Life-size Lancaster bomber sculpture unveiled in Lincolnshire

A crowd gathered to watch the sculpture – which organisers call On Freedom’s Wings – being fixed into place.

Mike Lloyd, from Collingham, said he had helped with funding for the project.

“It’s an amazing piece of engineering,” he added. “I really can’t believe seeing it up there. It’s absolutely fantastic.”

Tracy Folland, whose son helped make parts of the structure, described is as a “tribute to all the men and women who served”.

“I’m really proud my son’s been a part of it,” she said. “I’ll try not to cry.”

Work will continue on landscaping and a CCTV system before the site is opened to the public. When completed, visitors will be able to sit beneath the replica bomber.

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