Lancaster Thumper, part of RAF Battle of Britain Memorial flight, joined Canadian Lancaster Vera from Ontario in a fly over my parents house on Wednesday. I would like to dedicate my video in remembrance of my dearest daddy who left us on Tuesday after a long illness...... He worked on the Lancaster during his career in the RAF #Proud The Two Second World War Lancaster bombers flew together in the skies over Britain yesterday for the first time in 50 years.The worlds only two airworthy Lancaster bombers were united on a windswept Lincolnshire airfield for what will probably be one of the last times. The Lancaster Thumper, which is part of the RAF Battle of Britain Memorial flight, joined the Canadian Lancaster Vera from a museum in Ontario.The two aircraft - pictured at RAF Coningsby - are expected to visit some 60 air shows and public events across the UK over the next five weeks.The planes had been due to pass over Lincoln Cathedral last Friday, but poor weather caused the flight to be postponed. Leon Evans, chief pilot for the Canadian Lancaster’s historic trip, said: ‘We haven’t had two Lancasters fly together in a display before. ‘It’s pretty unlikely it’ll happen again because these airplanes might run out of airtime. Vera’s getting older and already has about 4,500 hours on her.’ Vera’s journey from Canada took four days, involving stops in Newfoundland, Greenland and Iceland before she arrived in Lincolnshire on Friday.The Avro Lancaster is one of the Second World Wars most-recognisable British aircraft. It is most famous for the Dambusters raids, which saw 19 Lancasters attack German dams with Sir Barnes Walliss bouncing bombs in 1943. Vera - built two years after the raids, in 1945 - was acquired by Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum in 1978 and underwent a 10-year restoration.
Posted on: Thu, 14 Aug 2014 15:12:18 +0000