for the first time in 58 years, two Avro Lancasters would display together. This is the story of those unforgettable 6 weeks when the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum's Lancaster visited the UK and along

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Avro had also submitted a design to meet Specification P.13/36 and both companies had orders for prototypes placed. While Avro continued with their twin-engined prototype, which would become the Avro

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as a light bomber and was intended to replace the Avro Anson. The design Bristol submitted was based on the Blenheim Mk I and was known as the Type 149. With the installation of Bristol Aquila engines

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Blackburn along with Avro, Boulton Paul, Hawker and Vickers all submitted designs, however it would be Blackburn's Skua design which would see service and two prototypes were ordered during April 1935.

It would take a further three raids by Avro Lancasters before the battleship was eventually sunk. In total 2,602 Barracudas were built with 1953 seeing the type end its frontline service with the Fleet

The Avro Antelope, de Havilland Hound and a new version of the Fairey Fox IIM. In June 1928, the Hart prototype made its maiden flight, and it comfortably beat the specification requirement of 160 mph