![]() Flown to Australia 11 October 1944 and arrived 8 November in Brisbane. Flew first sortie 6 December 1942, and eighty-ninth and final sortie 20 April 1944. Assigned to 460 Squadron 22 October 1942 as AR-G " G for George". īuilt by Metropolitan-Vickers in Manchester as Mk. Moved to new Bomber Command Museum hall at Hendon in August 1982. Following restoration moved to Hendon in March 1972 and repainted with 467 markings. Remained Gate Guardian at Scampton until allotted to RAF Museum in August 1970. In April 1959 moved to RAF Scampton for display. Struck off 16 March 1956 and transferred to Air Historical Branch. Marked as "non-effective" but kept in storage as being of particular note due to the number of missions completed. Delivered to 83 Squadron, RAF Scampton, 29 June 1942 as OL-Q "Queen." Transferred to the Australian 467 Squadron September 1943 as PO-S "Sugar." Completed 137 combat sorties and then participated in food supply and POW repatriation ( Operation Exodus). Surviving aircraft Surviving aircraft by manufacturer Manufacturerīuilt by Metropolitan-Vickers in Manchester as Mk. Only four of the surviving 17 – KB839, KB882, R5868, and W4783 – flew operational sorties over Continental Europe during the War. ![]() Of the surviving airframes, eight are in Canada. Today 17 remain in complete form: two are airworthy, and two others are in taxiable condition with working engines. Of the 7,377 aircraft built, 3,736 were lost during the War (3,249 in action and 487 in ground accidents). ![]() The Avro Lancaster is a British four-engine heavy bomber used by the Royal Air Force and other Commonwealth air forces during World War II.
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