Header image: Lancaster B1 PA474 photographed at the 2024 BBMF Members’ Day (Photo: Claire Hartley). (Inset: PA474’s data plate giving its build completion date as 31-5-45.)
On 31st May, BBMF Lancaster B1 PA474 is officially 80 years old, with the data plate located inside the aircraft recording that its original build was completed on 31st May 1945.
During 2025 we are presenting the image from the Club calendar in the newsletter for that month, with some details about the picture, including when and where the photo was taken. All the photos in the calendar were taken by Club members.
Header image: A tour of the inside of Lancaster PA474 and its cockpit is waiting for the lucky winner of this month's ballot prize. (PA474 has dual controls, unlike operational wartime Lancasters.) (Photo: John Dibbs)
This month one lucky member of the RAF Memorial Flight Official Club will win a ‘money cannot buy it’ opportunity to experience what it is like inside BBMF Lancaster PA474, which is very representative of operational wartime Lancasters, with the exception of having dual controls.
