AP 118 · No. 10 Section II · Aircraft 1944

Aircraft hub · 1944 · Second World War

Avro Lincoln

The Lancaster’s longer-legged heir, ready just as the war ended; kept the peace loudly until the V-force. The gazetteer currently lists it at 1 UK museum.

1944
First flight
604
Built
310 mph
Top speed
1
Museum

Last verified 2026-10-11 against the gazetteer Compendium. Airframes move — confirm on museum pages before travel.

On charge

Where to see the Avro Lincoln in the UK

The gazetteer records 1 Avro Lincoln airframe (including cockpit sections and replicas where noted) across 1 UK collection, in one region: Midlands & Lincolnshire.

MuseumCityRegionAirframes recorded
Royal Air Force Museum MidlandsChecked 2026-10-08 Shifnal Midlands & Lincolnshire Avro Lincoln B.2/4A RF398

3D model

The Lincoln B.2 in 3D

A procedural model built in Blender from the type’s published dimensions, painted as RF398, the RAF Museum’s Avro Lincoln B.2/4A and the only Lincoln in Britain, built by Armstrong Whitworth at Baginton and first flown on 11 September 1945, flown by the Bomber Command Bombing School at Lindholme from 1957 and then on electronic-warfare training with the Central Signals Establishment and No. 151 Squadron at Watton until 1963, displayed at Cosford since 1968: a seven-crew heavy bomber of 120 ft span, the Lancaster stretched with a longer fuselage and a wider-span wing, four Packard Merlin 68A engines in redesigned nacelles with deep chin radiators, twin oval fins, an H2S Mk IVA radome under the rear fuselage and a Boulton Paul Type D rear turret, shown standing tail-down with the nose turret position faired over, no dorsal turret, the cowlings closed and the bomb doors hanging open: Medium Sea Grey upper surfaces over a black nose, fuselage sides, undersides, nacelles and fins, Type D roundels on the fuselage and upper wings (no photograph of the upper wings was found, so the wing roundels follow the standard for the scheme), large white RF398 serials on the fuselage sides and under the wings, red, white and blue fin flashes, royal blue spinners from the Bombing School and black propellers with yellow tips. Drag to orbit, scroll or pinch to zoom · all 215 models · download .glb (1.9 MB) · Plate 111 in The Hangar

Computed from the survey

Collection context

Types you’ll see alongside

Aérospatiale Gazelle & Alouette, Aérospatiale Puma & Super Frelon, American rotary visitors, Armstrong Whitworth Argosy, Avro Vulcan.

Rarity on charge

One of only 1 in UK public collections.

Where the type is thickest

Midlands & Lincolnshire has 1 collection recording the type.

Marks and variants recorded

Avro Lincoln B.2/4A.

Type notes

The Avro Lincoln in brief

TypeAvro Lincoln
UK museums holding one1
Airframes recorded in this survey1

Serials are the gazetteer's survey snapshot of what each collection records on charge — restorations move between workshops and reserve hangars, so check the museum page for opening times and current display status before travelling. Every type across 119 museums is indexed in the Compendium.

Aircraft questions

Frequently asked

How many Avro Lincoln airframes are left in the UK?

The Aviation Gazetteer records 1 Avro Lincoln airframe in UK collections.

Which museum has the most Avro Lincoln airframes?

Royal Air Force Museum Midlands has the most in this survey, with 1 recorded airframe.