The Nazis entered this war under the rather childish delusion that they were going to bomb everybody else, and nobody was going to bomb them. At Rotterdam, London, Warsaw, and half a hundred other places, they put that rather naive theory into operation. They sowed the wind, and now, they are going to reap the whirlwind. Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir Arthur Travers Harris, 1st Baronet, GCB, OBS, AFC Avro Lancaster Heavy bomber The Avro Lancaster is a British four-engined Second World War heavy bomber. It was designed and manufactured by Avro as a contemporary of the Handley Page Halifax. Range: 4,073 km Wingspan: 31 m Length: 21 m Introduced: February 1942 Retired: 1963 Designer: Roy Chadwick Manufacturer: Avro