On the BBC programme “Flog it” yesterday, a man showed [ it wasn’t for sale ] a yoke and throttle pedestal which, he said, was from Gibson’s aircraft and had been saved by his father when the aircraft was scrapped. It looked like Lancaster parts but was in almost factory fresh condition. I have my doubts about the provenance. What do others think ?
By: FLY.BUY - 5th November 2016 at 16:03
Thanks papa Juliet for the heads up on this programme, it pretty much looked like an authentic control wheel and throttle box. If anyone wants to watch this programme on catch up it’s BBC1 Flog it , Series 13 episode 36 Nottingham 6. The item appears around about the 30 minute mark.
By: nx611_1945 - 5th November 2016 at 11:25
Yes parts of ED932
By: Creaking Door - 5th November 2016 at 10:33
Thanks for that information.
By: Arabella-Cox - 5th November 2016 at 09:10
Admiral Prune W-4118 went missing in February 1943 with another crew. ED-593 Admiral Prune II survived the war and was scrapped.
By: Creaking Door - 4th November 2016 at 23:13
Please recall that Admiral Prune was also Gibsons Lanc at 106 Sqdn and so not necessarily the one from 617.
A very good point! I hadn’t considered any other ‘Gibson’ Lancaster; did ‘Admiral Prune’ survive to be scrapped?
By: Creaking Door - 4th November 2016 at 23:10
The yoke and throttle quadrant are now owned by the Lincs Aviation Heritage Centre and on display…
As parts from Gibson’s Lancaster?
By: nx611_1945 - 4th November 2016 at 19:39
The yoke and throttle quadrant are now owned by the Lincs Aviation Heritage Centre and on display
By: FarlamAirframes - 4th November 2016 at 17:57
Please recall that Admiral Prune was also Gibsons Lanc at 106 Sqdn and so not necessarily the one from 617
By: Junk Collector - 4th November 2016 at 17:37
Not many years ago I bought some things from someone who said they had a throttle pedestal from Gibsons Lanc. I don’t know if this is one and the same, the person I spoke to was disposing of stuff from a persons collection quite well known in historical aspects of Bomber Command not as a collector before people make an assumption.
I have no idea what provenance there was, given the owners credentials it wasn’t beyond the realms. As I type this I seem to think other Lanc enthusiast(s) had heard before this existed.
But provenance is everything in these days, as the Fishbourne Creek Stuka shows
By: Creaking Door - 4th November 2016 at 17:30
Well, it could have been, it was scrapped…
…just depends on how much proof or belief you had in the story.
How would the person who recovered the pieces know it was Gibson’s Lancaster? I think that Gibson’s Lancaster did stay converted to ‘Upkeep’ bombing configuration but when did it all stop being ‘top secret’? And Gibson’s Lancaster was scrapped in about 1947 I think; long before the film (or books) made them quite so special (or less secret)?
On the other hand it is pretty difficult to get hold of any Lancaster yoke these days if you were to pull-off a deception; not cheap either! But maybe there were plenty around when this one was recovered and retrospectively it has acquired its special significance? Or maybe it is the genuine article.
Anything is possible; but what you believe, or can prove, is what is more important!
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