message for fluffy or anyone else that can help

LOL @ Fluffy!!!

Lanc data plate

Yes she got her bus pass this year!!

I would think so…

So in my ignorance of all things data plate, does that make 31-5-45 her birthday then?!

Lanc data plate

Willy

The Lanc Data plate reads as

B H C
V A C H 0052
D2973
ISSUE 9
31 – 5 – 45

V A C H stands for Vickers Armstrong Chester don’t know at the moment what B H C stands for, hope this helps

One thing, in my everlasting research of the c/n of every aircraft I ever photographed, would one of the lucky men allowed to examine 474 at close range provide the info.

Thks very much in advance

Willy

Yay!

Correct

Very interesting- having looked at some pics of ‘474 in Africa back in her youth, you can see the wheels are the same type as they are now- something I’d not really twigged beforehand. Presumably then, this type of wheel was used as standard on some later Lancs from new, just like the larger area rudders that ‘474 also has.

Thanks Fluffy!
You dont happen to have a spare set of wheels for said new build tires??

When I was an apprentice at Dunlop in Coventry in the mid 60’s there was a massive aircraft tyre store at the west end of the site. I used to love wandering around it particularly when I found a tyre marked “Lancaster” – presumably this was support for the French Aeronavale?

Roger Smith.

No the wheels are original the part nos are the same for Lanc,Hastings and Shack. Tyres are ex Shack stock although Dunlop are going to produce some more for us. The U/C is late Lanc / Lincoln.

Hello Fluffy. Were these shackleton tires and wheels then?

Dowty u/c, Dunlop wheels and tyres
I believe they are the same as the CWH Lanc, if you require pt nos for them I will post tomorrow