British Forces

Avro Lancaster III (ED592)

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Famous image of Avro Lancaster III (ED592), on it's maiden test flight dated 26th August 1942. She was later delivered to No. 50 RAF at Skellingthrorpe, and designated the letters VN-B. She would be shot down on the 2nd March 1943 on a mission to bomb Berlin, reportedly by night fighter pilot Oblt Horst Pause of the 1./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Gilze-Rijen airfield. Badly crippled the Lancaster crash Wadenoyen sw of Tiel, killing all the crew: Pilot F/O. F.E. Townsend Flight engineer Sgt. A. Sandow Navigator Sgt. H. Wood Nav ba Sgt. W.C. Yetton Wo ag Sgt. D.G. Hobbs Air gunner Sgt. P.J. Rose Air gunner Sgt. W.A. Dawe Photographer: Charles E. Brown. Image Credit: Authors Personal Collection (Via RAF Museum). Image Repair & Colourisation - Nathan Howland @HowdiColourWorks. taken from fb