R5868 PO-S

One of only two Lancasters in the world preserved from wartime operational service, R5868 was the first RAF heavy bomber to complete 100 operations and went on to fly 137. It began as ‘Q-Queenie’ with No. 83 Squadron, flying 68 sorties, before passing in late 1943 to No. 467 Squadron RAAF as ‘S-Sugar’. In defiance its fuselage was painted with a parody of Hermann Göring’s boast that no enemy aircraft would ever fly over the Reich. Retained for preservation in 1945, it is displayed today at the RAF Museum in London in 467 Squadron markings.