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Aviation History
1942
1942 - 1424.PDF
32 FLIGHT JULY QTH, 1942 AWO LANCASTER In the photographs appearing on these two pages the camera man has shown the Lancaster from almost every viewpoint. The two three-quarter rear illustrations at the bottom of the opposite page show the wing flaps. From these pictures it is also very apparent what excellent fields of fire are^n joyed by the standard arrangement of power-operated gun turrets in the nose, tail and amidships. The new R.A.F. markings are also shown. Photographs of the Latest Addition to Our Heavy Bomber Types TO the range of British heavy four-engined bombers now being used so effectively over enemy territory the Avro Lancaster may be added. This is the machine which made the historic daylight raid on Augsburg and destroyed much of the M.A.N, diesel engine works in that operation. It is, of course, a four-engined development of the Avro Manchester. Features of this bomber include nose, tail and dorsal gun turrets on the lines of its giant sisters, the Stirling and the Halifax. The speed and range, and particularly the huge bomb load, are other characteristics which make this latest addition to our bombing strength so effective. It was probably its fighting and bombing efficiency, com bined with good performance, which caused it to be selected for the Augsburg raid. The engines are four Rolls- Royce Merlins carried in underslung nacelles. Three- bladed constant-speed air screws are fitted. The Lancaster is in large- scale production both in this country and in Canada. Points of interest in this ciose-up ot the nose of the Lancaster are :—the flame dampers over the Merlin engine exhausts; the D.H. airscrews; the ex ceptional visibility in all directions from the pilot's cockpit (including see- behind blisters); the extension of the bomb bay as far forward as the front of the pilot's cockpit; and the under carriage details. (-• •
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