Lancaster B.1 R5868 - RAF Museum, Hendon

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 Lancaster B.1 R5868 - RAF Museum, Hendon
 
The oldest surviving Lancaster in the world, the RAF Museum's R5868 has an enviable war record, having flown 137 operational sorties, including 8 trips to Berlin and 16 to the Ruhr. The aircraft actually started life on the Metropolitan Vickers production line in Manchester as an Avro Manchester (part of a batch ordered in 1939), but was completed as a Lancaster.
 
 It was delivered to 83 Squadron at RAF Scampton on 29 June 1942. Text from: http://www.lancastered627.shaunmcguire.co.uk/Surviving%20Lancasters.htm

 

Edited November 16, 2013 by Erik B.
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[Jamme]

Great pics, Erik.

Thank you for sharing.

Cheers,

Jamme

[Wingco57]

Excellent pics Big guy,

Very useful for reference.

Cees

[Wingco57]

Time to send this great collection of detail pics to Neil.

What thinketh yej?

Cees

[James H]

Yes, can you DropBox to me and I'll upload to server FTP?

 

We need nice images of as high resolution as we can get. Cees, do you have any photo evidence of detail at the museum too?

[Wingco57]

James,

These pics were taken by Erik during our visiti after Telford.

Cees

[James H]

If Erik has these in larger resolution, and he's willing, then I can FTP them to Neil.

[Wingco57]

Erikkkkk!

[Paulster]

Glad they're able to keep her inside. Nice pic's.