Gah – it can’t be but sometimes the obvious is hidden in ‘plane’ sight…

Lancaster?

http://www.ww2aircraft.net/forum/album/unsorted/p8936-avro-lancaster-b-mk-ii.html

The thing is of little or no historical significance, being unrepresentative of a service example. The country is already littered with numerous examples rotting into the dirt, way in excess of the number warranted by the type’s fairly limited contribution to history. I say burn it!

The start of WW2…………..

………unless you happen to be Polish. 🙁

Was that the last one to fly in the UK?

No, there was one that flew at OW in the 80s (briefly) before heading to the US

Simply stunning! Well done to all at Durley, a far cry from the project that left Frazier Lake a few years back.

Sidney Camm had to paint the Hunter prototype in FAA Sky………..

A man of many talents, obviously. I wonder if he used a brush or a roller.

Very nice David, although it is a good job that they were able to build them a little quicker in 1918!