Hello chaps.
there has been a lot of talk recently about lancaster wrecks and remains and my good friend tony jarvis sent me some great pics that he said I can share with you of a lancaster at resolute NWT. THe aircraft is FM221 and as you can see in the pics, there is quite a bit left of this aircraft following its crash.
By: turbo_NZ - 22nd February 2005 at 00:57
probably mother nature is all that’s in store for this wreck unfort…. 🙁
TNZ
By: Peter - 21st February 2005 at 18:43
Cees.
Cost esitmates were investigated and they were prohibitive at the time.. Not sure what the future may bring for this wreck
By: HP57 - 21st February 2005 at 18:29
Shifting ice perhaps? Any plans for a recovery?
Cees
By: Peter - 21st February 2005 at 18:23
No the crew survived and the cockpit was intact up till the 70s 80s
By: coanda - 21st February 2005 at 18:04
cockpit cut open to get crew out perhaps?
By: Eddie - 21st February 2005 at 17:16
Be better as a Lancaster XPP 😉
By: HP57 - 21st February 2005 at 16:38
Would make a nice airframe to convert into a Mk II. Britavenger where are you?
Cees
By: Peter - 21st February 2005 at 15:10
going from memory I believe it was a landing or takeoff accident that claimed poor 221. The merlins appear to have been salvaged shortly after the crash. It would be interesting to know why the cockpit was so heavly damaged and how…
By: Nermal - 21st February 2005 at 11:57
Is anyone planning/hoping to recover it before it’s totally gone back to the elements?
I’d imagine that if it was easy to recover then they’d have taken more of it back then. Some of the pictures seem to imply that it was shot down…;) – Nermal
By: Dave Homewood - 21st February 2005 at 10:10
Wow, comparing it to the photo on Martin’s link, the ravages of time have been very cruel. A pity it wasn’t so complete as back then.
Is anyone planning/hoping to recover it before it’s totally gone back to the elements?
By: Swiss Mustangs - 21st February 2005 at 09:46
Interesting pics.
Are the Merlins still there ?TNZ
nope
see here (first pic….)
http://www.lancaster-kb882.freeservers.com/photo2.html
Martin
By: adrian_gray - 21st February 2005 at 09:41
Ah now, if it was a Spitfire it could be rebuilt to fly!
(OK, so I’m a bit of a cynic…)
Adrian
By: Whitleyfreak - 21st February 2005 at 05:11
Finally! A wreck that I could possibly visit! 🙂
Nice pics Peter. Did anyone from this machine survive? I don’t have the Lancaster Files.
Cheers,
Todd
By: turbo_NZ - 21st February 2005 at 04:54
Interesting pics.
Are the Merlins still there ?
TNZ
By: crazymainer - 21st February 2005 at 04:46
Ok Pete,
One question since it is North America will it be at Geneseo :p :diablo:
RER
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