List of surviving Avro Lancasters

Avro Lancaster

Company type	Aircraft
Industry	Aviation, Military
Founded	1941
Headquarters	United Kingdom
Products	Heavy bomber aircraft

Main article: Avro Lancaster

The Avro Lancaster served as a British four-engine heavy bomber deployed by the Royal Air Force and various Commonwealth air forces throughout World War II. Out of the 7,377 units constructed, 3,736 were lost during the conflict—3,249 in combat and 487 due to ground incidents. Presently, 17 complete examples still exist: two remain operationally airworthy, and another two are capable of taxiing with functioning engines. Among these preserved airframes, eight reside in Canada, where certain Lancasters were modified for Cold War maritime patrol missions until 1964. Notably, only four of the surviving 17—KB839, KB882, R5868, and W4783—participated in combat sorties over Continental Europe during the war.

Australia

Serial	Geographic location	Institutional location	Status	History
W4783 File:G for george panorama.jpg	Canberra	Australian War Memorial	Static display	Manufactured by Metropolitan-Vickers in Manchester as a Mk. I model. Assigned to 460 Squadron on 22 October 1942 with the code AR-G "G for George". Completed its maiden sortie on 6 December 1942 and flew its eighty-ninth and final mission on 20 April 1944. Delivered to Australia on 11 October 1944, arriving in Brisbane on 8 November. Operated within Eastern Australia in 1945 supporting the Third Victory Loan Drive. Stored at RAAF Base Fairbairn until 1955 before relocation to the Australian War Memorial during the 1950s. Received a repaint in 1978. Taken off public display in 1999 for comprehensive restoration at AWM's Treloar Technology Centre and returned to exhibition in ANZAC Hall by December 2003.
File:Front view of the Avro Lancaster at the Aviation Heritage Museum September 2025.jpg	Bull Creek, Western Australia	Aviation Heritage Museum	Static display	Produced by Austin Motors in Birmingham as a Mk. VII variant. One of twenty-two Lancasters sold to French Aéronautique navale in April 1952 and operated until 1962. Donated to the RAAF Association that same year. Currently painted to represent LL847, which was downed on 18 December 1944.

