"The Bomber" in its first scheme.

[JDK]

From my collection, here's a shot of Avro Lancaster PA474 (known as 'The Bomber' in the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight) in the first post-restoration scheme after being restored to airworthy by 44 Squadron and around the time it joined the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight with whom it is still airworthy. The colours are of Sqn Ldr John Nettleton from the raid for which he was awarded the Victoria Cross.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Dering_Nettleton

http://www.raf.mod.uk/bbmf/theaircraft/lancaster.cfm

[Edits for clarity & accuracy.]

Last edited by JDK on Sat Jun 19, 2010 6:30 am, edited 5 times in total.

[gary1954]

Cool old picture James, thanks passing it along to us

[sdennison]

No, No James. this is "The Bomber" in its first scheme. Don't spose we'll see you this year at OSH?

[Randy Haskin]

when he won the Victoria Cross.

[Firebird]

(known as 'The Bomber' in the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight)

By the aircrew

She's always been called something less polite by the groundcrews over the years