Avro Lancaster – Flight Engineer’s Position

Here, we shall look at the Avro Lancaster Bomber’s Flight Engineer’s and his instrument panel and tasks he would carry out on an operation. We shall look at various wartime diagrams and photographs, and refer to extracts from the wartime Air Ministry manuals.

Join us, as we take a tour of the Lancaster’s Flight Engineer’s Position, as we embark on a journey aimed at promoting UK Aviation Heritage.

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.

Royal Air Force official photographer, Devon S A (Flt Lt), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons


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Table of Contents:

00:00 - Introduction
00:42 - Flight Engineer's Tasks
01:32 - Location of Station
01:43 - Flight Engineer's Seat
02:54 - Flight Engineer's Panel
03:07 - The Panel for Lancaster B I and III
03:19 - Location of Controls & Gauges
05:40 - Panel for the Lancaster B X
07:03 - Lancaster B Mk.X KB889 Panel
07:58 - General Electric Type DJ 22 Panel
09:39 - The Electrcal Services Panel
10:31 - More Information
10:44 - Flight Engineer's Panel Animation