Watch as Avro Lancaster is spotted flying over Desborough

The video footage was captured yesterday (Tuesday) evening
By Stephanie Weaver
Published 17th May 2023, 13:56 BST
Updated 17th May 2023, 14:06 BST
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Reader Ross Brown contacted the Northants Telegraph after capturing this great footage of an Avro Lancaster flying over Desborough.

The Avro Lancaster is the most famous and successful RAF heavy bomber of World War Two.

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According to the RAF website, there are only two airworthy Lancasters left in the world - 7,377 were built.

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An Avro Lancaster flying over Sywell at the Music In The Air event back in June 2006An Avro Lancaster flying over Sywell at the Music In The Air event back in June 2006
An Avro Lancaster flying over Sywell at the Music In The Air event back in June 2006

Ross said he spotted it flying over Desborough on Tuesday (May 16) evening - the same day that a memorial flight was due to take place to mark the 80th anniversary of the Dambusters raids.

On the evenings of May 16 and 17, 1943, the infamous raids were undertaken from RAF Scampton in Lincolnshire.

To honour the risky assaults on German dams, the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight (BBMF) planes toured 28 former Bomber Command locations on Tuesday.

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