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Photo copyright © 2014 Garry Fenton, Aviation Art Profiles The sections of the Lancaster Virtual Tour: James Huckle, of Aircraft Sound Recordings for the engine startup sound recording.Martin Keen ( Silksheen Photography) for his static images.Garry Fenton ( Aviation Art Profiles) for the Lancaster image used in the map and below.The museum volunteers that helped in any possible way.Andrew Panton, grandson of museum founder Fred Panton, Lancaster pilot and event organiser.There is also the Bomber Command History Forum with a large number of very knowledgeable members and a lot of information.

#Lancaster bomber crew names pdf#

The excellent website Lancaster Bombers of 49 Squadron contains PDF versions of 'Pilot's Notes for Lancaster II', 'Flight Engineer's Notes for Lancaster Aircraft', and '.303 Browning Gun Notes for Students', highly recommended! General information about the Lancaster is available on Wikipedia.

After an interesting career she was bought, in 1983, by Fred and Harold Panton as a monument to the memory of their brother Christopher, who was killed on the Nuremberg raid in March 1944. This Avro Lancaster B Mark VII, NX611, was built in April 1945 for the war in the Far East and ended in storage without seeing service. The Flash version allows viewing in screen mode, the HTML5 version works on almost all devices that don't have Flash (Apple mobile devices). This interactive panorama exists in two different versions: One is using, if available, the Adobe Flash Player, the other uses HTML5. The resulting images have been edited, then stitched together, edited again, and then turned into a spherical panorama.

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The resulting photos have been processed using focus stacking software first, followed by HDR] processing. The combination of focus stacking and exposure bracketing means a large number of photos: Around 5000 photos were taken for the complete virtual tour. All photography has been done with available light only, using exposure bracketing. To have every detail in focus, from the closest to the lens (5 inch) to the furthest (almost infinite), focus stacking has been used. Notebook computer with remote camera control softwareĪll photography inside the fuselage has been done with the camera remotely controlled via a laptop computer, to control focus stacking and exposure bracketing.

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Really Right Stuff carbon fibre monopod with MH-01 Pro momopod head for nadir shots.Really Right Stuff BH-55 ball head and Multi-Row Pano Elements Package.Manfrotto 529B Hi-Hat low-level, heavy duty tripod.Canon EF 11-24mm f/4L USM lens, probably the best lens for panorama work.Canon 5D Mark II with Really Right Stuff L-Plate.The museum, on the site of the Bomber Commmand airfield (), is the largest Bomber Command museum in the UK, and offers (), certainly a unique experience! The son of Pilot Officer Cocks (the bomb aimer) still attends our annual Memorial Service. The aircraft and crew were lost during this training flight. As the training flight was local to RAF Waddington, the Navigator was not required and was stood down. They were then tasked with undertaking a 'Flight Affiliation' training flight with a Spitfire from RAF Digby (the only Battle of Britain airfield in Lincolnshire). On the day of the crash, they had been briefed for a raid on the German U-Boat pens at Lorient in France, but bad weather along the route and over the target meant that the mission was scrubbed. The crew had been posted to 9 Sqn at RAF Waddington just two days before the crash. The aircraft was almost brand new, it had been delivered 6 days earlier from A.V.Roe (AVRO), and had only been in the air for a total of 85 minutes. The Sibsey Lancaster Memorial Trust which maintains the memorial and holds an annual Memorial Service there, has a very active Facebook group and they deserve your support. 9 Squadron which crashed at Sibsey Northlands in January 1943 killing all members of the crew. The photo below shows the Sibsey Lancaster Memorial, commemorating the crew of Lancaster ED503 from Nr. Reading all the names on the wall panels is a reminder that they were not just numbers, but people with parents, wives, children and loved ones that never came home. The Lincolnshire Aviation Heritage Centre, home of 'Just Jane' and former RAF bomber station East Kirkby, has a beautiful Memorial Chapel that's part of this virtual tour. Bomber command crews had a death rate of 44.4% and 55,573 were killed during the war. However, as it was built as a weapon of war, it could also be lethal to its own crews. The Lancaster is certainly an iconic and most interesting British aircraft. Photo copyright © 2014 Martin Keen, Silksheen Photography Aircraft Virtual Tour Avro Lancaster Bomber 'Just Jane' (NX611)