Lancaster
bombers united on windswept RAF Coningsby in Lincolnshire for what will
probably be last time
Lancaster
Thumper, part of RAF Battle of Britain Memorial flight, joined Canadian
Lancaster Vera from Ontario
Two
aircraft are expected to visit some 60 air shows and public events across the
UK over the next five weeks
Planes
had been due to pass over Lincoln Cathedral last Friday, but poor weather
caused flight to be postponed
Lancaster
bombers most famous for Dambusters raids - attack on German dams with 'bouncing
bombs' in 1943
Two Second World War Lancaster bombers
flew together in the skies over Britain yesterday for the first time in 50
years.
The world's only two airworthy
Lancaster bombers were united on a windswept Lincolnshire airfield for what
will probably be one of the last times.
The Lancaster Thumper, which is part of
the RAF Battle of Britain Memorial flight, joined the Canadian Lancaster Vera
from a museum in Ontario.
