Avro Lancaster Bomber (UEB contracted)
Synopsis
This page shows two images of an aircraft. At the top of the page seen from the side and in the bottom and middle of the page a plan view seen from above. There is a locator dot shown, which will be at the top left of the page when the image is the correct way up.Both views have the front on the left and the tail on the right of the page. The aircraft is shown in a flying position so the front wheels are retracted and not shown. The aircraft in the top of the page has a transparent nose cone on the left which is where the bomb aimer sits. Up and right from this is the fore gunner's turret. Up and right from this again is the main cockpit cover.
Down from the cockpit are two propellers. They are attached to engines which hang off the wing. To the right of the propellers is a small rectangle which comprises six exhaust outlets on the outer side of the outside engine. Right from the exhaust is the tip of the wing pointing towards you.
The centre of the fuselage has letters identifying which individual aircraft it is. There is also a red and blue roundel indicating the plane belongs to the RAF. On the top edge of the fuselage there is a gun turret with the gun pointing up and to the right.
Right of this the fuselage continues to one of the vertical tail fins. On the right of this is a vertical flap. This is one of the ailerons used to manoeuvre the aircraft when it is flying. The tail has a red rectangle and a blue rectangle separated by a white line indicating the plane belongs to the RAF. Down from the tail fin is the single rear wheel. To the right of the tail is the rear gun turret with the gun pointing right and down.
In the plan view image in the bottom and middle of the page the fuselage goes from left to right in the centre of the image. The main wings go up and down the page from the fuselage. On the left the fuselage starts with a transparent nose cone which is where the bomb aimer sits. Right from this is the fore gunner's turret. Its guns cross above the bomb aimer. Right from this is the main cockpit cover. There are two small hatches in the centre of the fuselage and right from them is a gun turret with the guns pointing to the right. The fuselage finishes on the right with the rear gun turret with the guns pointing to the right.
In the centre of the page the main wings each have two engines and propellers sticking out to the left. To the right of the propellers six exhaust outlets can be found on the top and bottom edge of each engine. Towards the end of each wing is a red and blue roundel indicating the plane belongs to the RAF. On the right of each wing tip is a flap. These are two of the ailerons used to manoeuvre the aircraft when it is flying.
On the right of the page is the tailplane. The right half of each tail wing is a flap. These are two more of the ailerons used to manoeuvre the aircraft when it is flying. The ends of the tail wing, up and down the page have the ends of the two vertical fins showing.
The plane is green although it was also commonly painted with camouflage colours. The underside is dark grey or black. This would mean the aircraft was difficult to detect from the ground when out on night bombing raids.