AVRO Lancaster Sound Recordings

The Avro Lancaster really needs no introduction. It was a British Rolls-Royce Merlin powered four-engine Second World War heavy bomber made initially by Avro for the Royal Air Force (RAF). It first saw active service in 1942, and 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 and became the most famous and most successful of the Second World War night bombers (and I hear from veteran crew of other types, most dominating in peoples minds). 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.

Recordings

AVRO Lancaster Sound Recording 1

Battle of Britain Memorial Flight's AVRO Lancaster recorded during a solo display at Old Warden.

AVRO Lancaster Sound Recording 2

Battle of Britain Memorial Flight's AVRO Lancaster recorded during a solo display at Old Warden.

AVRO Lancaster Sound Recording 3

Battle of Britain Memorial Flight's AVRO Lancaster recorded during a solo display at Old Warden, June 2007.

The Avro Lancaster really needs no introduction. It was a British Rolls-Royce Merlin powered four-engine Second World War heavy bomber made initially by Avro for the Royal Air Force (RAF). It first saw active service in 1942, and 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 and became the most famous and most successful of the Second World War night bombers (and I hear from veteran crew of other types, most dominating in peoples minds). 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.