Short Stirling & RAF Bomber Command Forum

I don,t think the B17 pilot mistook it for a "fly over" ,...it,s being towed. He may have force landed on the freeway out of shot? There is no damage to the bridge,,. not yet anyway.

Fancy trying to tow it up there with the props and outer wings still attached!.......Doh!

Tom

I wonder if the wheels are constructed of fibre glass?.... they may have cut a few corners to please the film directors budget and scaled down the size?,...the mock up thus becoming a "cock up" Or they may be real tyres?....in both instances, the underlying problem being due to inflation :...

A FORMER Second World War airman, who survived 45 missions with his Lancaster crew, has died peacefully in his beloved home town of Melton aged 88. At the age of just 19, Dick Goodburn was a Lancaster rear gunner in an Australian squadron, flying out of RAF Waddington in Lincolnshire. At a time whe...

...and another interesting photo John. ....and a very interesting bit of family history too! http://seanlinnane.blogspot.co.uk/2013/ ... photo.html

How cool is the pilot,....having a trim between sorties

Tom

Is that chap footing the ladder?........ or has he another motive?

Tom

Spotted this on E bay. Click images to expand view
Tom

MUSEUM QUALITY MODEL WITH LOADS OF EXTRAS!!! THIS FANTASTIC MODEL HAS TAKEN ME OVER 2 AND HALF YEARS TO BUILD AND COST WELL OVER £1400 WITH ALL THE EXTRAS I HAVE ADDED TO IT AND BUILT TO DISPLAY ALONGSIDE IT. THE BASIC LANCASTER IS THE HACHETTE 1/32 "S FOR SUGAR " LANCASTER PARTWORK , THE...

Top man!,....Smudger! The bomb aimer(or the Nav is in a kerfuffle?) cartoon is great thanks for posting.

Tom

Many thanks John,
Tom

....interesting! There is a Stirling in the Ijsselmeer?....new to me.
Whats the state of preservation?,.....how intact is she?
Why are their objections to raising her, given that the family of the airmen wish it so?

Tom