NX611 -Just Jane-
This specific lancaster -NX611 'JUST JANE'- was first built in April of 1945, and never saw combat, furthermore it was put into storage untill the year 1952, where it would then move on to join the French navy untill 1964. From 1964 to 1984 NX611 was flown by the Historical Aircraft Preservation Society, in 1984 NX611 was bought by brothers Fred and Harold Panton, as a memorial to their other brother who was killed in action during a bombing raid over Nurenberg in 1944, where it was then brought to RAF East Kirkby - a former RAF base, now air museum- where you can see it along with a De Havilland Mosquito and British B-25 Mitchell, NX611 is able to taxi along with the mosquito, Furthermore RAF East Kirkby -Lincolnshire Aviation Heritage Centre- is the only place you can ride in an AVRO lancaster













