Avro Lancaster B. Mark X 2132
Hamburg 44, 49, 54–55
No. 207 Squadron 10–11, 47–48
Avro Lancastrian Mark I 61
Handley Page 7
No. 300 (Masovian) Squadron A3(8, 9)
Avro Lincoln 39, 40–41, 58, 60
Handley Page Halifax 7, 13, 25, 26, 45, 48
No. 550 Squadron 49
Avro Manchester 6–8, A1(8, 9), 10, 10–13, 12,
Handley Page Hampden 4, 4, 12, 13
No. 617 Squadron 33, 50, E(50, 51), 52–54,
15, C4(26, 27)
Harris, Air Marshal Sir Arthur 5, 6, 10, 45,
52, 56–57, 58, F(58, 59)
Avro Manchester Mark III 13–14, 15, 15–17, 44
47–48, 49
No. 635 Squadron 34
Avro Shackleton 38, 61, 62
Heligoland 44
Avro Type 680 14
Hyde, Wing Commander Noel 10, 11
tail assemblies 21, C4(26, 27)
Avro Type 683 Lancaster 14, 15
Tait, Wing Commander James 56–57, 57
Avro York D4(30, 31), 60–61
Ideal Bomber project 14
Thousand Bomber raids 47–48
Tiger Force 35, 36
Battle of Britain Memorial Flight 62
Kassel 50
Tinsel 42
Beckett, Warrant Officer ‘Joe’ 46
Kiel 11
Tirpitz 4, 56–57, 57, F(58, 59)
Bennett, Group Captain Donald 49, 50
Knight, Pilot Officer L. G. E(50, 51), 53
trials 16, 17, 25
Berlin 12–13
tropicalization 34–36
Bielefeld Viaduct 58
Lancaster Production Group 18
turrets 14, 14, 17, 18, B(18, 19), 20, 20–21, 20, bomb bay B(18, 19), 20, 21, 23, 25, 25, 32
Loran 36, 42
22–23, 25, C1–2(26, 27), 32, 36, 40
Bomber Command 4, 12–13, 36
fairing C3(26, 27), 12, 23, 46
bomber development 4–6, 6–7
Maltby, Flight Lieutenant D. J. E(50, 51), 53
rear D1(30, 31), 13, 21, 23, 33, 36, 40, 57
bombs and bomb load 4, 5, 5, 11–12, 23, 25,
Mandrel 42
Type 464 ‘Provisioning’ Lancaster C5(26, 27),
14, 46
Manser, Flying Officer Leslie A1(8, 9)
29–30, E(50, 51), 52, 52–54
Grand Slam 32, 33–34, 33, 57–58
Maudsley, Squadron Leader Henry 53
Tallboy 55, 56, 57
Metropolitan Vickers 8, 17, 18
undercarriage 11, 21, 40
Bremen 48
Monica 42
United States of America D3(30, 31)
Bristol Aeroplane Company 7
Mycock, Warrant Officer Tommy 47
Upkeep mine C5(26, 27), 29–30, 52
Bristol Beaufighter 26
Brown, Captain H. A. ‘Sam’ 7–8, 16
name 17
Vickers Wellington 4–5, 5, 12
Brown, Flight Sergeant Ken 54
Nettleton, Squadron Leader John 44, 45, 47
Vickers-Armstrong 18
Victory Aircraft Corporation 32, 61
Calder, ‘Jock’ 58
Oboe 41, 42, 50
V-weapon sites 55–56
Canada 30, 32
Operation Catechism 56–57, 57, F(58, 59)
casualties and losses 44, 46–47, 48, 53, 54
Operation Chastise 50, E(50, 51), 52–54, 52
Wallis, Barnes 4–5, 29, 33–34, 52, 56, 57
Chadwick, Roy 6, 13–14, 14–15, 15, 16, 39, 60
Operation Gomorrah 54–55
Window 42
Churchill, Sir Winston D4(30, 31), 56
windows 23, 43, 46
civilian use 60–61, 61
Pacific Theatre of Operations 35
wings 21, 39–40
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Document Outline
INTRODUCTION
DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT The Manchester
From humble beginnings
A curate’s egg
Grounded
Four engines
The making of a legend
A new bomber for the RAF
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
THE LANCASTER: MARK BY MARK Lancaster B. Mark I
Lancaster B. Mark II
Lancaster B. Mark III
Type 464 ‘Provisioning’ Lancaster
Lancaster B. Mark X
Lancaster B. Mark I Special
Lancaster B. Mark VI
Lancaster B. Mark I (FE)
Lancaster B. Mark VII (FE)
Lancaster A.S.R./G.R./MR. 3
Lancaster Mark I (modified)
Lancaster B. Mark IV and B. Mark V
Specialist equipment Gee
Oboe
H2S
G-H and Loran
Electronic warfare
OPERATIONAL HISTORY The Lancaster goes to war
Augsburg, 17 April 1942
The ‘Thousand Bomber’ Raids, May and June 1942
The Pathfinders
Operation Chastise, 16 May 1943
Operation Gomorrah, July to August 1943
A precision bomber
CONCLUSION
FURTHER READING
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