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8-ft Sir George Dowty Statue Unveiled at Lincoln Bomber Centre

5/18/2026

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An 8-ft statue of Sir George Dowty will be unveiled at the Bomber Command Centre in Lincoln on Wednesday 27 May.
Dowty designed the hydraulic landing gear for the World War Two Avro Lancaster bomber and a hydraulic pit-prop roof support that reduced mine collapses.
Funded by the Dowty Memorial Committee in Gloucestershire, the statue was called by IBCC trustee chair Sir Mike Graydon an unsung hero of the Lancaster bomber.

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An 8-ft statue of Sir George Dowty will be unveiled at the Bomber Command Centre in Lincoln on Wednesday 27 May.
Dowty designed the hydraulic landing gear for the World War Two Avro Lancaster bomber and a hydraulic pit-prop roof support that reduced mine collapses.
Funded by the Dowty Memorial Committee in Gloucestershire, the statue was called by IBCC trustee chair Sir Mike Graydon an unsung hero of the Lancaster bomber.