Among the British bombers that took to the skies on operations during the Second World War, the best known is undoubtedly the Avro Lancaster. Of the 7,377 built, only two are airworthy today. One is maintained and flown by the Royal Air Force Battle of Britain Memorial Flight and the other, across the pond, is the flagship of the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum. This 16-page booklet looks at the CWHM Lancaster and provides information concerning the Lancaster itself, Canadians in RAF Bomber Command, Royal Canadian Air Force bomber squadrons and 'Lanc' squadrons, postwar RCAF use, and events surrounding the heroic actions of RCAF Pilot Officer A.C. Mynarski for which he was awarded the Victoria Cross.
Originally published in 2012 as an article in the Aviation Miscellany No. 2 volume, this publication is free to view at the PlanePixelBooks Publications blog linked below.
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