This magnificent picture of a Lancaster bomber was taken over the skies of Alrewas.
On Monday, June 18, aeroplane and Second World War fanatics were treated to a magnificent flyover from an Avro Lancaster B. II.
It took off from RAF Coningsby, in Lincolnshire at 2pm, passing Alrewas at 2.30pm.
The flyover coincided with events at the National Memorial Arboretum, which welcomes hundreds of thousands of visitors each year to its roughly 400 memorials.
The bomber came from the RAF Battle of Britain Memorial Flight organisation, an aerial display group with a number of planes on its books, including multiple Spitfires.
The service uses planes which are typically seen at events revolving around the Second World War, as this was a time period when they were manufactured and used.
The Avro Lancaster is the most famous and successful RAF heavy bomber of the Second World War, renowned for the sound of its four Rolls-Royce Merlin engines.
The prototype Lancaster took to the air for its first flight from Ringway, Manchester, on January 9, 1941. The first production Lancaster flew later that year on October 31.
At the time, they cost between £45,000 and £50,000 to build, with around 7,377 built.
They were primarily used by the Royal Air Force, Royal Canadian Air Force and the Royal Australian Air Force and were used in the famous Dambusters raids.
