The Lancaster Story

True Tales of Britain’s Legendary Bomber

Sarah-Louise Miller

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Michael O'Mara Books Ltd
03 June 2025

Second World War; Air forces & warfare; Aircraft: general interest

The epic story of the RAF’s legendary heavy bomber: the Avro Lancaster

The Lancaster Story takes readers on a remarkable journey through the history of an aviation icon. This is an informative and engaging account of the true workhorse of the RAF’s bomber corps and the emotional human stories of quiet courage, sacrifice, and hard work of the men and women who flew, designed, constructed and maintained it.

Between its introduction in 1942 and the end of the Second World War, the Avro Lancaster flew more than 150,000 sorties, dropped more than 600,000 tons of explosives and took the Allied fight to Nazi Germany. The ‘Lanc’ featured on some of the most daring and celebrated missions of the war, including the heroic Dambusters raid and the Operation Hydra bombing. These and many other successes came at a significant cost, however: almost half of the 7,377 Lancasters deployed into service were lost in action.

Using archival documents, letters and first-hand accounts, The Lancaster Story delivers a dramatic and vividly renderedaccount of the most successful RAF bomber of the Second World War. Combining individual stories into a gripping, panoramic narrative, it paints a complete portrait of the battle over Europe, and the Lancaster’s unique and decisive role in it.

By: Sarah-Louise Miller
Imprint: Michael O'Mara Books Ltd
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 20mm
Weight: 260g
ISBN: 9781789297485
ISBN 10: 1789297486
Pages: 256
Publication Date: 03 June 2025
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Dr Sarah-Louise Miller is an historian, author and media consultant, specializing in Second World War history. She is a lecturer at the Defence Studies Department, King’s College London, and a visiting scholar at the University of Oxford. She is the author of The Women Behind the Few (Biteback) and has worked in both television and radio with the BBC, Channel Four, ITV, Channel 5 and Sky History. She has also appeared on BBC History Extra, Dan Snow’s History Hit podcast and the We Have Ways of Making You Talk podcast with Al Murray and James Holland, along with various other productions.

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A dramatic and vividly rendered account of the most successful RAF bomber of the Second World War – the Avro Lancaster – and the lives of the men and women who flew, designed, constructed and maintained it.