Quote Originally Posted by Vincent View Post
Good question.

I think the main crew compartment of the Lancaster, including the front turret is heated.

The tail turret is not heated. (Its gunner had to wear an electrically heated flight-suit.) So, presumably the freezing problem was only with unheated forward facing guns.

I am saving this one for a retirement project.

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That's a handy photo for me Vince. That's the only other early MkII I've seen other than my own, the others I've seen are MkII* or early guns mod'ed to MkII*. Your photo shows the flush rivets that now I'm sure were only found on the MkII and not the dome heads of the MkII*. This is my long term project