Avro Lancaster Mk.I - British users part nine

The Avro Lancaster was a four-engined bomber that served through the mid-late World War II with the Royal Air Force and the postwar. The squadrons covered in this post are:

• No.150 Squadron: This squadron was disbanded in October 1944 in Italy, but it was soon reformed and re-equipped with the Avro Lancaster. Between 11th November 1944 and 25th April 1945 they flew more than 800 sorties and dropped more than 3.827 tons of bombs with just 8 aircraft lost. They took part also in the Operation Manna supplying food to the starving Dutch civilians. After the war they transported ex-POWs from Belgium back to England and also from Italy back to England. They were disbanded shortly after the war.
• No.12 Squadron: This historical squadron received the Avro Lancaster in 1942 while based at RAF Wickenby, in Lincolnshire. They took part in many raids until the end of the war when their Lancasters where replaced by Avro Lincolns in 1946.

Sources:

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avro_Lancaster

2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._150_Squadron_RAF

3. https://www.raf.mod.uk/history/bombercommandno150squadron.cfm

4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._12_Squadron_RAF

5. https://www.raf.mod.uk/organisation/12squadron.cfm

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