Alex
No that's an Avro Shackleton, a post war development of the Lancaster, for naval patrol duties I believe
on 2005-Aug-20 13:05:40 Anonymous coward said
mgb 2004
no its an avro lincoln
on 2005-Aug-20 13:52:22 Anonymous coward said
mgb 2004
this is very definately a lincon.the fore runners were the manchester,lancaster and then the lincoln and these were replaced by the shackleton
on 2005-Aug-20 13:54:54 Anonymous coward said
mgb 2004
the lincolns were destined to fly to the far east after the surrender of germany to carry on the war against japan but only a few ever got there and were used in the maritime role mainly,this role was then taken over by the shackleton
on 2005-Aug-20 13:56:30 Anonymous coward said
mgb 2004
the lincolns were used in a small way in the development of the engines for the v bomber the avro vulcan..my dad was a manchester pilot then lancasters and then a lincoln pilot
on 2005-Aug-20 13:57:15 Anonymous coward said
mgb 2004
sorry about hogging the comments ,im going back to sleep now lol
on 2006-Feb-04 11:01:10 Anonymous coward said
ME!
Dear mgb 2004... what da hell are u talkn about?
on 2006-Mar-28 20:46:54 Anonymous coward said
Ian G
It's a Lincoln OK.....:) My old boss was an air gunner on one....so there!
on 2006-Nov-25 23:08:52 Anonymous coward said
Sir
Its an CAC-RAAF version Lincoln. Only those had the extra 6ft added to the nose section.