The UK's last flying Lancaster bomber is to undergo months of maintenance meaning it will not feature in air displays next year. The Avro Lancaster PA474 is based at the Battle of Britain Memorial ...

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 ...

A centre dedicated to Bomber Command will be built in a design "echoing the crouching beauty" of one of its most famous aircraft, the Lancaster bomber. The centre in Lincoln - to be named after the ...

Air power may have proved lethally effective during the First World War, but the technology was still in its infancy. By 1939, however, European air forces as well as North American and Asian powers ...

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 ...