Lancaster kb976
If anyone wants the full and accurate story of 976, ask me. I went to St. Albert in April 1974 first to buy it then spent months preparing the aircraft for its flight to strathallan - I also flew back with the Lancaster as the BCal crew wouldn't fly the trip if I wasn't to prepared to fly with them! After Charles church purchased the aeroplane, he took me on to both run Popham and initially to be in charge of the rebuild at woodford. I was there when the hangar roof collapsed and was responsible for the storage of the damaged aircraft after.
What readers will not be aware of is the fact that on Charles church's behalf I was trying to trade or purchase the lanc parked in Nova Scotia and at the same time Charles was trying very hard to buy Fred's (RIP) Lancaster too. Charles had a plan to fly three lancasters. Now there's something to imagine! Then there was the Beaufighter we were negotiating for..........there was no stopping Charles! If Charles had been alive today, imagine Popham!!!
Cheers all.....Dick