Pure Lightning
July 23, 2009 at 6:03 pm

20mm Cannon shells

Hello all i’am wondering if you could help me,i have found a couple of spent 20mm cannon shells, my question is did the Lancaster or Lincoln ever have 20mm cannons?
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By: Arabella-Cox - 29th July 2009 at 12:55

20mm cannon in Lincoln

Just picked up on this thread as I’m away on my hols at the mo.

The Lincoln B.Mk.2 had two 20mm cannon mounted in the mid-upper Bristol B17 turret, as standard fit. The tail turret sported a pair of 0.50 cal Brownings.

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By: PeterVerney - 23rd July 2009 at 18:41

Lincoln had 2*20 mm in the tail turret