On Freedom's Wings

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On Freedom's Wings
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On Freedom's Wings
On Freedom's Wings
General information
Address Norton Disney, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom
Coordinates SK 8571 5977
Year(s) built2025
Completed8 September 2025
Technical details
MaterialSteel

On Freedom's Wings is a life-size model of a Lancaster bomber in Lincolnshire, England.

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The structure was unveiled in September 2025, and is next to the A46 road in Norton Disney, Lincolnshire, between Newark-on-Trent and Lincoln, near RAF Swinderby, a former RAF Bomber Command station. [1] It was erected by the Bomber County Gateway Trust, formed with the object of designing, procuring, constructing and installing an iconic landmark art installation on the county border of Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire, as a result of a project that began in 2018. [2] Lincolnshire became known as "bomber county" during the Second World War, with the county hosting nearly seventy airfields. [3]

The £1 million artwork rivals the Angel of the North in scale. [4] . Construction was by Lincolnshire-based Timmins Engineering and Construction Ltd. [5]

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References

  1. Jake Zuckerman and Emma Petrie. "Life-size Lancaster bomber sculpture unveiled". BBC. Retrieved 8 September 2025.
  2. "Bomber County Gateway Trust". Bomber Gateway Trust. Retrieved 8 September 2025.
  3. "'Bomber County' past and present". BBC News. 18 May 2012. Archived from the original on 25 September 2018. Retrieved 25 September 2018.
  4. Burrows, Fionn. "Landmark Lancaster Bomber sculpture 'On Freedom's Wings' by Bomber County Gateway Trust erected at Norton Disney site, near Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire border, rivalling Angel of the North in scale". Newark Advertiser. Retrieved 8 September 2025.
  5. Burrows, Fionn. "Work on Bomber County Gateway Trust's 'On Freedom's Wings' Lancaster bomber sculpture project nears completion by Lincolnshire-based Timmins Engineering and Construction Ltd". LincsOnline. Retrieved 8 September 2025.