Just a quick note to say that I have now completed a major update to the website about Lancaster KB976. There are now over 600 images, files and documents tracing the story to date of one of the surviving Lancaster airframes.
The starting page is here –
http://www.timefadesaway.co.uk/strathallan/kb976/kb_976_intro.html
Many thanks indeed to everyone who has provided help, in particular Dick Richardson.
(Looks like I might soon need to update the comments on KB976 making the last TransAtlantic Lancaster flight!)
By: androodh - 26th February 2014 at 14:31
Its a little perplexing .In Canada the nose shown on end appears to be the full length article -by the time it appears in Dick Riachrdson’s garden the 40 inch extension piece seems to have been removed but subsequently that part has either been fabricated or refitted before fitment back onto ‘KB976’ at Brooklands.
The 40 inch extension would have been removed when the long nose from KB976 was fitted to the fuselage of KB994, during a period in the mid-1980s when RCAF 408 Squadron started to reconstruct KB994 as one of their own Lancasters in Canada. There are some pictures of the joined KB994 fuselage / KB976 nose on the website too.
By: Peter - 24th February 2014 at 22:56
I believe the extended nose section is new build.
By: androodh - 24th February 2014 at 19:02
Its a little perplexing .In Canada the nose shown on end appears to be the full length article -by the time it appears in Dick Riachrdson’s garden the 40 inch extension piece seems to have been removed but subsequently that part has either been fabricated or refitted before fitment back onto ‘KB976’ at Brooklands.
On the page http://www.timefadesaway.co.uk/strathallan/kb976/kb_976_9.html you can see the arrival of the nose with KB994’s fuselage from Canada. It does appear to be missing the “40 inch extension” you refer to.
By: David Burke - 24th February 2014 at 18:54
Its a little perplexing .In Canada the nose shown on end appears to be the full length article -by the time it appears in Dick Riachrdson’s garden the 40 inch extension piece seems to have been removed but subsequently that part has either been fabricated or refitted before fitment back onto ‘KB976’ at Brooklands.
By: Peter - 24th February 2014 at 16:08
It is still the original nose section from KB976
By: charliehunt - 24th February 2014 at 15:52
(Looks like I might soon need to update the comments on KB976 making the last TransAtlantic Lancaster flight!)
Reading that literally can we infer that it’s making the last flight here……so staying here!! That’s more than generous!!;)
By: David Burke - 24th February 2014 at 15:49
Yes from windscreen forward but it’s postwar modified
By: Peter - 24th February 2014 at 15:44
David the front nose section is from KB976
By: lancaster1 - 24th February 2014 at 13:45
Oh my god, what a nice reference!!!!! When I saw the pics I must wipe the sweat off my forehead. Fantastic website which belonging to my favorites as the Lanc is one of my favorite heavys. Thanks for sharing.
Regards,
Adrian
By: David Burke - 24th February 2014 at 13:37
The fuselage used in the build of ‘KB976’ at Brooklands is the fuselage built for the BBC ‘Night Flight’ drama. It was on show at Thorpe Camp for a while.
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