The iconic Lancaster Bomber will be taking to the skies over Grantham this weekend, marking the Dambusters anniversary.
For the last three years of World War Two, the aircraft was the major heavy bomber used by the RAF, and eventually became known as the ‘best night time bomber of the war’.
May 14th and 15th will mark nearly eighty years since the famed bouncing bomb raids on Germany in 1943 and, to commemorate the occasion, the Lancaster Bomber will salute the Grantham area.
The raid on German’s Rhur Valley dams, by Lancasters based at RAF Scampton, was organised at St Vincent’s in Grantham, while the control room was at Bridgewater House.
On Saturday, it will be seen above the skies at a number of northern locations including Grantham, Long Eaton and Hardwick Hall.
It will fill the skies over Grantham between 1.15pm to 2pm today (Saturday 14th May).
Tomorrow, Sunday May 15th, the aircraft will fly once more as a part of the RAF Bomber Command Remembrance flight on Sunday, including a flight over Melton Mowbray between 1.35pm to 2.20pm .
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