One of the last two flying Lancasters pays tribute to the 55,000 Bomber Boys who never returned

[Dedworth]

Back on the bombing run: One of the last two flying Lancasters pays tribute to the 55,000 Bomber Boys who never returned with flight on the route thousands of sorties took to target the Nazis

• MailOnline was granted exclusive access to film while flying alongside the Canadian Lancaster bomber
• Stunning footage shows the iconic aircraft soaring above the UK in what will be one of its final ever flights
• Video was shot while flying in a small aircraft just feet away from the world's second only airworthy Lancaster

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Excellent article, video & photos

[joebloggs]

Took the kids to the Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester last week.

Looking at the Vulcan and Lancaster bomber. It was built and designed by Avro. I didnt know the founder Sir Edwin Alliott Verdon Roe was born in Patricroft (a mile away from me) The son of a doctor, he left home when he was 14 to go to Canada where he had been offered training as a surveyor. 14! What a life he had!

http://www.verdon-roe.co.uk/#


The Vulcan bomber I've seen a few times, the noise is something you never forget

[Dedworth]

Good vid Joe

My mate was going to Bournemouth to see both Lancs together but the display got cancelled - engine probs with the Canadian one

[Doc Alan]

Great videos Ded and Joe, thanks for posting !


On a similar topic, I visited Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum in Glasgow, where the Darling-Salmond Referendum debate was held last week.






There is a " Vickers-Armstrong Supermarine Spitfire LA198 " ( 1944 ) on display. As a Mark 21 Spitfire, this aeroplane’s Griffon 61 engine allowed a top speed of 442 mph during its first test flight. Of over 20,000 Spitfires built, only 120 were Mark 21s . Spitfire LA198 survived the war because it crashed on landing on its return to Horsham St Faith Base ( now Norwich Airport ) – and might have been sold, like many others, had it been undamaged.


It was returned to the City of Glasgow in 1998, as the last surviving Spitfire flown by 602 (City of Glasgow) Squadron. The Scottish Executive supplied a budget to restore and display it. The restoration was a joint project between Glasgow Museums and National Museums Scotland.

[Dedworth]

Good pic Doc - public money well spent on this occasion to preserve and display the Spitfire