# Avro Lancaster

Heavy bomber. Two engines became four.

Object · Fictionalized · Established

Stable ID: `margin-aces-aircraft-lancaster` · Revision 2 · Updated 2026-10-30

Context: [Margin Aces](/field-guide/collections/margin-aces/)

[Web page](/field-guide/entities/margin-aces-aircraft-lancaster/) · [JSON record](/field-guide/entities/margin-aces-aircraft-lancaster/record.json)

## At a glance

- Six heavy ink bombs and the strongest airframe. Plan the next lane before you need it. In this notebook its specialty is deep ordnance reserve. All twelve aircraft are available from the hangar; the selection is a playful comparison of handling, not a reconstruction of historical opposing forces.

- Real aircraft design · fictional arcade handling and matchups.

## Appearances

- [Margin Aces encyclopedia](/gamelab/projects/marginaces/) (context: [Margin Aces](/field-guide/collections/margin-aces/))

## Dated changes

- 2026-10-30: Added from the named source to the Field Guide.

## Open questions

- How did the Lancaster differ from the Manchester that preceded it? The redesign used four Merlin engines in place of the Manchester’s two-engine arrangement. Its long bomb bay supported a variety of loads and missions.

## Sources

- [Margin Aces encyclopedia](/gamelab/projects/marginaces/)

## Reference library

### Source reference

![Avro Lancaster, from the Margin Aces aircraft sprite.](/field-guide/assets/references/margin-aces-aircraft-lancaster/01-notebook-aircraft-v1-1200.webp)

Avro Lancaster, from the Margin Aces aircraft sprite.

[Download full-size image](/field-guide/assets/references/margin-aces-aircraft-lancaster/01-notebook-aircraft-v1.webp) · [Original project image](/gamelab/marginaces.html) · v1 · SHA-256: `64775ccb70f33f6f7992ed497e80fbd28d297eb346fa2cd2765dd4f77d17aea8`