Avro Lancaster – Explore the Port Fuselage!

Here, we shall look at the locations of all the equipment fitted on the Avro Lancaster Bomber’s Port Side of the Fuselage. We shall be using my reworked wartime Air Ministry diagram so you can see, as we move through the fuselage, where everything was installed.

Textual extracts from Air Ministry Air Publications are Crown Copyright and transcribed with the kind permission of the National Archives, London. All colour diagrams are based on original Air Ministry Air Publications mono illustrations and transcribed into colour by Bryan Atkinson with the permission of the National Archives, London.

Thanks must also be given to the following superb organisations for their kind support when Bryan Atkinson originally developed The Lancaster Explored PC CD-ROM back in 2004, all are listed below and are included once again in this series of videos.

Lancaster B.Mk.I, PA474. The Battle of Britain Memorial Flight.
Lancaster B.Mk.I, R5868. Royal Air Force Museum, London.
Lancaster B. Mk.III, DV372. Imperial War Museum.
Lancaster B.Mk.X, KB889. Imperial War Museum, Duxford.
Lancaster B.Mk.VII, NX611. Lincolnshire Aviation Heritage Centre.
The Norman Groom & Jeremy Hall Lancaster Nose Sections.

The Rolls-Royce Heritage Trust.
The National Archives, London.


The material contained in this video is intended for historical, reference and entertainment value only, and is not to be construed as usable for aircraft or component restoration, maintenance, or use.


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Table of Contents:

00:00 - Introduction
00:31 - Air Bomber's Compartment
00:38 - Forward Gun Turret
00:48 - Pilot's Seat
00:54 - Flight Engineer's Panel
01:52 - Bomb Bay
02:02 - Navigator's Station
02:12 - Wireless Operator's Station
02:35 - Mainplane Spar
03:33 - Rest Station
04:44 - Rear Step
05:26 - Mid Lower Gun Turret FN 64
05:38 - Mid Upper Gun Turret FN 50
07:48 - Tail Plane
08:37 - Rear Gun Turret

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