Meeting of the last two airworthy Lancasters ‘Thumper’ meets Vera

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Although 7,377 Lancaster aircraft were produced between 1941 and 1946, only two remain airworthy. One (a Mk 1 nicknamed ‘Thumper’) is maintained by the RAF’s Battle of Britain Memorial Flight (BBMF), and the other by the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum (CWHM). • These classic aircraft came together for the first time as CWHM’s ‘Vera’ (named for its identification markings V-RA), a Mk X Lancaster arrived in England after a transatlantic flight from its home in Ontario, Canada for the start of a tour which will see the two Lancasters flying together to please crowds at 60 venues across the UK. • The event concluded with Bomber Command Veterans receiving their Bomber Command clasps from the Station Commander of RAF Coningsby Group Captain Johnny Stringer . • • RoyalAirForce on YouTube • Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/subscription_... • RoyalAirForce across the Web • RAF Website: http://www.raf.mod.uk/ • Facebook: / royalairforce • Twitter: / royalairforce • Tumblr: / royalairforceuk • Instagram: / royalairforceuk • The world’s first independent Air Force. #SecuringTheSkies

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