Avro Lancaster Bomber - Vera

Title

Avro Lancaster Bomber - Vera

Artist

Robert McAlpine

Medium

Photograph

Description

Avro Lancaster Bomber - The Lancaster was a World War II heavy bomber used by The Royal Air Force (RAF), The Royal Canadian Airforce (RCAF) and other allied countries. Lancaster bombers were powered by four Rolls-Royce (or Packard) Merlin PV-12, piston engines. Operated a crew of 7 (pilot, flight engineer, navigator, bomb aimer/nose gunner, wireless operator, mid-upper and rear gunners), they had a range of 2,530 miles (4,073 km). The cruising speed was 200 mph (322 Km/h) with a maximum speed of about 280 mph (370 km/h)

Only two Lancaster bombers still exist in flying (airworthy) condition. The picture above is of the flying condition Lancaster called Vera (coded VR-A, FM213), is in Canada, operated by the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum in Hamilton, Ontario. This Lancaster was flown across the Atlantic and back in 2014 where it appeared in joint flights with the only other airworthy Lancaster (operated by the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight, in Coningsby, UK. Vera is dedicated to Andrew Charles "Andy" Mynarski (14 October 1916 – 13 June 1944), a Canadian recipient of the Victoria Cross (the highest decoration in the British Commonwealth).

This aircraft is marked with the markings "VR-A" the markings of the Lancaster Bomber in which Andrew Mynarski performed a heroic attempt to save the rear bomber after the aircraft had been hit and set on aflame by a German fighter. For this act. Andew Mynarsku was awarded a postumus Victoria Cross.

Uploaded

April 20th, 2018

Statistics

Viewed 888 Times  -  Last Visitor from Romeo, MI on 04/23/2024 at 6:17 PM

Colors

Embed

Sales Sheet