Resources — Roy Chadwick & the Lancaster | Museums, Books & Further Reading

A collection of external resources for further reading about Roy Chadwick, the Lancaster bomber, and related aviation history.

Museums & Memorials

International Bomber Command Centre: Lincoln, England. Memorial spire, digital archive, and exhibition centre dedicated to the 57,861 Bomber Command personnel who lost their lives in the Second World War.
The Chadwick Centre: The IBCC's exhibition building, named in Roy Chadwick's honour. Uses state-of-the-art technology and interactive displays to tell the story of Bomber Command through the eyes of those who witnessed events first-hand.
Bomber Command Museum of Canada: Nanton, Alberta. Margaret Dove, Roy Chadwick's daughter, was honorary president from 1990 to 2008.
RAF Museum: London & Cosford. Avro Lancaster Mk 1 in the collection.
Imperial War Museum: “Architect of Wings” biography in collections.
Avro Heritage Centre: Located at Woodford on the site of AVRO’s principal design, development and production works, together with the aerodrome where its aircraft were tested. During the 1930’s and 40’s Roy Chadwick’s drawing office was based there. He was killed in 1947 while on a test flight of the AVRO Tudor prototype and is buried in Woodford churchyard.
Science Museum Group: Roy Chadwick in their people collection.

Only two Lancasters remain airworthy in the world today.

“City of Lincoln” (PA474): Operated by the RAF Battle of Britain Memorial Flight, RAF Coningsby, England.
Mynarski Memorial Lancaster (FM213): Operated by the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum, Hamilton, Ontario.

Architect of Wings: A Biography of Roy Chadwick by Harald Penrose (first published 1985 by Airlife; reissued 2026 by Crowood Press)
Avro: An Aircraft Album by E.A. Harlin and G.A. Jenks
By Seaplane and Sledge in the Arctic by George Binney — University of Oxford Library. An account of the Oxford University Arctic Expedition using Roy Chadwick's Avro Arctic.