List of Avro Lancaster operators
The following are operators of the Avro Lancaster:
Military operators
Argentina
;Argentine Air ForceFrom May 1948 to August 1949 the Argentine Air Force received 15 Lancasters previously operated by RAF.
Australia
;Royal Australian Air ForceCanada
;Royal Canadian Air Force- No. 6 Group RCAF
- *405 Squadron
- *408 Squadron
- *419 Squadron
- *420 Squadron
- *424 Squadron
- *425 Squadron
- *426 Squadron
- *427 Squadron
- *428 Squadron
- *429 Squadron
- *431 Squadron
- *432 Squadron
- *433 Squadron
- *434 Squadron
- 10 Group/Maritime Air Command
- *103 Rescue Unit
- *2 Maritime (M) Operational Training Unit
- *404 Maritime Reconnaissance/Patrol Squadron
- *405 Maritime Reconnaissance/Patrol Squadron
- *407 Maritime Reconnaissance/Patrol Squadron
- CFB Rockcliffe
- *408 Aerial Photography/Arctic Reconnaissance Squadron
- *413 Aerial Photography Squadron
Egypt
;Royal Egyptian Air ForceFrance
;Aeronavale – 54 transferred from the Royal Australian Air Force beginning in 1952- Escadrille 5S
- Escadrille 9S
- Escadrille 10S
- Escadrille 55S
- Escadrille 56S
Poland
;Polish Air Forces on exile in Great BritainSoviet Union
;Soviet Naval AviationSoviets were able to repair two of six Avro Lancasters which made forced landings near Yagodnik airfield, near Arkhangelsk during attacks on the German battleship Tirpitz. Both ex-617 Squadron Avro Lancasters were operated briefly as transports and long range reconnaissance aircraft before being retired due to lack of spare parts.
Sweden
;Swedish Air Force- Försökscentralen at Malmen near Linköping received one Lancaster I designated Tp 80 and the SwAF/n 80001. Aircraft was modified by Avro company for jet engine testbed duties and delivered from UK in May 1951. The only Swedish Lancaster crashed in 1956.
United Kingdom
;Royal Air Force- No. 7 Squadron RAF
- No. 9 Squadron RAF
- No. 12 Squadron RAF
- No. 15 Squadron RAF
- No. 18 Squadron RAF
- No. 20 Squadron RAF
- No. 35 Squadron RAF
- No. 37 Squadron RAF
- No. 38 Squadron RAF
- No. 40 Squadron RAF
- No. 44 Squadron RAF
- No. 49 Squadron RAF
- No. 50 Squadron RAF
- No. 57 Squadron RAF
- No. 61 Squadron RAF
- No. 70 Squadron RAF
- No. 75 Squadron RAF
- No. 82 Squadron RAF
- No. 83 Squadron RAF
- No. 90 Squadron RAF
- No. 97 Squadron RAF
- No. 100 Squadron RAF
- No. 101 Squadron RAF
- No. 103 Squadron RAF
- No. 104 Squadron RAF
- No. 106 Squadron RAF
- No. 109 Squadron RAF
- No. 115 Squadron RAF
- No. 120 Squadron RAF
- No. 138 Squadron RAF
- No. 148 Squadron RAF
- No. 149 Squadron RAF
- No. 150 Squadron RAF
- No. 153 Squadron RAF
- No. 156 Squadron RAF
- No. 160 Squadron RAF
- No. 166 Squadron RAF
- No. 170 Squadron RAF
- No. 178 Squadron RAF
- No. 179 Squadron RAF
- No. 186 Squadron RAF
- No. 189 Squadron RAF
- No. 195 Squadron RAF
- No. 203 Squadron RAF
- No. 207 Squadron RAF
- No. 210 Squadron RAF
- No. 214 Squadron RAF
- No. 218 Squadron RAF
- No. 224 Squadron RAF
- No. 227 Squadron RAF
- No. 231 Squadron RAF
- No. 279 Squadron RAF
- No. 514 Squadron RAF
- No. 541 Squadron RAF
- No. 550 Squadron RAF
- No. 576 Squadron RAF
- No. 582 Squadron RAF
- No. 617 Squadron RAF
- No. 619 Squadron RAF
- No. 621 Squadron RAF
- No. 622 Squadron RAF
- No. 625 Squadron RAF
- No. 626 Squadron RAF
- No. 630 Squadron RAF
- No. 635 Squadron RAF
- No. 683 Squadron RAF
- No. 1651 Heavy Conversion Unit RAF
- No. 1653 Heavy Conversion Unit RAF
- No. 1654 Heavy Conversion Unit RAF
- No. 1656 Heavy Conversion Unit RAF
- No. 1657 Heavy Conversion Unit RAF
- No. 1659 Heavy Conversion Unit RAF
- No. 1660 Heavy Conversion Unit RAF
- No. 1661 Heavy Conversion Unit RAF
- No. 1662 Heavy Conversion Unit RAF
- No. 1664 Heavy Conversion Unit RAF
- No. 1665 Heavy Conversion Unit RAF
- No. 1666 Heavy Conversion Unit RAF
- No. 1667 Heavy Conversion Unit RAF
- No. 1668 Heavy Conversion Unit RAF
- No. 1678 Heavy Conversion Unit RAF
- No. 1 Lancaster Finishing School RAF
- No. 3 Lancaster Finishing School RAF
- No. 5 Lancaster Finishing School RAF
- No. 6 Lancaster Finishing School RAF
- No. 6 Operational Training Unit RAF
- No. 230 Operational Conversion Unit RAF
- No. 236 Operational Conversion Unit RAF
Civil operators
Argentina
- Flota Aérea Mercante Argentina