very interesting. can i ask, being a fee-paying passenger carrier, was the cabin pressurised like the B29?

Dad completed 2 tours of ops WW2 on Lancs ect. He had no desire to visit europe post war. He loved the Lancs more as he got older.

It's worth mentioning the switch to "A" and "N" Morse codes reminds me of the four-course radio range system used for enroute navigation in the US, which used the same modulation scheme. Kinda curious about the "glide" indicator in the upper center of the SBA instrument, though-was that intended to be driven by another receiver complementing SBA with vertical guidance info, a altimeter repeater, or something else?

Beautiful work. Not well suited for YT, but gives so much pleasure watching. Perhaps YT needs more of that detailed materials...

This is what's missing on that long videos on beautiful warbirds. No technical knowlege shown at all. Only history. I love your videos. It is not fitting youtube standards at all and it makes results ofyour work very interesting and fascinating!

Hi Bryan. Very interesting, but a bit inaccurate in some areas. The Air Mileage Unit did not output speed but air distance travelled with, if I recall correctly, 24 revolutions per mile. In the AIR POSITION Indicator this was resolved with the true heading from the Distant Reading Compass, via the VSC, to produce changes in latitude and longitude which updated the initial position the nav set on the counters on the right of the API. These were lat & long, not bearings. This then showed the AIR Position, ie position in the air mass but not corrected for wind. The nav would then plot the Air Position on his chart and add the wind vector, for the time from the last fix, to show the GROUND Position. If fitted this could also be done using the GROUND Position Indicator. In this case the nav would set his latest Wind on the GPI, harmonise it with the API and set it running, the GPI then projecting a constantly updated Ground position onto the chart below. This technique was particularly used by No 5 & 8 Gp nav’s for accurate target marking. I used the API occasionally during basic nav training in 1973, ending up many years later as OC the Air Navigation School at RAF Finningley ! Do pm me if you’d like more info on the subject. Rgds Chris

Hi there was there a white avro lancaster bomber. As I fly RC planes and im looking at building a large lancaster and want to do something different from the normal camo. If you could help with any details

Fantastic and detailed view. Really interesting. Thx for putting it together!

At first glance, its rather confusing ,

Quite interesting.

Excellent video.

Many thanks for this very interesting video. Would you consider including the ABC special duties equipment and officer position and materiel on 101 squadron Lancaster ? Many thanks. James (Luxembourg)

Thanks alot!!

I inherited my Uncle's service manuals for the Spitfire mk1 and I donated them to Bexhill Museum if anyone is interested. His name was Billy Wells. We may never see their like again.

With its lengthened nose and tailwheel gear the Lancastrians must have been scary to taxi.

Made under license.

Were there versions of the Lancaster which omitted the front turret and just had a glass canopy instead? What was the top speed of the Lancaster without its defensive turrets?

Very interesting, my dad was a flight engineer with 408 Goose Squadron. I seem to remember his plane was B-Bunny but i could be wrong. He was an Englishman flying with the Canadians and was originally billeted with Patrick Moore during basic training and they remained friends post-war.

…and while your pondering all these dozens of control adjustments you’re on fire and going down. The courage of these crews is beyond description…

Awesome. Cheers.😮😅

How does the sight work at night since by ‘42 the Yanks were doing the day bombing and the RAF night bombing. How does this sight compare with the US supposed ‘game changer’ Nordgren bomb sight. It seems to me that none of them really were able to hit a building without a bit of luck.

Anything that consists of five sections and can be disassembled for transport because it is bolted together is not of "monocoque construction". It is òf the exact opposite. Component construction.

Excellent detail, wish I had watched it before I went up in Spitfire yesterday from Goodwood.

Thanks Bryan. My father was an Instrument Mechanic for RCAF Lancasters at RAF Middleton St George, so this video really gave me a great overview of his responsibilities. Your presentation is quite excellent. Thank you.

The question has to be asked...Are you still active making videos?Or atleast alive

Great Job.

