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Lancaster nose art
Two figures playing "two up", one wearing long trousers and another wearing shorts, both with hats, painted below cockpit. Six rows of operation symbols and letter 'D'. The names 'Bluey & Curly' and 'Jack' are also painted on the aircraft. On the…
Lancaster nose art
Badge of Australian commonwealth imperial forces and three rows of operation symbols and one swastika. A airmen wearing flying helmet gives thumbs up out of open cockpit window.
Lancaster nose art
View of front of Lancaster with pilot looking out of cockpit window. On the fuselage nose art of skull and crossbones and name 'Piratical Pete'.
Lancaster nose art
Nose art of angry bee with bomb and words 'er-tag'. An airman looks out of cockpit window. Aircraft has five rows of operation tally bomb symbols.
Lancaster Nose Art
The art features a depiction of Hardtmuth Lahm's cartoon dog 'Snifter' heading west over a map of Berlin. There is a Swastika and a large amount of mess left by the dog. This is dripping off the map. The name "Snifter" is painted on.
Lancaster Nose Art
The nose of a Lancaster with a painting of a woman wearing a swim suit with RAF roundels. She is looking up at the cockpit and is wearing a sun hat. Behind her is a representation of David Langdon's 'AC2 Joe Soap’, a small airman with glasses and…
Lancaster Nose Art
Painted on the nose is a Kangaroo wearing wellingtons and playing bagpipes. Notes are coming out of the pipes. 52 operations are marked including four ice cream cones indicating Italian targets. The Lancaster is 'E²'.
Lancaster Nose Art
Nose art on a Lancaster 'D' with a cartoon which is not clear. Underneath is text which is indecipherable.
Lancaster nose art
A cartoon character wearing Arab style dress holding playing cards labelled 'Ali Oop!' with the citation 'I Go - I come Back' painted under the cockpit of a Lancaster, the bomb doors of which are open.. Alongside is a bomb tally of 36 including 3…
Lancaster Nose and Crew
Seven airmen in flying kit under the nose of a Lancaster. The nose graphic records 118 operations. The nose art is of Mickey the Moocher, a cartoon mouse pulling a trolley with a bomb.
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Lancaster Nose
Two close ups of the nose of a Lancaster. Depicted is an Australian flag, a Kookaburra sitting on a branch, with a snake in its beak. The snake's head is a cartoon depiction of Hitler. Twenty three bombs mark operations. Underneath are two people…
Lancaster Nose
Close up of the nose art on a Lancaster. Depicted is a swastika with a hand held dagger cutting through it. Seventeen operations are marked by daggers, one of which has a 'B' above it. The Lancaster is 'K²'. Beneath is printed 'Killer'.
Lancaster Nose
Maintenance operations underway on a Lancaster. Its code is 'H²ARRY'[sic]' 40 operations are marked by painted bombs and further aft is a cartoon character holding a bomb in a threatening manner. Two men are working underneath. There are two engine…
Lancaster NF927
Front quarter view of a Lancaster standing on dispersal with engines running. 'D' on nose and nose art shows Christian cross over swastika with text 'right is might'. Gee-H leader stripe can be seen on the tailplane Two other Lancasters in the…
Lancaster ND578 KM-Y
11 ground crew grouped around the nose of Lancaster 'Y' York. One man is on a step ladder painting operation # 107. In the cockpit is a sign 'These animals are dangerous'. On the reverse 'Y Yorker 100 operation trips over Germany'.
Lancaster ND578 KM-Y
A large group of squadron personnel arranged in four rows in front of their Lancaster 'Y'. On the front is handwritten 44 Rhodesia 'B' Squadron and on the reverse 'Aircrew and Ground [photograph has been trimmed and the text has been lost] on…
Lancaster ND578 KM-Y
The aircrew and ground crew are arranged in two rows in font of Lancaster 'Y'. One of the men is holding a young boy. The aircraft has completed 107 operations. In the cockpit is a sign 'These animals are dangerous'. On the reverse is 'Ground Crew of…
Lancaster Mk 2 Refuelling
Lancaster Mk 2 'Z' being refuelled. A ground crew airman is up a ladder partly obscuring the nose art, a cartoon of a running skeleton with 'Zombie'. It is annotated 'PL29074'.
Lancaster Mike Twice
Aircrew and ground personnel sitting on loaded bomb trolleys infront of the Lanacster Mike Squared. Group Captain Sheene on a stepladder is painting a bomb symbol on the nose of the aircraft. Captioned '"Mike Twice" after 138 trips. C/V Sheene on…
Lancaster Mike Squared
Photograph 1 is of Lancaster Mike Squared, port side , undercarriage down.
Photograph 2 is of seven airmen posed on the port wing of Mike Squared.
Photograph 2 is of seven airmen posed on the port wing of Mike Squared.
Lancaster ME746
Aircrew and ground crew holding the DSO awarded to Lancaster ME746 AS-R2 (Roger Squared).
There are five similar images of the event. In the second photo there are more operations added to the nose and R2 has been painted on. The last has some text…
There are five similar images of the event. In the second photo there are more operations added to the nose and R2 has been painted on. The last has some text…
Lancaster LM311 PO-L
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The seven aircrew are standing at the nose of 'Liz Beth', their Lancaster. Each crew member is identified along with brief details of the crash at Normington, Lincolnshire on completion of an operation to Turin 12/13 July 1943.
The second part of…
The second part of…
Lancaster in flight
A Lancaster, 'M²', in flight.
On the reverse -
'J Rooke
49 Welton Gdns
Lincoln
M² in flight. Just to show she really flies.
140 operational sorties 1/1/45'.
On the reverse -
'J Rooke
49 Welton Gdns
Lincoln
M² in flight. Just to show she really flies.
140 operational sorties 1/1/45'.
Lancaster HK555
The cockpit of a Lancaster showing bomb tally. From information kindly provided by the donor. 'Hk555 Mission tally. Poor picture from a bit of scrounged negative'.
Lancaster G George
Side view of Lancaster W4783 'AR-G' with numerous operations marked on its nose. Another Lancaster can also be seen.