Avro Lancaster

[browningautorifle]

17 Airframes remain

That's sad. After all that blackened the sky back then.

[enfield303t]

Are they going to be at Goodwood this fall?

[Peter Laidler]

What constitutes an airframe? Anything in particular, a big mass of bits or something like the chassis?

[CINDERS]

Just imagine a 21 y/o in command of a plane with 6 other crew members 0000 's gallons of high octane fuel and at least 6 - 8,000lb bomb load flying at night in a bomber stream, not forgetting flak, engine failures and night fighters at 21 like most I was hell raising on a Z900 and generally running amok I owe so much to all the lads in all 3 services for what I and my family now enjoy.

And there is no sound in the world that is as good or will ever replace a Merlin engine in full song especially eight of them......every now and then I will peruse my fathers Flight Mechanics Fitters books from WWII and look at the drawings and specs of the Merlin Series II Aero Engine

[Brit plumber]

Here you go Peter, there are other 'parts' in existence like cockpit sections etc but these are the most complete.

Lancaster B I W4783 G-George is complete static display in the Australian War Memorial.

Lancaster B X FM213 'Vera' is the airworthy example belonging to the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum.

Lancaster B X FM159 is in taxiable condition at the Bomber Command Memorial of Canada.

Lancaster Mk 10AR KB839 is complete outside the Greenwood Military Aviation Museum, Canada.

Lancaster Mk 10P KB882, Displayed but almost derelict outside the airport at City of Edmundston, New Brunswick, Canada.

Lancaster B X KB944, Complete at Canada Aviation Museum.

Lancaster B X FM136, Complete at Aerospace Museum of Canada.

Lancaster B X FM104, Under going restoration to Static display standard using remaining parts from FM118 Canadian Air & Space Museum.

Lancaster Mk 10P FM212, Under going restoration to airwothiness, Canadian Historical Aircraft Association.

Lancaster B VII NX664, being restored at La Bourget, France.

Lancaster B III JA914, Wreck recovered and displayed at Deutsche Technikmuseum, Berlin.

Lancaster B VII NX665, preserved at the Museum of Transport and Technology in Auckland, NZ.

Lancaster B I PA474, Airworthy, BBMF, UK

Lancaster B I R5868 S-Sugar, oldest surviving Lancaster, RAF Hendon.

Lancaster B X KB889, Complete, IWM, Duxford.

Lancaster B VII NX611, Under going restoration to airworthiness, Lincolnshire Aviation Heritage Centre, East Kirkby.

Lancaster B X KB976, Composite of parts, in storage at Fantasy of Flight, Florida.

[CINDERS]

G-George underwent major rebuild(Not refitted) for her new home under construction at the time at the AWM she now resides in all her former glory for the visitors to admire, she will never fly again being to valuable to this nation as a reminder of other Australian Lancaster crews that gave so much for us today......

[Paul S.]

G for George, back in the day... 044728 | Australian War Memorial

[gsimmons]

I wish I could see this.........Attachment 55712Attachment 55713

[Peter Laidler]

What are the two in the left background? Look like Victor tankers to me

[gsimmons]

I think they're E-3 AWACS aircraft, Peter.