Lancaster Bomber to fly over near Manchester this weekend to mark Dambusters anniversary

The iconic Lancaster Bomber will be taking to the skies near Manchester this weekend to mark the Dambusters anniversary.

For the last three years of World War Two, the aircraft was the major heavy bomber used by the RAF, and eventually became known as the ‘best night time bomber of the war’. 

May 14th and 15th will mark nearly eighty years since the famed bouncing bomb raids on Germany in 1943 and, to commemorate the occasion, the Lancaster Bomber will fly once again over several areas close to Manchester.

On Saturday, it will be seen above the skies at a number of northern locations including Long Eaton in Nottinghamshire, Hardwick Hall in Derbyshire and Marbury in Cheshire.

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And the following day on Sunday May 15th, the aircraft will fly once more as a part of the RAF Bomber Command Remembrance flight on Sunday.

Here is the full list of flypast timings:

Saturday May 14th

Long Eaton, Nottinghamshire flypast – 1.40pm to 2.30pm

Hardwick Hall, Hucknall, Derbyshire flypast – 1.50pm to 2.30pm

Nottingham Yacht Club Boat Gathering, Cranfleet Loch flypast – 1.58pm

Marbury, Cheshire flypast – 2.15pm to 3pm

Golcar, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire flypast – 2.40pm to 3.25pm

Garthorpe, North Lincolnshire flypast – 2.55 to 3.40pm

Cox Green, Maidenhead, Berkshire flypast – 3.05 to 3.50pm

Scampton, Lincolnshire flypast – 3.10 to 3.55pm

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Sunday May 15th:

Woodhall Spa, Lincolnshire flypast – 11.45am to 12.30pm

Hatfield, South Yorkshire flypast – 12.30pm to 1.20pm

Marbury, Cheshire flypast – 1.05pm to 1.50pm

Hardwick Hall, Hucknall, Derbyshire flypast – 1.25pm to 2.15pm

Long Eaton, Nottinghamshire flypast – 1.25pm to 2.15pm

Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire flypast – 1.35pm to 2.20pm

Nottingham Yacht Club Boat Gathering, Cranfleet Loch flypast – 1.43pm

Flixton, Suffolk flypast – 1.45pm to 2.30pm

Tydd, St Mary, Lincolnshire flypast – 1.55pm to 2.40pm

White Notley, Cressing, Essex flypast – 2.05 to 2.50pm

Stretham, Cambridgeshire flypast – 2.20 to 3.05pm