Avro mk1/3 lancaster bomber

[Guest]

Looking nice love the Revell kits and much respect to those brave souls that fought for our freedom.

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[Guest]

Nice going.

My grandfather was in an SA Airforce bomber squadron during the war, flew bostons, blenheims, those type of winged ones in North Africa and Italy. Was shot down three times. Once had to survive behind enemy lines in North Africa for three months and broke his nose in the crash. Apparently he wasn't squirmish to eating all kinds of weird things after the war. He was a navigator, gunner, etc, where ever they needed as crew and planes got killed wounded damaged destroyed etc. He told some interesting stories, whenever my father could drag it out of him, about makeshift runway bases in the desert and lying in side trenches while being bombed by the axis, or themselves divebombing the enemies runways in the early years of the war with Hawker Harts. The UK gave SA 36 Hawker Harts when the war got gong and SA sent them up to North Africa for action with SA crews. He saw the war out after some airlift action in Europe, think it was either the polish or East German one, and was a flying instructor after the war in Havards (what we call the Texan T-6 here). Then went civil and became an accountant and many years later died from skin cancer from a mole that got nicked on a water slide that went malignant when my father was 17 (and in the airforce). Go figure. He had some medals, but my aunt got all his war photos and stuff when my father died and I'm not on speaking terms with that side of the family. Pity, becasue I only know from what my father told me from memory and I struggle to source anything about him on the web. Pity, cause I got his initials and name, but couldn't get into the airforce as a pilot due to new regime political rules, even with a pilot's license.

In SA, there aren't special memorials and anything much for bomber crews, other than at the Union Buildings, that I Know of, especially with the new regime, so it's great that UK at least remember the sacrifices their bomber crews made. Few realize that if UK had gone down in the war, SA wouldn't have lasted long either with the German influence in South West Africa at the time. We sent troops to fight in some of the most difficult battles in North Africa. Even one of the known Aces flying in UK during battle of britain, who advised with Douglas Bader and another Brit on wehther the spitfire should have cannons or stay with machine guns, was a South African, Sailor Malan. I think UK has recognized the SA contribution more than SA has done itself or does today. Pity.

Sorry for getting carried away.

Frikkie

[Guest]

hi from cry ,

thats fine it gives me a proud sense when working on avro have downloaded

pictures info on this aircraft it part and those who to this year with a memorial

in there name was put up

thats why its taken so long i want it to to be as near perfect as i can .

more to come cry and my respect to

youre family be proud as we all should

cry !!!!!!

[Guest]

Avro Lancaster B.Mk.I/III





This model is dedicated too all who served and sacrificed in the name of freedom.



Noted officer’s

• Squadron Leader Ian Willoughby Bazalgette[36]
  
• Wing Commander Guy Gibson
  
• Warrant Officer Norman Cyril Jackson[37]
  
• Pilot Officer Andrew Mynarski[38]
  
• Squadron Leader John Dering Nettleton[39]
  
• Squadron Leader Robert Anthony Maurice Palmer[40]
  
• Flight Lieutenant William Reid
  
• Flight Sergeant George Thompson
  
• Group Captain Leonard Cheshire - most unusually he did not receive the VC for any particular act, instead it was awarded for sustained courage on over 100 bombing missions. (N.B some flown in other aircraft including the Mosquito and Mustang).
  
• Captain (acting Major) Edwin Swales
  

Role	Heavy bomber
Manufacturer	Avro
Designer	Roy Chadwick
First flight	9 January 1941
Introduction	February 1942
Retired	1963 (Canada)
Primary users	Royal Air Force Royal Canadian Air Force Royal Australian Air Force Royal New Zealand Air Force
Number built	7,377
Unit cost	£45-50,000
Developed from	Avro Manchester
Variants	Avro Lancastrian
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[flyjoe180]

A very fitting tribute to those who served with Bomber Command Cryton. Well done mate.

[michaelm]

Good job Cryton. Never forget.

[Guest]

thank you its appricated ,i hope we all never forget .

new project shortly russian T62A

more too come