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Avro Lancaster: RAF Bomber Command's Heavy Bomber in World War II

Avro Lancaster: RAF Bomber Command's Heavy Bomber in World War II

MacKay, Ron

Hardcover

Series: Legends of Warfare: Aviation, Book 25

Technology & EngineeringAir CombatWorld War II

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ISBN10: 0764358456
ISBN13: 9780764358456
Publisher: Schiffer Pub Ltd
Published: Nov 28 2019
Pages: 112
Weight: 1.70
Height: 0.70 Width: 9.10 Depth: 9.10
Language: English
The Avro Lancaster was the Royal Air Force's main four-engine bomber in World War II. Its superb design, overall performance, and load-carrying capacity proved key factors in successfully prosecuting the nocturnal bombing offensive against Hitler's industrial and military base. With its ability to carry up to 16,000 pounds in explosives and incendiaries, specialist Lancasters could also deliver the 12,000-pound Tallboy and 22,000-pound Grand Slam bombs, which took out key targets. The Lancaster was also featured in the classic 1955 British film The Dam Busters, the story of the famed May 1943 low-level bombing raid in Germany's Ruhr River valley. By the end of the war, upward of sixty squadrons operated the Lancaster, demonstrating clear proof of its preeminent presence within the RAF's offensive. Part of the Legends of Warfare series.

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