An iconic wartime bomber aircraft returned to the place where it was built and first flew.
It is exactly 74 years, two months and 24 days since PA474, a Lancaster B.11 four-engined aircraft was produced on Vickers Armstrong production line at Hawarden, Flintshire.
The aircraft was assigned to reconnaissance duties after appearing too late to take part in the bombing of Japan.
After various duties, PA474 was adopted by the Air Historical Branch for display work.
Today, it returned to the place where it first rolled off the production line where the aircraft was made ready to take part in this year's Rhyl Air Show .
Away from the crowds assembled on the Prom in Rhyl , these hidden pictures show the aircraft stood on the runway waiting to take off .
Whilst most of the spectators at the air show would not have got the chance to see the Lancaster Bomber up close, the spectacle was too good to miss for some keen aviation enthusiasts and photographers who had gathered in a sizeable crowd near the runway to see the aircraft up close.
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This particular Lancaster Bomber was acquired by the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight in 1973 and is one of only two surviving airworthy examples of the type.
The other is in Canada.
This afternoon the aircraft took off once again from Hawarden to take part in a display at Rhyl alongside a Spitfire and Hurricane aircraft.
It then returned to its base at RAF Coningsby, Lincolnshire.
