© Licensed to London News Pictures. <br /> 28/08/2014. <br /> <br /> Durham Tees Valley Airport, United Kingdom<br /> <br /> A service takes place at the statue of Pilot Officer Andrew Mynarski at Durham Tees Valley airport today ahead of the visit by one of two remaining flying Avro Lancaster bombers.<br /> <br /> Pilot Officer Andrew Mynarski who flew with the Canadian Royal Air Force from the airport which was then called RAF Middleton St George was posthumously awarded a VC after giving his life while trying to save a colleague when their Lancaster was shot down in June 1944.<br /> <br /> The famous World War Two aircraft is owned by the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum and is beginning a 2-week tour of the UK.<br /> <br /> Photo credit : Ian Forsyth/LNP
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