One Lancaster that did not get into 'The Lancaster File'. It is a RCAF Mark 10 with the codes 'DC-A ' and has gone through the barrier. Is that the pilot legging it by the roundel? He seems to have a chute on. But where and when did this incident take place and which aircraft was involved? None of the RCAF write-offs seem to fit the case.
In AM.2/86, we published a photograph of what was apparently a RCAF Lancaster on fire. It had a maple leaf centre to the roundel and the code letters 'DC-A'. There has been a resounding silence to our appeal for details apart from a letter from Norman Wiltshire in Sydney. He suggests that the centre of the roundel is NOT a maple leaf but a standard circular centre which has been distorted by the wire mesh on the surrounding fence. If so, the letters could stand for the Department of Civil Aviation in Australia and close examination shows a non-standard fuel barrel on the wing. In other words, it was a firefighting exercise. And if you wonder what Lancaster the DCA got its hands on to for firefighting practice, look more closely. It is not a Lancaster, but a Lincoln! Count the rivets...

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Avro Lincoln / Type 694 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1944