Lancaster Bomber Traditional Cache
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Part of the aircraft series across flat farmland taking approx 1
hour. Recommended parking on Delph Lane N53 38.388 W2 40.045. Cache
small black turtle box.
The Avro Lancaster is a British four-engined Second World War heavy
bomber made initially by Avro for the Royal Air Force (RAF). It
first saw active service in 1942, and together with the Handley
Page Halifax it was one of the main heavy bombers of the RAF, the
RCAF, and squadrons from other Commonwealth and European countries
serving within RAF Bomber Command. The "Lanc", became the most
famous and most successful of the Second World War night bombers,
"delivering 608,612 tons of bombs in 156,000 sorties."[2] Although
the Lancaster was primarily a night bomber, it excelled in many
other roles including daylight precision bombing, and gained
worldwide renown as the "Dam Buster" used in the 1943 Operation
Chastise raids on Germany's Ruhr Valley dams. Crew: 7: pilot,
flight engineer, navigator, bomb aimer, wireless operator,
mid-upper and rear gunners Length: 69 ft 5 in (21.18 m) Wingspan:
102 ft (31.09 m) Loaded weight: 63,000 lb (29,000 kg) Powerplant:
4× Rolls-Royce Merlin XX V12 engines, 1,280 hp (954 kW) each
Maximum speed: 240 kn (280 mph, 450 km/h) at 15,000 ft (5,600 m)
Range: 2,700 nmi (3,000 mi, 4,600 km) with minimal bomb load
Service ceiling: 23,500 ft (8,160 m) SWARM Connection: Great Uncle
SWARM was operated as a gunner.
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