Cliffnemo
Cliff.
The two photos I must have left in the Pilot's Notes. I did not know they were there. The second one is a rather cramped shot of the Engineer's panel, looking back from below the step down to the escape hatch. The basket held a portable oxygen bottle and the two yellow bars aft are the back of the mid-upper gunner's seat.
The restoration is a wonderful piece of work and I was privileged to be invited on board some years ago, and twice in recent years. I can certainly recommend a visit. I said to the project engineer, the only thing missing was the smell of oil, Elsan fluid, sweat and cordite. He said he would work on that!
When I look at the distance from the pilot's seat to the bomb-aimer's pad, I wonder again how I survived being thrown that distance, but I expect I was already unconscious after hitting the starboard side of the cock pit.
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