First Flight of the Avro Lancaster 80th Anniversary

Lancaster Bomber’s first flight 80^th anniversary cover. Featuring a 1^st class English regional definitive and Ringway, Manchester postmark (9^th January 2021). Celebrating one of the most iconic wartime planes, which served as the RAF’s principle heavy bomber in the latter part of WWII. RAF Ringway in Cheshire was where test pilot Harry "Sam" Brown performed the prototype's maiden flight in 1941.