Canada

Serial	Geographic location	Institutional location	Status	History
FM104 File:21-28 Nov 10 - Lancaster FM104 - (5567982847).jpg	Sidney, British Columbia	British Columbia Aviation Museum	Currently undergoing restoration for exhibition	Constructed at Victory Aircraft in Malton, Ontario as a Mk. X. Delivered to England in January 1945. Held in reserve at No. 32 Maintenance Unit supporting 408 Squadron and 428 Squadron of the RCAF. Returned to Canada on 10 June 1945 with plans for deployment in Tiger Force against Japan. Converted to Mk.10SR in November 1945 and assigned to No. 10 Repair Unit at Naval Station Argentia. Later modified to Mk.10MR in April 1951 and stationed with 107 Unit at RCAF Torbay. Removed from service on 10 February 1964. Displayed at the Canadian National Exhibition in 1964, then acquired by the RCAF Association for display in Coronation Park in 1965. Ownership transferred to Heritage Toronto in 1990 and relocated to Toronto Aerospace Museum (later Canadian Air and Space Museum) in 1999. After the museum’s closure in 2011, placed into storage until acquired by the British Columbia Aviation Museum in June 2018. Planned restoration aims to present it as a post-war Maritime Command aircraft, with work conducted collaboratively by the museum and Victoria Air Maintenance Ltd.
FM136 File:Lancaster FM136 at Aero Space Museum of Calgary Flickr 6202270734.jpg	Calgary, Alberta	The Hangar Flight Museum	On static display	Known as "Lady Orchid," this Mk. X Lancaster was built at Victory Aircraft in Malton, Ontario. It was flown to England in June 1945 but returned to Canada by late August that year. Served as a Maritime Reconnaissance aircraft with 404 Squadron at RCAF Greenwood and later with 407 Squadron at RCAF Comox. In 1961, it was flown to RCAF Fort Macleod for scrapping but was purchased the same year by Lynn Garrison. It was displayed from 1962 at the entrance of Calgary Municipal Airport as a tribute to those trained under the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan. Transferred to Calgary Aerospace Museum in 1992, it carries the markings of KB895, flown by local pilot Ronnie Jenkins.
FM159 File:Lancaster FM159 nose at Bomber Command Museum Canada Flickr 3242620587.jpg	Nanton, Alberta	Bomber Command Museum of Canada	Static exhibit with operational engines; capable of taxiing	Produced at Victory Aircraft in Malton, Ontario as a Mk. X, this aircraft was flown to England in May 1945 and returned to Canada by September of the same year. It operated as a Maritime Reconnaissance platform between 1953 and 1958 with 103 Squadron at RCAF Greenwood and later with 407 Squadron at RCAF Comox. Scheduled for scrapping at RCAF Station Vulcan in 1960, it was instead purchased and relocated to Nanton, Alberta for exhibition purposes. Since the formation of the Nanton Lancaster Society in 1986, it has undergone progressive restoration including full operation of all four engines and taxi capability. Many crew station components have been restored; flaps, rear turret, and bomb bay doors are functional. It displays markings ND811 honoring VC recipient Ian Willoughby Bazalgette.
FM212	Windsor, Ontario	Canadian Aviation Museum	Restoration underway for exhibition	Manufactured by Victory Aircraft in Malton, Ontario as a Mk. X during July 1945. Returned to Avro Canada’s factory in 1948 for conversion to Mk.10P configuration. Served with multiple squadrons including 9 Squadron, 418 Squadron, and 408 Squadron. Officially removed from service on 9 October 1964. After brief storage at RCAF Station Dunnville, sold to City of Windsor and transported via barge. Displayed on a pedestal within Jackson Park until removal in 2005 due to weather exposure damage. As of June 2023, restoration continues through collaboration with Canadian Aviation Museum, targeting completion and static/taxi display status by 2026.
FM213 File:Avro Lancaster-01 (xndr).jpg	Hamilton, Ontario	Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum	Operational flight status	Constructed at Victory Aircraft in Malton, Ontario as Mk. X; stored from 1945 until 1950 in Trenton, Ontario before conversion by de Havilland Canada into Mk.10MR variant. Served with 405 Maritime Patrol Squadron based at CFB Greenwood and later with the 107 Rescue Unit located at RCAF Torbay. Withdrawn from service on 30 June 1964 and stored at RCAF Dunnville before acquisition by Royal Canadian Legion for display in Goderich, Ontario. Subsequently purchased by Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum and relocated to Hamilton in November 1979; after extensive restoration flew again on 11 September 1988. Wears markings KB726 from 419 Tactical Fighter Training Squadron, commemorating VC recipient Andrew Mynarski. Alongside PA474, it remains one of only two airworthy Lancasters worldwide.
KB839 File:Lancaster (27308390468).jpg	Greenwood, Nova Scotia	Greenwood Military Aviation Museum	Exhibited statically	Built as a Mk. X at Victory Aircraft’s Malton facility; flown to England on New Year's Day, 1945. Initially assigned SE-G code with 431 Squadron, later transferred as VR-D "D Daisy" to 419 Tactical Fighter Training Squadron, completing a total of twenty-six sorties before returning home on June 5th, 1945. Converted to Mk.XAR configuration at Avro Canada; served with both the 405 Maritime Patrol Squadron and the 408 Tactical Helicopter Squadron until retirement from active use in 1961. Stored subsequently at RCAF Dunnville before transfer to Greenwood where it was mounted on a pedestal for public display starting in 1964; now part of the Military Aviation Museum collection bearing JB226 markings from a lost aircraft of the same squadron.
KB882 File:Lancaster KB882 at Edmundston Flickr 2894912832.jpg	Trenton, Ontario	National Air Force Museum of Canada	Restoration ongoing for exhibition	This Mk. X model was constructed by Victory Aircraft in Malton and delivered to England on February 24th, 1945. Assigned initially without code to 431 Squadron, later designated NA-R "Rabbit Stew" with No. 428 Squadron RCAF, completing nineteen sorties before returning home June 2nd that year. Stored initially in Alberta then sent back for conversion into Mk.10P by Avro Canada during early fifties; served with the RCAF's tactical helicopter squadron based out of Rockcliffe until struck off on May 26th,1964. Purchased that year by Edmundston city authorities before ownership transferred to National Air Force Museum located in Trenton where it was moved in September 2017; restoration commenced immediately aiming for completion by April first,2024 coinciding with RCAF centennial celebrations; will be restored as post-war Mk.10AR variant.
KB944 File:KB944 Avro 683 Lancaster 10MR (7637429580).jpg	Ottawa, Ontario	Canada Aviation and Space Museum	Static exhibition	Produced as Mk.X by Victory Aircraft Malton; flown overseas March eighth,1945 assigned KW-K code with 425 Tactical Fighter Squadron. Did not undertake combat sorties before returning June fifteenth same year; stored subsequently at BCATP Fort Macleod facility before conversion into Mk.10S variant performed by Fairey Aviation located in Eastern Passage Nova Scotia; served thereafter with maritime patrol duties under command of 404 Maritime Patrol and Training Squadron stationed at CFB Greenwood until removal from service January1957.Stored later at RCAF Dunnville base then restored under RCAF auspices prior sale to National Aviation Museum May1964.Wears livery KB760 representing aircraft from No.428 Squadron RCAF.

