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When the Avro Lancaster first entered service, many RAF pilots doubted it. It was massive, slow, and built for the dark — a heavy night bomber that seemed too vulnerable for modern war. Crews called it a flying warehouse, not a weapon.

Then it became the most feared aircraft over Europe.

This is the story of how the Lancaster grew from an untested design into the centerpiece of Britain’s strategic bombing campaign. By 1945, it carried the heaviest bomb loads ever dropped from the air — from the Dambuster raids to the firestorms over Dresden. Each mission pushed the limits of technology, courage, and moral debate about total war itself.

The same pilots who once mocked it came to depend on it — and the roar of its four Merlin engines became the sound of Allied airpower. This is how the Lancaster changed the course, and the conscience, of the war in Europe.

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