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Articles and information regarding the Lancaster bommers during the Second World War. Bomber aircraft, equipment, ground crew, bomb runs, and aircrew, including lost bomber units.

Commonwealth Canadian War Cemetery – Leubringhen France

The Calais Canadian War Cemetery holds over 700 war victims of the Second World War. [...]Read More...

Posted August 31, 2026 by Patrick

Avro Lancaster Crew Memorial – Elspeet, Netherlands

Avro Lancaster Mk III with serial number JB609 and squadron code PH-F was a British heavy bomber used …

Posted May 26, 2026 (updated August 31, 2026) by Patrick

The fate of two Avro Lancaster Crews sealed by a single Luftwaffe Night Fighter Pilot – Tubbergen, Netherlands

The Roman Catholic Cemetery in Tubbergen, in the Dutch province of Overijssel, is an important local site of …

Posted January 18, 2026 (updated August 31, 2026) by Patrick

Polish War Cemetery and Military Honorary Field – Breda, The Netherlands

The Polish Military Cemetery and Honorary Field in Breda is the final resting place of 161 Polish soldiers …

Posted September 16, 2025 (updated August 31, 2026) by Pascal

Operation Crossbow – Bombing V1 sites near Adourval and Pommerval – Pommerval, France

On the night of 24th to 25th August 1944 seven hundred airplanes took off in England from different …

Posted May 30, 2024 (updated August 31, 2026) by Patrick

RAF Pilot Robert Roelandt at Bully Cemetery – Bully, France

Robert was a Belgium fighter pilot during World War Two. He was an observer in the Belgium air …

Posted May 30, 2024 (updated August 31, 2026) by Patrick

Commonwealth War Graves, RAF 626 Squadron - Theillay, France

Commonwealth War Graves, RAF 626 Squadron Lancaster ND952 – Theillay, France

Lancaster ND952 of RAF 626 Squadron was shot down during an air raid on railway yards near Vierzon, …

Posted July 21, 2015 (updated August 31, 2026) by Pascal

Lancaster Mk.1 W4960 in the Battle for the Ruhr – Sluipwijk, the Netherlands

From the Royal Air Force Station Binbrook in 1943, near Brokenby in England, exactly 13 minutes before 10 …

Posted January 9, 2014 (updated August 31, 2026) by Patrick