Registration / Serial:R5868
Military Code:PO-S
Aircraft Original Type:Avro 683 Lancaster
Aircraft Generic Type:Avro 683/691 Lancaster/Lancastrian
Aircraft Version:Avro 683 Lancaster B1
C/n (msn):
Operator Titles:UK - Air Force
City / Airport:Hendon (closed)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Collection:RAF Museum Hendon / London
Photo Date:4 July 2012
Photo by:Alastair T. GardinerContact
Photo ID:45268Submit Correction
View count: 146
From a total of over 7,300 Lancasters produced during WWII only 35 completed more than 100 combat missions. The highest number (140) was achieved by ED888, yet she was tragically not selected for preservation and scrapped during Jan. 1947. The venerable R5868 flew 137 combat missions making her the most successful Lancaster still extant.
Registration / Serial:R5868
Aircraft Version:Avro 683 Lancaster B1
C/n (msn):
Operator Titles:UK - Air Force
City / Airport:Hendon (closed)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:4 July 2012
Photo by:Alastair T. GardinerContact
Registration / Serial:R5868
Military Code:PO-S
Aircraft Original Type:Avro 683 Lancaster
Aircraft Generic Type:Avro 683/691 Lancaster/Lancastrian
Aircraft Version:Avro 683 Lancaster B1
C/n (msn):
Operator Titles:UK - Air Force
City / Airport:Hendon (closed)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Collection:RAF Museum Hendon / London
Photo Date:4 July 2012
Photo by:Alastair T. GardinerContact
Photo ID:45268Submit Correction
View count: 146
From a total of over 7,300 Lancasters produced during WWII only 35 completed more than 100 combat missions. The highest number (140) was achieved by ED888, yet she was tragically not selected for preservation and scrapped during Jan. 1947. The venerable R5868 flew 137 combat missions making her the most successful Lancaster still extant.
Registration / Serial:R5868
Aircraft Version:Avro 683 Lancaster B1
C/n (msn):
Operator Titles:UK - Air Force
City / Airport:Hendon (closed)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:4 July 2012
Photo by:Alastair T. GardinerContact