Only post Lancaster pictures here.

A few pics taken at the RAF Museum, Hendon the other week:













Lee

 

The current state of FM212..

 

A few of Just Jane, taken in July of this year.

 

I took this in May 2011, I visited Hamilton Air museum in Ontario Canada. My mother is in the bottom left, she stood in awe at the size of the aircraft her father was a flight engineer on.

 

Rossa, very nice picture.

 

'Lancaster Low Overhead' One of the series entitled; Heroes of the Sky. Got this one christmas a few years ago.

 

The Mynarski Memorial Lancaster flies out of the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum at Hamilton International Airport in Ontario, Canada. Here are some photos I took on Remembrance Day 2012.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/51877590@N02/8236718731/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/51877590@N02/8236719551/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/51877590@N02/8237785692/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/51877590@N02/8237785692/

Lovely, isn't she?

Marc

 

BBM Flight over Derwent Water 16 May 2013 for the 70 Anniversary.

 

I was shocked to find this picture only because i have an original copy . The Air Gunner in the front center is my grandfather Arnold Beattie. From his stories, the plane behind them is M and they normally flew B. I have not been able to track down any pics of that plane.

 

This is me at the controls of 'Just Jane' at East Kirkby in February. Such a beautiful lady!

 

There you go. How's that for an unusual Lancaster.

 

The test aircraft above are Napier Lincoln B2s (,ie might be referred to as Lancaster Mark Vs before the designation,Lincoln was adopted) Napier used a number of B2s for R&D in relation to their gas turbine and for anti icing tests,all identified with British civilian register codes.These tests required a section of test wing to be fitted on the specially reinforced fuselage back.

The centre photograph shows Lincoln B2 RF402.It was was used first of all for the development of combustion heaters for the Ministry of Supply.Later the aircraft was the test bed for the Beverley hot gas anti icing system.It carried a section of the Beverley's wing mounted on the top of the specially strengthened fuselage back.In front of the test wing section was a nozzle mast (shown) equipped with droplet sampler probes and an auto camera.This test was also conducted for the Britannia and Comet development.

I think the first photograph is Lincoln B2 RF342 which replaced RF402 (which became the Hangar Queen for spares) and carried the civil register G-APRJ. It went on to conduct anti icing tests on the wing and tail sections of the Argosy,Avro 748,Buccaneer and Caravelle.It was then refurbished in RAF colours at the RAF College of Aeronautics at Cranfield where it replaced the now famous Lancaster, Serial No, PA 474 as a test aircraft. PA474 had been used for R&D on laminar flow wing tests on such aircraft as the Folland Midge, Lincoln B2 RF342 then undertook this test bed role.

Lancaster PA 474, then in turn, was recovered by No 44 Squadron B.C based at Waddington,the aircraft having passed through Wroughton storage and Henlow.

 

Harry - interesting - thanks for that.

Chris.

 

Taken from the control tower in Saskatoon.

 

Hi guys

My Grandfather was a Flight Lieutenant Navigator on Lancasters with 150 Squadron at RAF Hemswell, November 1944 to May 1945.
Ive appealed on other forums sites but not this one yet.
Can anyone help with any photographs of this squadron at all please?
Thankyou very much
Sam

 

Have just been sent this from a friend in Canada. This is probably a good place to share it:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XN4pjB34PI0&feature=em-share_video_user

 

Apart from showing Lincoln cathedral at the end of the video, I think that the music was also recorded in Lincoln cathedral. Very poignant when so close to Scampton.

The Dambusters March is also the tune for the hymn ' God give us Strength and Refuge' with lots of videos on YouTube...some good and some not so good.

 

Lancasters over Southport.

Some of my pic's of the BBM Flight and the Canadian Lanc at the recent Southport Air Show