Operation Chastise - Lancaster B1 engine servicing

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Merlin?

Was there any other engine for the Lanc? I'm not trying to be smart but if
there was another engine type for the Lanc I've never heard of it.

There were radial engined Lancasters as well!

On Wed, 27 May 2009 08:12:31 -0400, Mitchell Holman wrote
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"Dave Kearton" wrote in news:6l6Tl.44435
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Dress uniforms to do engine work?


Posed pix. Nothing to do with reality.

for the general edification of the group

see ya

Conscious Pilate

On Thu, 28 May 2009 07:15:15 -0400, Conscious Pilate wrote
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for the general edification of the group

see ya

Conscious Pilate

The first pic was one of several different Lancs used as test beds for
turbojets or turboprops after the war (note post-war colour scheme and
roundels; this one was, I think, a Lancastrian I, with Rolls-Royce Nene
motors in the outer nacelles). The second was a Lanc B II, with Bristol
Hercules engines. That particular machine has a bulged bomb-bay and a
daylight camouflage scheme. It might, I think, be a post-war pic of a machine
on maritime recon duty, carrying depth charges, anti-submarine torpedoes, and
a life rift in the bomb-bay. I can't tell much, the pic has been edited to
remove the squadron identification markings and the serial number.

Other Lancs fitted with jets included a B II which flew as a test aircraft
during the war, with a jet in the fuselage.
http://tanks45.tripod.com/Jets45/Histories/Lancaster/Lancaster.htm

Note that the specs on the page are for a B I, when the top pic is a B II.
Note also that they spelled 'Nene' as 'Nean'.

"Conscious Pilate" wrote in message
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for the general edification of the group

see ya

Conscious Pilate

Is it my eyes or are the Lancastrian's props feathered?


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Jeff Cochrane - VK4BOF
Innisfail
QLD
Australia






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