Would be great to hear from anyone with a spare F52 camera or conical cone for an F24 going spare, in fact anything related to Photo recce would be very much appreciated.
Just google ‘MOD defence estates’ and all the contact details you require will be there. If the base is in Lincolnshire then I might be able to give you a direct contact.
This is a specialist forum which attracts a minority of interested geeks (Me included). As for losing votes by getting rid of the BBMF I doubt the vast majority of the public would bat an eyelid never mind know what a Lancaster is. Times are changing, history isn’t important to Jo Scote anymore who is too busy stabbing his neighbour or bashing a veteran for drugs money.
The air bottle has been cut in half by the looks of it It sits in front of the pilots instrument panel on the back wall of the front turret. It’s part of the pneumatic system that stores air for the wheel brakes and is totally different from the oxygen bottle in your picture.
Does the pilot’s logbook continue into the postwar years? It may tally that he owned the Auster and kept the renewed Certificate of Airworthness for safe keeping in his logbook. The Auster factory at Reavsby also carried out repairs and modifications to Hurricanes and Typhoons during the war so that may lead to a source of generic paperwork. I doubt it is a document worth faking but the date typo is deffo an error. Google ‘G-info’ the CAA aircraft register, it may give you the previous aircraft owners names.
Can anyone brighten my day up with a Lancaster propeller hub? Would be great to add to a display engine, any condition welcome as are DH or Hamilton blades, just need about 2 feet from the roots so would be happy to purchase damaged blades.
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