WW2 Lancaster Bomber cockpit built in pensioner's garden to become state-of-the-art Dambusters simulator

Military enthusiast Leon Ellison meticulously built an exact replica of the flight deck of an iconic Lancaster Bomber cockpit ...

'Our dad built exact replica of WW2 bomber cockpit'

He would go on to spend decades researching the Avro Lancaster bomber before recreating an exact replica of its cockpit in ...
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Landmark Lancaster Bomber sculpture ‘On Freedom’s Wings’ officially opened at site close to Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire border

A landmark sculpture built to honour our area's Second World War links with RAF Bomber Command has been officially launched.

'My dad built a replica Lancaster bomber cockpit from scratch'

Inspired by The Dam Busters, Léon Ellison spent decades researching the Lancaster before building a replica cockpit in his Berkshire garden. BBC South watched as it was winched out of the garden and ...

Flypast celebrates Lancaster bomber sculpture

An aircraft from the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight (BBMF) has taken to the skies over Lincolnshire to celebrate the ...
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Descendants of Second World War airman ‘proud and emotional’ seeing On Freedom’s Wings sculpture on Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire border

The descendants of an airman whose wartime bomber inspired a new landmark sculpture were “proud and emotional” at seeing the ...
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Bomber Boys: The Fighting Lancaster (2010)

Joe English learned to fly a Lancaster bomber before he could drive a car. During World War Two, RAF Bomber Command called upon young men barely out of their teens to fly some of the most dangerous ...

Flypast for opening of Lancaster bomber sculpture

A lone Hurricane PZ865 flew past to celebrate the inauguration of the life-size sculpture of the Lancaster bomber.