The quality of the work is stunning, just a shame she’ll be closed in with no chance of the engines being run.
Understand the reasoning but it’s still a shame………
Cees (or anyone), do you know the likely destination for LW170?
Tony,
Canada for certain with Nanton as likely candidate being rumoured, perhaps Peter knows more as he is also involved with their eeh… that fourengined aircraft made by AVRO and also built in Canada. Starts with an L…. 😉
I understand that it is to be displayed next to NA337 to show the visitors what massive damage she suffered before crashing. Strangely W1048 suffered similar damage in the starboard wing.
To be realistic, do you think you can ever pull this off. Such a project is a massive undertaking similar to the restoration of Halifax NA337 (see pics on this forum) and that one has had the benefit of a large number of volunteers.
Personally,
I would like to see a Lanc being re-converted back to Manchester specifications as the Manchester was much more important than the Mk II Lanc of which about 300 were built (although more than the 200 Manchesters).
But I think the purists will shoot me for doing such a thing. Can’t blame them.
I know, I have made arrangements with Jan that I will be there at 11 o’clock.
Have to do work at our own museum as well so cannot spent too much time “loitering” :p
Got some Wellington bits and pieces to sort out.
I did some research among my Hampden books and it was confirmed herein that only the forward firing machine gun was fed from an ammunition drum and the others using round magazines with 97 rounds (we found one from Whitley N1521 that had not been fired and was filled with 97 rounds dated 1937).
Strangely I found a pic of the Preston Green belly turret as fitted in the Halifax and the ammunition drum which fed the machine gun looked very similar to yours.
HTH
Cheers
Cees
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