Life Inside a Lancaster Heavy Bomber (Cross Section)

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Is it just me, but I love being able to walk around in moving vehicles, there's just a weird but good feeling about it.

My grandfather was a lancaster pilot in the RCAF. He gave me his wings when i was a child and they're one of my most prized possessions. I was young when he passed away and I wish I had been able to talk to him as an adult. He was a very kind man and I miss him dearly.

I'm lucky enough to live near the last Canadian Lancaster that still flies. It flies over our neighbourhood regularly throughout the year. You can always hear it coming because there's no mistaking the sound of those engines for anything left nowadays. I can't imagine how incredible it must have been to see and hear dozens of them flying overhead at once. It must have been truly glorious!

As an American who has heard and read a ton about the B-17 over the years, it's great to hear more about our RAF allies and their magnificent "heavy bombers"! An incredibly courageous and talented group of men.

My great grandfather was a reargunner in a Lancaster. I had the honour to meet him many times before he died in 2013.

My three uncles flew on Lancaster Bombers during the war, two were Navigators , one was a rear gunner. Fortunately all survived the war.

I live in Southern Ontario. The Lancaster still flies over my house a few times every summer. It's amazing to see and Hear.

Bomber Crew is a cool game that let's you command a Lancaster Crew. Great video!

My grandfather was a rear gunner in a Lanc during WWII, used to love hearing his war stories, especially the one where he tried to bail out of a burning plane, not realising it was coming in to land. He ended up bouncing down the runway and spending a month in hospital

It's fun knowing more about the Lancaster after playing Bomber Crew. The silhouette familiarity from the cross section was a more immediate draw than the usual art style signifying a Simple History video this time.

Both my Great-Great-Grandfather, and his Son, served aboard Lancaster crews in WW2. In fact, my 2nd-Great-Grandfather flew for the RNAS in WW1, and survived as a POW. Always loved the Lancaster- the only bomber I like more than the B-17!

When I was still in primary we where playing outside out school in a grassy field during lunch break when out of nowhere two spitfires and a Lancaster started flying over my school field which totally shocked me, the other students and the teachers as we watched it fly around the field and it got really close to the ground at one point, such a magnificent beast.

My Grandfather was part of No. 6 Bomber Group RCAF, but not aircrew. He was able to get a ride over Germany after VE Day to see the result of the aerial campaign and ground combat. I was told he only ever talked about it once to my dad, what he saw I would assume was very grim. My dad has since researched his story and found records of the flight with his name in the logbook. Lest we forget. 🇨🇦

Crazy to believe there's only ten years between the first flight of the Avro Lancaster and the Avro Vulcan.

As a kid one of my parents friends flew in Lancaster's in WW2. I never asked him about it. Anyway, a really informative and interesting video. Adverts normally make me groan, but your one for aura was so OTT that it made me laugh and smile. Well done on that one.

Great mini doc, very interesting! I especially like your mentioning of the tailgunner's troublesome position when bailing out. This led to (my distant relative) Nicholas Alkemade to jump out without a parachute and surviving his jump from several thousand feet, quite incredible

What many people don’t know, is that of the three working Lancasters: 1 can’t fly, the other is owned and funded by the RAF, and the other sits in a small museum in Hamilton Ontario Canada, and only flies because of generous donations from the public. She’s also dedicated to Pilot Officer Andrew Mynarski (VC), who refused to jump from his stricken Lancaster, to save the life of his friend, tail-gunner Pat Brophy. Brophy survived, but Mynarski sadly died of after being severely burned. For his actions, Mynarski was awarded the Victoria Cross.

It was an honour seeing that same Lancaster two times fly over my village and school

One of my grandmas cousins was a tail gunner in one of these, he sadly died fighting for us in ww2.