Avro Lancaster R5868

Built by Metropolitan-Vickers in Manchester under license from A V Roe Ltd
Assigned serial number R5868 and delivered to No. 83 Squadron at RAF Scampton in June 1942
Assigned registration code PO-S, nicknamed "S for Sugar" and first flew on 5th July 1942 at Scampton in Lincolnshire
Flew on her final operational flight on 23rd April 1945, having completed 137 operational sorties
Retired from service after the end of hostilities in 1945 and moved to RAF Wroughton
Transferred to the Air Historical Branch in March 1956 and moved to RAF Scampton in 1959
Donated to the RAF Museum at Hendon in August 1970
Externally restored between 1970 and 1972 at the museum, with restoration of the interior completed by June 1973
The oldest surviving Avro Lancaster aircraft

Manufacturer	A V Roe Ltd (United Kingdom)
Aircraft type	Military heavy bomber
Length	69ft 5in
Wingspan	102ft 0in
Height	19ft 7in
Weight	36,828lb (empty)/63,000lb (loaded)
Speed	280 mph
Ceiling height	23,500ft
Engines	4x Rolls-Royce Merlin XX piston engine producing 1,280hp
Range	2,700 miles
Crew	7 crew