France

Serial	Geographic location	Institutional location	Status	History
NX664 File:Avro Lancaster WU21 - AALB - 2.jpg	Paris	Musée de l'air et de l'espace	Currently undergoing restoration for exhibition	Constructed by Austin Motors in Birmingham as a Mk. VII model. Stored at Llandow post-World War II. Among 22 Lancasters sold in April 1952 to the Aéronautique navale. Experienced a crash landing at Mata Utu, Wallis and Futuna in 1963. Retrieved by Ailes Anciennes in 1984. Presently being fully restored alongside NX611. Will be displayed in French colors.

New Zealand

Serial	Geographic location	Institutional location	Status	History
NX665 File:Lancaster bomber at MOTAT June 2012.JPG	Auckland	Museum of Transport and Technology	Displayed statically	Produced by Austin Motors in Birmingham as a Mk. VII. One of 22 Lancasters transferred in April 1952 to the Aéronautique navale. Operated until 1964 before being exhibited in Auckland that same year. Acquired by MOTAT in 1978 and relocated indoors during the 1980s.

United Kingdom

Serial	Geographic location	Institutional location	Status	History
R5868 File:Avro Lancaster I ‘R5868 - PO-S’ (32477618853).jpg	Template:Country data UKTemplate:Namespace detect showall London	Royal Air Force Museum London	Static exhibition	Manufactured by Metropolitan-Vickers in Manchester as a Mk. I variant. Delivered to 83 Squadron at RAF Scampton on 29 June 1942 as OL-Q "Queen". Reassigned to Australian 467 Squadron in September 1943 as PO-S "Sugar". Completed 137 combat missions, later used for food drops and POW repatriation (Operation Exodus). Declared "non-effective" but preserved due to its extensive operational history. Removed from service on 16 March 1956 and transferred to the Air Historical Branch. Stored at RAF Fulbeck in 1958, then moved to RAF Scampton for display in April 1959. Painted with 83 Squadron insignia in 1960, served as Gate Guardian at Scampton until assigned to RAF Museum in August 1970. After restoration, relocated to Hendon in March 1972 and repainted with 467 Squadron markings. Transferred to the Bomber Command Museum hall at Hendon in August 1982.
KB889 File:Lancaster KB889 at IWM Duxford Flickr 4867404067.jpg	Template:Country data UKTemplate:Namespace detect showall Duxford, Cambridgeshire	Imperial War Museum Duxford	Static exhibition	Constructed by Victory Aircraft in Malton, Ontario as a Mk. X model. Delivered to England on 3 January 1945 and assigned to 428 Squadron as NA-I. Did not undertake any operational sorties and returned to Canada on 4 June 1945. Modified to Mk.10P standard by Avro Canada and served with 408 Tactical Helicopter Squadron at RCAF Torbay (St. John's International Airport). Decommissioned on 21 May 1965. Sold to Age of Flight museum in Niagara Falls, Ontario, displayed starting in 1965, then sold to Ken Short in 1968 and transported to Oshawa airport for reassembly during 1969-70. Purchased by Douglas Arnold and shipped back to England in 1984, restored using parts from Avro Lincoln RF342. Sold to Imperial War Museum in 1986 and exhibited from November 1994, retaining original paint scheme.
NX611 File:Lancaster Mk II NX611 "Just Jane" - geograph.org.uk - 595435.jpg	Template:Country data UKTemplate:Namespace detect showall East Kirkby, Lincolnshire	Lincolnshire Aviation Heritage Centre	Operational taxiing condition; restoration ongoing for airworthiness	Built by Austin Motor Company in Birmingham as a Mk. VII variant. Stored post-war at RAF Llandow. Part of the group of Lancasters sold to French Naval Aviation in April 1952. Deployed to Nouméa, New Caledonia, in 1962 and gifted by France to the Historical Aircraft Preservation Society in 1964. After refurbishment in Sydney, arrived at Biggin Hill on 13 May 1965, later moved to Lavenham, Suffolk, and acquired by Rt Hon Lord Lilford in 1972. Served as RAF Scampton's gate guardian, replacing R5868. Purchased by Fred and Harold Panton in September 1983; restoration toward flight capability is underway.
PA474 File:Lancaster PA474 at RIAT Fairford 2010 Flickr 4818290845.jpg	Template:Country data UKTemplate:Namespace detect showall Coningsby, Lincolnshire	RAF Coningsby	Airworthy condition	Produced at the Vickers-Armstrongs' Broughton shadow factory as a Mk. I model. Placed into storage after World War II ended. Assigned to No. 82 Squadron RAF during 1948 for photographic reconnaissance operations across Africa. Loaned out to Flight Refuelling Ltd. starting August 1952 and later transferred to the College of Aeronautics at Cranfield that same year. Transferred back to Air Historical Branch in 1964; restored at RAF Waddington before joining the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight in 1973. Received new wing spars during a major overhaul in 1995. Together with FM213, it remains one of only two Lancaster bombers still flying worldwide.

