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Old 21st Sep 2012, 20:01
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The Lancaster

Just settling down to watch the Lanc at war Sky 531 Military
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Sorry for thread drift but interesting article int he DM today
about a Lancaster they have just dug up that was previously
thought to have been lost at sea but a witness has now guided
them to where it crashed.
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My favourite ac of all time, beautiful. Please post your pics folks, internal and external. Many thanks in advance.

Just to clarify, that's pics of the Avro Lancaster please, not any old lady!

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Here's a rather rare view of an Avro refuelling a Gloster Meteor in 1949:

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I posted some here a while ago:

http://www.pprune.org/aviation-histo...46-merged.html
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Lancaster

The BBMF Lancaster landing at Eastleigh Airport in August 2010,
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Another view,
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A few photo's from the 2008 Bournemouth Air Festival,
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