HARS is also known as the retired QANTAS Captains’ Club.

I like the 4 gun mid-upper. Always wondered why Avro didn’t use one for the Lanc.

Perhaps you Brits should re stage the whole event again, and film it. For heaven’s sake, it was an attempt to portray a seminal event in the war. Perhaps it was not perfect, perhaps you all could have, individually, and collectively, made a better film with your superior and expert knowledge. But, the film was made, and I think Christopher Nolan should be applauded for having the guts to gather the finance, resources, cast, and to make the bloody thing, whether or not the upholstery in the railway carriages was correct, or, indeed whether the rolling stock in question was authentic. I like authenticity as much as the next person, but really! Give Mr Nolan a break!

Or even Armstrong Siddeley Cheetahs?

I do believe the RAAF Museum at Point Cook has a Boston. I’ll just check. Yep.
http://www.airforce.gov.au/raafmuseum/exhibitions/tech_hang/boston.htm

Yep, they’re Tigers! Look at the fuse and the tanks. No doubt.

Hello,

I’m one of the owners of Luskintyre airfield, Lochinvar, NSW, Australia, and flew your Tiger many times when it was VH-ZUP. It was owned by a friend,and (then) fellow owner of Luskintyre, Brian Parkinson, he bought it from Owen Zupp. It was a lovely Tiger to fly. Many of the aircraft restored at Luskintyre were basically a collection of parts that “assumed an identity”, around the maker’s plate. And, as I’m sure you’re aware, engines lost contact with their original airframes often very early on. Without wishing to enter into any conflict with my fellow historic aviation enthusiasts, UK based, I seem to remember hearing something about Australian-built Gipsy Majors being preferred to the English-built versions. Something about the way the crankcase was joined together, but it’s a bit hazy. Congrats on acquiring a lovely aeroplane. Is it still red and silver?

John