The Avro Lancaster was the best, most effective, British workhorse bomber for the RAF in World War II. It was developed from a previous, unsuccessful two engine bomber effort, the Manchester, which was plagued with unreliable engines, appropriately named Vultures. The Lancaster used many of the Manchester’s parts including its extraordinarily sturdy fuselage. The resulting aircraft had remarkable flying characteristics and was powered by the famous Rolls Royce Merlin XX engine, the same powerplant used by the Spitfire.
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