Overview
- Lancaster PA474 landed at IWM Duxford on October 29 to start a scheduled strip-down by the Aircraft Restoration Company.
- The maintenance is expected to last about 18 months, grounding the bomber through the 2026 display season.
- BBMF leadership says the work preserves a national heritage asset as part of a major servicing cycle roughly every eight years.
- Spitfire and Hurricane fighters will fly with the unit’s C-47 Dakota in displays next year in the Lancaster’s place.
- PA474, known as the City of Lincoln, is one of only two airworthy Lancasters worldwide and typically leads high-profile flypasts.