
Length 69'1
21.18 m1
Height 20'1
6.25 m1
Wing area 1,296 ft2 1
120.49 m2 1
Weight  
Empty 36,923 lb1
16,783 kg1
Loaded 67,859 lb1
30,845 kg1
Performance  
Speed @ 11,480' / 3,500 m1 286 mph1
462 kph1
Climb  
Service ceiling 24,492'1
7,467 m1
Range with 13,970 lb / 6,350 kg bomb load 1,674 miles1
2,700 km1
Armament 9: 7.7 mm Browning MG1
Bombs 14,000 lb1
6,350 kg1
Production  

Sources:

  1. Aircraft of WWII, General Editor: Jim Winchester, 2004
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