Avro+Lancaster

The Avro Lancaster or "Lanc" as some called it Is a four-engined world war 2 stealth bomber made by Avro for the Royal Air Force(RAF).  The "Lanc" become the #1 world war 2 night stealth bombers, Delivering over 600,000 tons of bombs in 156,000 sorties. The "Lanc" was normally used in the night,  but it also had many uses during some day bombings(even though it was a bomber it was also used to deliver food to starving people during the war). Avro Lancaster's were first made and introduced in 1941 during world war 2 and retired in 1963 after they were replaced with a new plane called "Douglas DC-4".  Avro made and sold over 7000 units, over 3,300 destroyed in combat.(each Avro Lancaster costed £45-50,000 And about £1.5-1.67 million today). They recieved the name the  "Dam Buster" after they successfully completed the mission "Operation Chastise" which was to destroy the dams of Ruhr Valley. The Avro Lancaster was the most successful  and effective world war 2 bomber. Their was 2 key battles it was in it was used a lot in world war 2, but later they become obsileet and any remaining "Lanc's" were donated to Argentinian Air Force for the post war.







The Avro Lancaster had an extremely important job when doing bombings because of how large of a bomb bay it had(33ft long).  Larger doors were added later on so that they could carrier more bombs. Later versions of the lancaster were made so that they could carry the "Heaviest Bombs".  The Avro lancasters original design had turrets on the guns so that it could shoot other planes from behind, they were later removed so that it could take off better and have better accuracy when bombing. The Avro Lancaster had very advanced communication equipment as well as radar so it could detect enemy planes. Their were many modifications made to their radar  equipment so that they could detect planes alot of it thought to be helpful but mostly a waste of money since it couldnt detect a enemy plane from a friendly plane