The Avro Lancaster : WWII's most successful heavy bomber
Lepine, Mike2022
Book
Total copies: 4
The Avro Lancaster was one of the most important airplanes of WWII. This legendary bomber first saw action in 1942. Powered by 4 Merlin engines, it could deliver a huge payload and was the only aircraft to carry the Tallboy and Grand Slam earthquake bombs as well as the Upkeep 'bouncing' bomb on Operation Chastise - the famous Dam Busters raid. At the height of production, over 1.1 million men and women were employed making 'Lancs'; more service personnel were involved flying and maintaining them than any other British aircraft, ever. Mainly operational as a Night Bomber over Nazi Germany, the Lancaster was supremely adaptable and they were used on anti-submarine patrols, photo-reconnaissance missions, as aerial refuelling tankers and post-war, transatlantic passenger airliners.
Main title:
The Avro Lancaster : WWII's most successful heavy bomber / Mike Lepine.
Author:
Lepine, Mike, author
Imprint:
London : Sona Books, 2022.
Collation:
144 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 27 cm
ISBN:
9781912918799 (hbk)
Dewey class:
358.428q358.428
Language:
English
BRN:
3261392