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Old 3rd Apr 2011, 13:19
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A few years ago following a dicussion in the pub with what appeared to be a confused old man who told me he had worked on FAA lancaters in 1945 I looked into this and he was right.

780 NAS flew 3 Mk1 lancasters from 1945 - 1947

other more unusual types inlcude:
Ansons
Beaufighters
Blenheims
Dakotas
Lysanders
Wellingtons
Whitleys
and a solitary Typhoon

I believe the FAA flew over 100 different types during the war, more types than there are airframes now I would hazard a guess.
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