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Old 3rd Apr 2018, 15:20
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Davef68
 
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Originally Posted by Cazalet33
Feckin' Lancasters. Way older design than Liberators.

Partly pressurised: 'cos they had more holes at the front than at the back.
Not that much

B24 - First flight 29 December 1939

Lancaster - First flight 9 January 1941

Manchester - First flight 25 July 1939

(OK gestation of Manchester was longer than Liberator...)
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