Corgi Lancaster AA32618

BIG BIG NEWS for Lancaster fans!!!! Corgi is releasing a bulged bay Lancaster in the form of B.1 LM220/WS-Y "Getting Younger Every Day" of No.9 Sqn., the very first bulged bomb bay Lanc!!!!

This Lancaster was fitted with bulged bomb bay doors to allow it to carry a 12,000-lb Tallboy bomb for use against the Tirpitz, during which raid LM220 was flown by Flt Lt W D Tweddle and crew. 

To save on weight and allow for a long range fuel tank to be fitted the mid-upper turret was removed. 

The nose art of an elderly gentleman with a pint of beer, and the slogan "GETTING YOUNGER EVERYDAY" referred to a contemporary advert for the products of William Younger's brewery. 

Although damaged in March 1945, LM220 survived the war, only to be scrapped at No 5 MU in November 1946.