I checked our Halifax tires and they are 24.00 x 19.

The later models, Mk 8 and 9 had larger brakes and consequently different sized tires. However these tended to be treaded type tires. Maybe the Shackelton Mk I had similar tires! What was based at the airfield?

What is he wearing? During the war years it was usually the uniform, maybe a roll neck sweater with a furlined jacket, Mae West and a chute. No Luftwaffe boots! Never with just a pair of goggles and always with an oxygen mask so that you could talk on the radio.
Smells fishy!

I think the Handley Page Hampden also used them, probably the Hereford too.

If you know the Squadron and the date of the drop you can request from the PRO the copies of the No 138 Squadron Operations Book, the RAF Form 541, for that date and it usually will show the aircraft and crew and the details of their task including the code name and the coordinates of the drop zone. I think the file is AIR 27/2159. Of course you can go in and look it up if you are close enough.
Deryck

The replica referred to is actually more of a partial shell. It’s at Ed Russell’s hangar near Niagara Falls, ON. The “Lanc” projects from the wall of the hangar (on the inside) and is only the leading edge of the wings forward. I didn’t look closely at it but IIRC the thing was overall black and didn’t have anything resembling an interior. It’s more a piece of decor as I didn’t see any means of getting in it. Certainly imposing in size, though.

There is a ‘Lanc’ rear fuselage, which was used to shoot some of the scenes in the Mynarski movie, lying in the RCAF Museum at the very rear of the Halifax display area. It is a replica of course.

Deryck

Yes, it looks nice but it’s the wrong colour 😎

The throttle box should be black with the throttle levers
in (anodized?) grey aluminium. it looks odd this way
But I wouldn’t refuse if it was offered to me.
:diablo:

Cees

Cees, that may well be covered by the “Fools and Bairns” clause. I never told Mike the job was finished. The cockpit is very much a work in progress.
Deryck

It’s a wonderful restoration job.
What was the purpose of the chequer-board flooring around that hatch???
Andy

Hi Andy, Excellent question! We wondered too. However it seems to be standard on the A. models, wartime photos bear it out. The only thoughts on the subject were that it might make the edge of the open floor hatch easier to see in the dark, assuming that they turned off the interior lighting when about to drop a “joe” or a packet.

Deryck