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Paul Reed · 17-09-2007, 10:08 PM

Sgt LO Lynch from Jamaica, winner of the Air Gunner's Trophy for 1944, standing by a Lancaster bomber.

Paul Reed · 17-09-2007, 10:10 PM

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Harry Ree · 17-09-2007, 10:13 PM

I immediately recognised the City of Leeds as the location for the Lancaster on display.

To the right is Quarry Hill Flats, now gone forever after being completed just in time for the outbreak of the war.In the foreground is Mabgate which was on the route to Roundhay Park.The display aircraft is situated on the verge of the City of Leeds Bus Station, quite modern in its time. I think the pub in the left foreground was the Marquess of Granby,it too may have been redeveloped.

Paul Reed · 17-09-2007, 10:14 PM

Image above is from this interesting site:

The Dambusters: content / welkom / welcome

spidge · 17-09-2007, 10:30 PM

Binbrook, Lincolnshire, England, May 1944. Members of the ground crews of No 460 Squadron RAAF at their RAF Station, in front of "G for George" the squadron's famous Avro Lancaster bomber, after the aircraft had been taken off operational flying in April 1944. A total of 90 operational missions had been flown. (Image provided by AWM)

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And at the AWM in Canberra

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David Layne · 17-09-2007, 10:48 PM

RF 325, the last Lancaster in R.A.F. service. Picture taken on its last flight to the breakers yard.

David Layne · 17-09-2007, 10:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Harry Ree

I immediately recognised the City of Leeds as the location for the Lancaster on display.

To the right is Quarry Hill Flats, now gone forever after being completed just in time for the outbreak of the war.In the foreground is Mabgate which was on the route to Roundhay Park.The display aircraft is situated on the verge of the City of Leeds Bus Station, quite modern in its time. I think the pub in the left foreground was the Marquess of Granby,it too may have been redeveloped.

Thanks for the local update on the picture of R5552. The photograph was taken in Leeds during the "Wings For Victory" week that commenced 26/6/1943.

After "Wings For Victory" week R5552 was transferred to 166 Squadron and was lost on 21/12/1943 on a raid to Frankfurt.

52nd Airborne · 17-09-2007, 11:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Paul Reed

RCAF:

Interesting to note, this Lanc was 1 of 200 Mk2's delivered between Sept 42 and October 43 by Armstrong Whitworth. DS848 served with 432, 426, 408 Sqns and then went to 1668 Conversion Unit before being struck off charge on 5th April 1945.

Owen · 17-09-2007, 11:09 PM

British former prisoners of war prepare to board an Avro Lancaster B Mark I, PB934, of No. 582 Squadron RAF at Lubeck, Germany, for repatriation.

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17-09-2007, 10:30 PM	#16 (permalink)
spidge Legendary Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 7,736	Binbrook, Lincolnshire, England, May 1944. Members of the ground crews of No 460 Squadron RAAF at their RAF Station, in front of "G for George" the squadron's famous Avro Lancaster bomber, after the aircraft had been taken off operational flying in April 1944. A total of 90 operational missions had been flown. (Image provided by AWM) george.jpg g4g460crew.jpg And at the AWM in Canberra g4george.jpg G_for_george_panorama02.jpg g4george2.jpg __________________ Spidge, ------------------------------------------------------- My Avatar is the memorial to the 22 Commonwealth Coastwatchers at the Temakin Cemetery on Betio (Tarawa Atoll) who were beheaded by the Japanese on 15th October 1942. http://www.dva.gov.au/media/publicat...mem_beito.html "You were given the choice between war and dishonor. You chose dishonor and you will have war." (Winston Churchill made this prophetic pronouncement in a House of Commons speech in 1938, just after Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain signed the Munich agreement with Hitler. Chamberlain returned from Germany with the signed agreement in hand, proclaiming that "peace in our time" had been achieved. Churchill attacked Chamberlain's "politics of appeasement" in this and many other speeches.) What did the Australians do in ww2 and other conflicts? Check out this site: http://www.diggerhistory.info/00-pag...ster-index.htm

17-09-2007, 10:13 PM	#14 (permalink)
Harry Ree Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 564	I immediately recognised the City of Leeds as the location for the Lancaster on display. To the right is Quarry Hill Flats, now gone forever after being completed just in time for the outbreak of the war.In the foreground is Mabgate which was on the route to Roundhay Park.The display aircraft is situated on the verge of the City of Leeds Bus Station, quite modern in its time. I think the pub in the left foreground was the Marquess of Granby,it too may have been redeveloped.

17-09-2007, 11:09 PM	#20 (permalink)
Owen Top Moose Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Under the stairs Posts: 8,250	British former prisoners of war prepare to board an Avro Lancaster B Mark I, PB934, of No. 582 Squadron RAF at Lubeck, Germany, for repatriation.

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