List of Avro Lancaster operators
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The following are operators of the Avro Lancaster:
Military operators
[edit]Argentina
[edit]From May 1948 to August 1949 the Argentine Air Force received 15 Lancasters (registered B-031 to B-045) previously operated by RAF.[1]
Australia
[edit]Canada
[edit]- No. 6 Group RCAF (Wartime to 1945)
- 10 Group/Maritime Air Command(Post 1947)[4]
- CFB Rockcliffe(Postwar)[4]
Egypt
[edit]France
[edit]- Aeronavale – 54 transferred from the Royal Australian Air Force beginning in 1952
Poland
[edit]Soviet Union
[edit]Soviets were able to repair two of six Avro Lancasters which made forced landings near Yagodnik airfield, near Arkhangelsk during attacks on the German battleship Tirpitz. Both ex-617 Squadron Avro Lancasters were operated briefly as transports and long range reconnaissance aircraft before being retired due to lack of spare parts.[5]
Sweden
[edit]- Försökscentralen (Swedish Test Establishment) at Malmen near Linköping received one Lancaster I (ex-RAF RA805) designated Tp 80 and the SwAF/n 80001. Aircraft was modified by Avro company for jet engine testbed duties and delivered from UK in May 1951. The only Swedish Lancaster crashed in 1956.[6]
United Kingdom
[edit]- No. 7 Squadron RAF
- No. 9 Squadron RAF
- No. 12 Squadron RAF
- No. 15 Squadron RAF
- No. 18 Squadron RAF
- No. 20 Squadron RAF
- No. 35 Squadron RAF
- No. 37 Squadron RAF
- No. 38 Squadron RAF
- No. 40 Squadron RAF
- No. 44 Squadron RAF
- No. 49 Squadron RAF
- No. 50 Squadron RAF
- No. 57 Squadron RAF
- No. 61 Squadron RAF
- No. 70 Squadron RAF
- No. 75 Squadron RAF
- No. 82 Squadron RAF
- No. 83 Squadron RAF
- No. 90 Squadron RAF
- No. 97 Squadron RAF
- No. 100 Squadron RAF
- No. 101 Squadron RAF
- No. 103 Squadron RAF
- No. 104 Squadron RAF
- No. 106 Squadron RAF
- No. 109 Squadron RAF
- No. 115 Squadron RAF
- No. 120 Squadron RAF
- No. 138 Squadron RAF
- No. 148 Squadron RAF
- No. 149 Squadron RAF
- No. 150 Squadron RAF
- No. 153 Squadron RAF
- No. 156 Squadron RAF
- No. 160 Squadron RAF
- No. 166 Squadron RAF
- No. 170 Squadron RAF
- No. 178 Squadron RAF
- No. 179 Squadron RAF
- No. 186 Squadron RAF
- No. 189 Squadron RAF
- No. 195 Squadron RAF
- No. 203 Squadron RAF
- No. 207 Squadron RAF
- No. 210 Squadron RAF
- No. 214 Squadron RAF
- No. 218 Squadron RAF
- No. 224 Squadron RAF
- No. 227 Squadron RAF
- No. 231 Squadron RAF
- No. 279 Squadron RAF
- No. 514 Squadron RAF
- No. 541 Squadron RAF
- No. 550 Squadron RAF
- No. 576 Squadron RAF
- No. 582 Squadron RAF
- No. 617 Squadron RAF
- No. 619 Squadron RAF
- No. 621 Squadron RAF
- No. 622 Squadron RAF
- No. 625 Squadron RAF
- No. 626 Squadron RAF
- No. 630 Squadron RAF
- No. 635 Squadron RAF
- No. 683 Squadron RAF
- No. 1651 Heavy Conversion Unit RAF
- No. 1653 Heavy Conversion Unit RAF
- No. 1654 Heavy Conversion Unit RAF
- No. 1656 Heavy Conversion Unit RAF
- No. 1657 Heavy Conversion Unit RAF
- No. 1659 Heavy Conversion Unit RAF
- No. 1660 Heavy Conversion Unit RAF
- No. 1661 Heavy Conversion Unit RAF
- No. 1662 Heavy Conversion Unit RAF
- No. 1664 Heavy Conversion Unit RAF
- No. 1665 Heavy Conversion Unit RAF
- No. 1666 Heavy Conversion Unit RAF
- No. 1667 Heavy Conversion Unit RAF
- No. 1668 Heavy Conversion Unit RAF
- No. 1678 Heavy Conversion Unit RAF
- No. 1 Lancaster Finishing School RAF
- No. 3 Lancaster Finishing School RAF
- No. 5 Lancaster Finishing School RAF
- No. 6 Lancaster Finishing School RAF
- No. 6 Operational Training Unit RAF
- No. 230 Operational Conversion Unit RAF
- No. 236 Operational Conversion Unit RAF
Civil operators
[edit]Argentina
[edit]Canada
[edit]United Kingdom
[edit]- British European Airways
- British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC)
- British South American Airways
- Flight Refuelling Limited
- Skyways Limited
See also
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Notes
[edit]- ^ Marino, Celleto and Mosquera Air Enthusiast September/October 2001, pp. 65, 70.
