Lancaster

Lancaster

Available on Paramount+, Philo, Prime Video, Hulu, Smithsonian Channel
S10 E1: 1941. The German Luftwaffe bombs London night after night, killing tens of thousands of civilians. Britain desperately needs an aircraft to hit back against Hitler’s attacks. The answer: the Avro Lancaster, capable of bringing damage, destruction, and death to the Nazis, courtesy of the “earthquake” bomb, a 22,000-pound explosive, as heavy as a full-grown elephant. Witness this warhorse of World War II in battle and discover the human stories of triumph and tragedy behind its missions, revealed by veteran survivors and their families.