Lancaster R5689 "N-Nuts" of 50 Sqn banks away from the aircraft carrying a photographer during a wartime photographic sortie for publicity purposes.
Avro Lancaster I R5689 of 50 Squadron photographed in September 1942. A few days after this picture was taken R5689 crashed while landing at Thurlby, Lincs.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Avro Lancaster / Type 683 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1941

A lone Lancaster seen from another of its kind during a daytime raid. There was always a danger that the lower aircraft would be hit by the bombs dropped from their higher-flying compatriots.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Avro Lancaster / Type 683 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1941

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Avro Lancaster / Type 683 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1941

Lancasters on a snow-covered airfield in February 1944 await their bomb loads for a raid on Germany. The nearest aircraft is just about to receive a 4,000- pounder.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Avro Lancaster / Type 683 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1941

Lancaster Phyllis Dixey, named after a stage star of the 1930s, was another of 50 Sqn’s aircraft, although its serial number is unknown. By a coincidence, “E-Easy”, one of the aircraft flown by the author, is visible in the background.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Avro Lancaster / Type 683 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1941

Завершение подготовки к вылету "Ланкастера" Mk.I из состава 44-й эскадрильи. 1942 г.
A Lancaster’s crew watches as the “erks” give their charge a thorough going-over in readiness for the next operation.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Avro Lancaster / Type 683 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1941

It is interesting to compare this close-up of a Lancaster FN20 tail turret with the the turret in the group photograph. The four 0-303in Browning machine-guns were provided with 2,500 rounds apiece.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Avro Lancaster / Type 683 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1941

The author and his crew pose in front of Lancaster PB821 “E-Easy’s” tail gun turret, from which a substantial amount of glazing has been removed to improve the gunner’s view (but not his warmth). Left to right: Sgt Peter Macdonald, mid-upper gunner; Fg Off Roy Skinner, bomb aimer; Flt Sgt Max Galbraith, wireless operator; Sgt Reg Cook, flight engineer; Flt Sgt Allan Murray, navigator; the author, pilot; and Sgt Tom Farmer, rear gunner.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Avro Lancaster / Type 683 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1941

The starboard side of a Lancaster cockpit, showing the access to the nose positions beneath the instrument panel.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Avro Lancaster / Type 683 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1941