- ^ a b c Mason 1994, p. 348.
- ^ Lyzun 2000, p. 21.
- ^ a b Kostenuk, S; Griffin, J (1977). RCAF Squadrons and Aircraft. Toronto: Samuel Stevens Hakkert & Co. ISBN 0-88866-577-6.
- ^ Kotelnokov 2007, pp.24–27.
- ^ Tp 80 – Avro Lancaster B Mk.1 (1951–1956) article Archived 2007-12-05 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Halley 1980, p. 353.
- ^ The Avro Lancaster in Royal Navy service article at Royal Navy Research Archive website Archived 2008-05-26 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Entries for year 1947 at the Plane Crash Info website.
- ^ Airline/Operator "Tr – Tz" entry at the Plane Crash Info website.
References
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- Franks, Richard A. The Avro Lancaster, Manchester and Lincoln: A Comprehensive Guide for the Modeller. London: SAM Publications, 2000. ISBN 0-9533465-3-6.
- Halley, James J. The Squadrons of the Royal Air Force. Tonbridge, Kent, UK:Air Britain (Historians), 1980. ISBN 0-85130-083-9.
- Holmes, Harry. Avro Lancaster (Combat Legend series). Shrewsbury, UK: Airlife Publishing Ltd., 2002. ISBN 1-84037-376-8.
- Jackson, A.J. Avro Aircraft since 1908, 2nd edition. London: Putnam Aeronautical Books, 1990. ISBN 0-85177-834-8.
- Jacobs, Peter. The Lancaster Story. London: Arms & Armour Press, 1996. ISBN 1-85409-288-X.
- Lyzun, Jum. "From Warhorse to Workhorse: Lancaster Mk.10 Variants in Canada". Air Enthusiast. No. 86, March/April 2000, pp. 16–26.
- Kotelnikov, Vladimir. "From Roundels to Red Stars". Aeroplane, January 2007, Vol 35 No. 1. pp. 24–27.
- Kulikov, Viktor P. British Aircraft in Russia. Air Power History, Vol. 51, 2004.
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- Mackay, R.S.G. Lancaster in action. Carrollton, Texas: Squadron/Signal Publications Inc., 1982. ISBN 0-89747-130-X.
- Marino, Atilio; Celleto, Vladimiro and Javier Mosquera. "Argentina's 'Heavies': Avro Lancaster, Lincoln and Lancastrian in Military Service: Part One". Air Enthusiast, No. 95, September/October 2001. pp. 64–70.
- Mason, Francis K. The British Bomber since 1914. London:Putnam, 1994. ISBN 0-85177-861-5.
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- Page, Bette. Mynarski's Lanc: The Story of Two Famous Canadian Lancaster Bombers KB726 & FM213. Erin, Ontario: Boston Mills Press, 1989. ISBN 1-55046-006-4.
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