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[Lizzie_Zoom]

   There is talk about putting Lanc NX611 "Just Jane" back where it should be in the air. It's already having/had  fresh Merlin's fitted/being fitted.   You can at the moment win a taxi ride by winning a raffle they have before each taxi run, I tried a couple of times, NO LUCK, can't afford price of seat    Take some ear plugs with you, engines are run up in pairs, no use trying to talk. I moved from infront of aircraft and stood by the wing tip, thought it would be safer if the brakes failed

Ah yes, that is I believe the plane two brothers are pushing through restoration in memory of their Bomber Command brother who was killed in 1944.

PS Yes, this is the web site on this bomber: http://www.lincsaviation.co.uk/history/history-of-the-lancaster.htm 

[DaveA]

http://youtu.be/hveqhCi6x0Y    That's right, he was a rear gunner, I think. Look how close you can get, without sitting in it

[Lizzie_Zoom]

http://youtu.be/hveqhCi6x0Y    That's right, he was a rear gunner, I think. Look how close you can get, without sitting in it

A "tail end Charlie" which those poor sods were sitting back their, with a death rate far higher than any other position in the aircraft. It was a very vulnerable position as the Luftwaffe would often approach and fire on the the bomber from the rear.

I once knew a chap who had served in Bomber Command during 1943-45 in that role, and he said he was one of the relative few to survive. So many of his comrades did not, and became one of the overall 55,573 to perish.   Never forget them