United States

Serial	Geographic location	Institutional location	Status	History
KB976 File:Avro 683 Lancaster X G-BCOH Strath 07.75 edited-4.jpg	Polk City, Florida	Fantasy of Flight	Currently dismantled and kept in storage	Manufactured by Victory Aircraft in Malton, Ontario, as a Mk. X. Delivered to England on 24 May 1945 and assigned the code LQ-K with 405 Squadron. It did not undertake operational missions. Returned to Canada on 17 June 1945 and converted into a Mk.10AR. Served with 408 Squadron before being removed from service on 26 May 1964. Acquired in April 1964 by Lynn Garrison from Calgary, Alberta. Later sold in 1969 to Northwestern Air Lease Ltd (Terry Harrold) and employed as a water bomber in St. Albert, Alberta. Purchased by Sir William J.D. Roberts in September 1974 and flown to Scotland in June 1975. Sustained damage during a hangar collapse in August 1987. In 1993, it was sold to Kermit Weeks and stored at Fantasy of Flight, Polk City, Florida. The mid-rear fuselage section, damaged, was sold to the Australian Avro Lincoln project for potential restoration of an Avro Lincoln for static exhibition at the Australian National Aviation Museum.

Wrecks

Besides the seventeen fully intact surviving aircraft, several Lancaster wrecks exist that are either complete or nearly so.

Serial	Location	Coordinates	History	Photo
DV202	Germany		Constructed by Metropolitan-Vickers as a Mk.III and operated by 44 Squadron with the identifier KM-Z. It was downed by a night fighter employing Schräge Musik upward-firing cannons during the 17/18 August 1943 Operation Hydra raid targeting the Peenemünde Army Research Center, which was developing V-weapons. The aircraft crashed into the small lake Kolpiensee within the target zone. The wreckage remains undisturbed near the threshold of Peenemünde Airfield. Some components, including an engine, were salvaged and are displayed at the Historisch-Technisches Museum Peenemünde.
FM221	Canada		Produced by Victory Aircraft in Malton, Ontario as a Mk. X. It crashed during takeoff in 1950. The remains still lie at the crash site but have suffered significant degradation due to harsh weather conditions, scavenging by souvenir collectors, and bulldozing post-crash.	File:Lancaster crash site - panoramio.jpg
KB965	Canada		Delivered to England and assigned to 405(B) Squadron RCAF, returning to Canada on 17 June 1945. On 31 July 1950, it crashed during the establishment of a weather station at Alert, Nunavut, resulting in nine fatalities. Presently, the tail section along with much of one wing and all four engines remain visible approximately 500 m (1,600 ft) south of the main station.	File:KB965 Crash Site.jpg
KB999	Canada	(approx.)	Manufactured by Victory Aircraft in Malton, Ontario as a Mk. X; it was the 300th Canadian-built Lancaster and the last produced from the initial batch of Victory planes. Nicknamed "Malton Mike" after Air Vice Marshal Clifford McEwen, with nose art created by Albert "Muff" Mills at the factory. Delivered to England and assigned to 419 Squadron RCAF as VR-M but did not fly operational sorties. Transferred to 405 Squadron RCAF as LQ-M for return to Canada in June of that year. Converted to Mk.10MR in 1950. On 22 August 1953, while flying with 408 Tactical Helicopter Squadron from CFB Rockcliffe to CFS Churchill, it became lost during an electrical storm and ditched in a lake west of present-day Arviat, Nunavut. The wreck remains at the crash site but has been fragmented by ice.
NF920	Sweden		Built by Armstrong Whitworth as Mk. I and served with No. 617 Squadron RAF (the "Dambusters") as KC-E. It sustained flak damage while attacking the German battleship Tirpitz during Operation Obviate in October 1944 and made an emergency landing near Porjus, located in northern Sweden's Norrbottens län region. The crew attempted unsuccessfully to destroy the aircraft by fire; consequently, its wreckage remains at the original crash site. NF920 is unique as the only surviving Lancaster that flew with 617 Squadron. Efforts are underway to raise funds for its recovery and repatriation to Britain.	File:Lancaster Bomber Easy Elsie 18.jpg

External links

• Restoration progress for NX611 Just Jane at Lincolnshire Aviation Heritage Centre
• Virtual tour of the Bomber Command Museum of Canada featuring Avro Lancaster FM159