It's infuriating to think they did not give the concept more time. They only needed to catch a _schrage musik_ attack a few times, and it would have deterred some night fighters, but more importantly given Bomber Command some solid reports about what was going on. Instead, we had hundreds of aircraft lost to attacks that were, putting this delicately, more or less understood to be happening, through simple deduction, and the occasional, very rare, survivor that made it back. Think how far this could have gone. They could have the sighting superimposed over H2S (if they could find somewhere to put it...) the nav operating from his station. It could have saved so many. Hindsight is easy I suppose.

Once you get #3 running it's not that bad. I still think it's amazing this was all single pilot operation; he only had the engineer on the prat perch next to him helping him along, and that man had other jobs too.

On aimerait bien une traduction Française ou autres langues. C’est très intéressant comme descriptif.

Brilliant resume of the main bits and pieces of the majestic Lancaster thanks. The only thing you missed was that the bomb aimer also operated the front guns in the FN5 turret; saying that they were very seldom used and actually had a dedicated gunner for the Dams raid (Operation Chastise) 16/17 May 1943 in the sole instance I can think of where the front guns were certainly used in anger. Subscribed and relishing the prospect of going through your catalogue of wonderful Lancaster instructional videos; very many thanks.

Is there any 'official' documentation of the versatility of the said ventral turret? Given the date of introduction of the Lancaster and the expanding honed proficiency of the Luftwaffe's night fighter force in terms of skills, technology (radar, Schräge Musik and GCI) and tactics, was the phasing out of the ventral turret somewhat premature? Regards

Fantastic video !! Thank you so much!

This is a wonderful video. I only found this because I was looking through a model kit website and came across a model of this (with 4 prop engines) and I think I'll never read about all the aircraft produced before I snuff it. Thank you.

Nice informative video.. on the BII

Fascinating. Far more complicated set up than I imagined. Took a look inside one at an air show years ago with my father who did a tour in them.

I have recently purchased a T1 Mk14 made by GMC. Ive enjoyed your excellent video but I dont understand how the aimer can view the target through the cross without him needing to be in a fixed position: If the position of his eye varies, does that not affect the angle of how the target is viewed through the cross illuminated on the glass plate - and hence the overall trajectory of the falling bomb? Am I missing something obvious?

Just the question I asked myself waking up every morning: "What would be the engine start up sequence of UK aircraft?" 🙂

you didnt mention the switch to turn on the electrics by moving the throttle forward and back again.

My telco engineering supervisor Frank McGee had been a RCAF Pathfinder Lanc squadron pilot. I asked him what happened if the single pilot of a Lank was killed or disabled. He said something to the effect that one of the other guys would be taught enough to have a chance of getting the crate back on the ground. I wonder if he was kidding me.

For me as a scale modeler these photos where incredible useful for detaiiling! Keep the good work up!

I wonder if night fighter losses would have been reduced if they had mounted twin 50's on the turret and used the turret on all aircraft.

So many people involved, paying full attention. When I worked at Southend airport, the Carvairs had a pin fitted so that the wheels could not be retracted whilst on the ground. The ground crew forgot to remove them, so the pilot could not retract them during his flight. The aircraft had to land to have them removed.The Pilot was not a happy man.

Siempre me han gustado los "sospechosos habituales" : B-17, B-24, FW-190, P-38... pero hasta hace relativamente poco tiempo, no me había interesado por los grandes aviones ingleses. Me gusta mucho empezar a conocer estos excelentes modelos con buenas imágenes y locución inglesa.

Starting one of these aircraft was not a jump in the seat, flick a switch and off you go proposition. So many steps, and obviously several people involved to get it going to the point of taxi. I can only imagine how many people must have been involved to get an entire squadron of these aircraft into the air for a mission. Impressive.

Brilliantly explained.....

All this trouble that they went to, and it didn't mean a jot when they were attacked.

Excellent clear video, but - will there be a follow up video for if one needs to start up a Lancaster 1,2 or 4-9? :)

Wow

To a scale model builder like me this was extremely valuable. Keep up the great work!

To a scale model builder like me this was extremely valuable. Keep up the great work!