Lancaster bomber G for George returns home
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Lancaster bomber G for George carried 250 aircrew during World War II with no casualties. Now the iconic "lucky bomber" is returning to the Australian War Memorial.

The fuselage of an iconic World War Two Lancaster bomber believed to be “lucky” has been returned to the Australian War Memorial (AWM).

G for George is one of the memorial’s most beloved and well-known exhibits and has been in storage for the past five years while the memorial underwent significant redevelopment.

Hundreds of people lined Anzac Parade in Canberra to see the aircraft’s fuselage return to the memorial under police escort. The aircraft will now be reassembled to return to public display.

  • tauOPMEnglish
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    16 days ago

    It’s been a fair while but hopefully not too much longer before this part of the War Memorial reopens. In an ideal world they’ll have made more space and be able to fit more of the planes they have (e.g. the F-111) but I don’t know if that was part of the plan for this redevelopment.