The role a factory played in Britain's victory in World War Two has been honoured on the 100th anniversary of its opening.

The bomber was also due to attend the Duxford Battle of Britain Airshow in Cambridgeshire which has been on this weekend.

Two glass marbles that were used to help design the RAF's "bouncing bombs" have sold for £15,200 after a bidding war.

More than 4,000 Lancaster bombers were built at the Avro factory at Woodford Aerodrome in Stockport. The planes were used in the 617 Squadron Dambuster raids on dams in Germany's Ruhr valley.

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A Lancaster fly-over at Sunday's Battle of Britain commemoration day inspired a 91-year-old Banbury man to write a moving poem dedicated to Bomber Command. Roy W Jenkins, of Westbeech Court, sent his ...

As well as our famous scarecrows there was food stalls, charity stalls, street entertainment, Morris and clog dancers, a funfair, a traction engine, vintage tractors, and the much-anticipated fly past ...

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B-52J Bomber: The Air Force's 'Flying Aircraft Carrier' The B-52J is the latest upgrade to the B-52 Stratofortress, a bomber that has been in service since the 1950s. This modernization includes ...