Header Image: Avro Lancaster first prototype BT308 at RAF Ringway, January 1941.
This January we celebrate a special 85th anniversary close to the BBMF’s heart. On 9th January 1941, 85 years ago this month, the first prototype Lancaster, or Avro 683 as it was known at that stage, took to the air for it first flight from RAF Ringway, (now Manchester Airport) in Cheshire, England, piloted by Avro test pilot Captain Harry Albert "Sam" Brown.
Header Image: BBMF’s Diane Law-Crookes (centre) met up with Second World War Lancaster veterans Bert Hammond and Eddie Humes at the IBCC to give them their Christmas ‘hampers’. (Photos: BBMF)
Continuing the tradition that has developed in recent years, in December the BBMF once again gave Christmas gifts to a number of Second World War veterans. This year, remarkably, 25 veterans were able to receive the BBMF gift bags with the majority being hand-delivered by BBMF personnel.
For this month’s Club members’ ballot prize, we’re giving away a limited edition Hurricane Force jigsaw puzzle.
We will randomly select one Club member to win the prize.
