Only post Lancaster pictures here.

[Cpl Rootes]

Aurther Gidden's crew of 207 Squadron RAF

[David Layne]

Phillip Goymer who's father crewed ED 855 sent me this picture.

Several Lancaster, operated by both 50 and 61 Squadrons, became veterans of more than 100 operational sorties. Two of them, VN-G, ED 855 and QR-N, ED 860, are seen together on the airfield at Skellingthorpe. ED 588 went on to complete 126 operations before failing to returnfrom Koenigsberg on August 30th 1944 while ED 860 did 130 missions before being damaged beyond repair in October 1944.

[Harry Ree]

Originally Posted by Von Poop

The plinth seems to be quite popular in Canada to present the Lancaster.But which Lancaster is it?

Is it "VN.N", FM 136 as displayed at Calgary International Airport?

Or is it "CF.S", FM 212 as displayed at Windsor, Ontario?

Or is it FM 104 as displayed in the Toronto Exhibition grounds?

Are there other Lancasters in Canada mounted on plinths?

[Owen]

Harry going by the 212 on the nose , I'd say the Windsor one.
>>> History of FM212

[Harry Ree]

Originally Posted by Owen D

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.

Lubeck was a Luftwaffe night fighter airfield.A small runway and bear in mind these Lancasters brought the bulk of ex POWS back to Britain with up to 33 crew and passengers with few fatal crashes.The airfield is at Blankensee which is the name that it operated under in its Luftwaffe days.It is easy to find nowadays as it is beside the new motorway to Rostock.Having flown into the place and out, I would think that a Lancaster would have little trouble with its human cargo but fully loaded it would have been a different story.However,the airfield did handle cargo to relieve Berlin in the Berlin airlift in 1948.

[Harry Ree]

Owen.From the detailed notes, there is no reference to F 212 ever bearing the letters CF.S

I will get round to posting the suspects.

[David Layne]

Originally Posted by Harry Ree

Lubeck was a Luftwaffe night fighter airfield.A small runway and bear in mind these Lancasters brought the bulk of ex POWS back to Britain with up to 33 crew and passengers with few fatal crashes.The airfield is at Blankensee which is the name that it operated under in its Luftwaffe days.It is easy to find nowadays as it is beside the new motorway to Rostock.Having flown into the place and out, I would think that a Lancaster would have little trouble with its human cargo but fully loaded it would have been a different story.However,the airfield did handle cargo to relieve Berlin in the Berlin airlift in 1948.

This picture really puzzles me. My father was relieved by the British Army near Lubeck on May 2nd. 1945. He then travelled across Germany by lorry to Rheine airfield which is close to the Dutch border and about 20 kms. west of Osnabruck. He was then flown home on May 8th.

Is there a possibility that the picture is wrongly titled?

[David Layne]

Originally Posted by David Layne

This picture really puzzles me. My father was relieved by the British Army near Lubeck on May 2nd. 1945. He then travelled across Germany by lorry to Rheine airfield which is close to the Dutch border and about 20 kms. west of Osnabruck. He was then flown home on May 8th.

Is there a possibility that the picture is wrongly titled?

A friend sent me these accounts of R.A.F. personnel being evacuated via Lubeck.

BBC - WW2 People's War - From capture to release. POW in Poland — Part2
BBC - WW2 People's War - Opperation Exodus


This of course begs the question why did my Dad have to travel across Germany to Rheine to be evacuated. So many questions!

Anyway this thread has got off topic so I will have to find another Lanc picture to get it on track!

[David Layne]

This picture is taken from my father's P.O.W. "Wartime Log". I find it amazing that someone could produce a painting of this quality with what had to be limited supplies and no subject to copy from.

[marcus69x]

Brilliant painting David.