The Lancaster could carry the heaviest bomb load of any bomber in WW2. A common load for long range was 14 x 1,000 pound HE bombs. On special occasions they often carried the RAF's largest bomb, the 22,000 pound 'Grand Slam' bunker buster.
The Avro Lancaster was the main heavy bomber of the RAF during WW2. They carried out literally thousands of missions.
The Avro Lancaster had a maximum payload of 6,350 kg. So in terms of weight it could have carried some 80 adults plus its regular crew of seven.
Chadwick
Best heavy bomber: Avro LancasterBest light bomber: de Havilland Mosquito
The Gotha G-1V. The British Handley-Page and Russian Sikorsky bombers were actually heavier than the Gotha series of bombers, but I believe that Germany still had the heaviest of the war; a gigantic bomber called the Staaken.
During the life of the Avro lancaster bomber it dropped more than 608,000 tons of bombs on 156,000 wartime missions.
The Lancaster was the main British heavy bomber.
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The Avro Lancaster was the main heavy bomber of the RAF during WW2. They carried out literally thousands of missions.
Avro Lancaster was created in 1942.
36,858 pounds empty was the weight of the Avro Lancaster Bomber plane of World War 2.
The Avro Lancaster had a maximum payload of 6,350 kg. So in terms of weight it could have carried some 80 adults plus its regular crew of seven.
Chadwick
I have just finished a 1:32 scale model of an Avro B1 Mk 1 Lancaster Bomber. Approx. 1200 hours of loving work over a period of 2 & 1/2 years. Is there a Lancaster model association that I can join and compare models etc. ? My email is echs@global.co.za Brian
Avro was based at Woodford, in Cheshire, England.
A total of 7,377 Avro Lancasters were built during World War II. This iconic British heavy bomber was produced primarily at the Avro factory in Manchester. The Lancaster played a crucial role in strategic bombing missions over Germany and became one of the most revered aircraft of the conflict.
The British Avro Aircraft Company made most Lancaster bombers.- Possibly the greatest bomber of WW2. -With all due respect to the B-17, the Lancaster was just as tough, flew just as far, and carried twice the bomb load. - It was built at Chadderton near Manchester, at two plants near Birmingham and also in Canada by Avro Canada. A total of 7,377 Lancasters were built, many being flown by Canadian crews. After the war, it's basic design continued on into the Shackleton maritime bomber which served in the RAF until the 1970's.