This Day in Aviation History
June 9th, 1944
First flight of the Avro Lincoln.
 
The Avro Type 694, better known as the Avro Lincoln, was a British four-engined heavy bomber, which first flew on 9 June 1944. Developed from the Avro Lancaster, the first Lincoln variants were known initially as the Lancaster IV and V, but were renamed Lincoln I and II. It was the last piston-engined bomber used by the Royal Air Force.
 
The Lincoln became operational in August 1945. It had been assigned to units of Tiger Force, a British Commonwealth heavy bomber force, intended to take part in the Second World War Allied operations against the Japanese mainland but the war ended before the Lincoln was used in combat. The Lincoln was used in action during the 1950s, by the RAF in the Mau Mau Uprising in Kenya, and with the RAF and RAAF during the Malayan Emergency.
 
The type also saw significant service with the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) and Fuerza Aérea Argentina (Argentine Air Force), as well as some civil aviation usage. In RAF service, the Lincoln was replaced by jet-powered bombers, chiefly the English Electric Canberra, as well as the three strategic bombers of Britain’s V Force – the Vickers Valiant, Handley Page Victor, and the Avro Vulcan….
 
Source:
Wikipedia, Avro Lincoln: http://gstv.us/1KRPMaN
 
YouTube, Avro 694 Lincoln: http://gstv.us/1KRQ2qm
 
YouTube, Cosford RAF Museum – Haunted Avro Lincoln: http://gstv.us/1sU0J8w
 
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