Some say Canada is the Land of the Lancaster… true as we do still have 8 of the worlds surviving lancs.. with a handful of those currently under restoration.
Lancaster KB839 is one of those airframes that is receiving a lot of attention and repair. Situated outside at the Greenwood air Museum Greenwood Nova Scotia. As reported last year, the decision was made by the Museum to remove the nose extension plug a remnant of her AR post war duty fit and convert her back into a bomber once again. Her bomb-aimers section was removed for restoration and a replica nose turret is being created from original drawings and specifications and will be installed when complete. Recently her bomb-aimers section complete in wartime camo paint was reinstalled on the lanc forever giving her a different look one she has not sported for many years. Long term goal is to replace the missing interior of the cockpit so if anyone has any parts that might help speed the process along or would like to donate to wards the Lancaster project please contact the Greenwood Air Museum at :
http://www.gmam.ca/
By: 1batfastard - 5th July 2015 at 10:55
Hi All,
Thought I would post the KB839 restoration series of photos including the latest of return to camouflage colours, courtesy of the Greenwood Military Aviation Museum web site :- http://www.gmam.ca/
Geoff.
By: 1batfastard - 18th June 2015 at 18:32
Hi All,
Great work by all involved with KB839 will look very impressive as do all her sister ships being restored not forgetting the Halifax project either, if your interested here are the rest from Canada:-
KB882 – https://www.facebook.com/LancasterKB882
FM212 – https://www.facebook.com/pages/Canadian-Historical-Aircraft-Association/410798616752
FM104 – https://www.facebook.com/pages/Lancaster-FM104/168591673179822
FM159 – https://www.facebook.com/pages/Bomber-Command-Museum-of-Canada/101722206538665
Halifax 57 – http://www.57rescuecanada.com/index.html
– https://m.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1533756926866315
Geoff.
By: mike currill - 18th June 2015 at 13:27
Nice, always liked that scheme.
By: Peter - 18th June 2015 at 02:44
KB882 will be 🙂
By: Michel Lemieux - 18th June 2015 at 02:32
So Peter, do you think we will see one day a Canadian Lanc restored to a Canadian post war scheme & configuration?
Do not send that plug too far away 😀
By: Peter - 17th June 2015 at 21:53
It will be once KB882 moves indoors to Edmonton Alberta
By: Jester1979 - 17th June 2015 at 18:44
Hope they manage to get it under cover at some point in the future. Seems a shame to do all this restoration work for the aircraft to be left outside.
Just out of interest, is this now the only Canadian Lanc on outdoor display?
By: Peter - 17th June 2015 at 14:03
The lengthened nose was a “ply put in at the joint of the bomb aimers and cockpit sections. The plug was removed and the bombaimers section restored before refitting. The unwanted postwar plug has done to a new owner
By: Wings43 - 17th June 2015 at 08:21
A guy on Antique Roadshow had a complete flying panel, maybe he could donate it and be remembered for this ?? Check out the Roadshow series. cya
Or you could buy the panel of the gentlemen in question and then donate it! I’m sure he either enjoys having the panel of if he had been on the roadshow it might suggest he appreciates it’s monetary value too.
🙂 It does make me smile how others idly suggest what others do with their property and money. If we had a penny for every Branson/Sally B comment!
Good luck to them with the restoration. I too think it was interesting in it’s long nose guise but it is there aircraft and they are the ones slogging away on it. A world war 2 example is admittedly more of a draw to visitors. I would imagine anyhow.
By: bleeming - 17th June 2015 at 05:10
A guy on Antique Roadshow had a complete flying panel, maybe he could donate it and be remembered for this ?? Check out the Roadshow series. cya
By: Michel Lemieux - 17th June 2015 at 04:01
I know…restore it to WW2 conditions….
But still it had quite a nice modified long nose for so many years.
What happened to the original nose section? Cut the extension…or just do a new nose?
Anyone knows?????
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By: Peter - 16th June 2015 at 13:24
Not until a building big enough to take her is built sadly. I do hope this Lanc gets indoors soon though.
By: Jester1979 - 16th June 2015 at 12:08
Are there plans to move the Lanc under cover?
By: Seafuryfan - 16th June 2015 at 07:01
Fascinating to see this work. Thank you.
By: Peter - 16th June 2015 at 02:17
The turret isnt installed yet Mike
By: MikeHoulder - 15th June 2015 at 19:51
I bet they didn’t put the Bostik sealing in between the turret ring and the ring platform or did they?
If so I’ll eat my hat provided it is made of marzipan
Mike
By: mike currill - 15th June 2015 at 14:15
Well done to to the team on their progress. Good luck for the future, hope all continues to go well with the restoration.
By: RogerN - 14th June 2015 at 17:00
That’s coming along, great work so far.Hope it won’t take to long to complete.
Roger
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