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Re: Can someone identify this Lancaster please?
Hello,
No.463 (RAAF) Sqn Lancaster LL844:JO-R "GINGER MEGGS"
One place you will find a photo of LL844, is here:
Images Of War - Veteran Lancs - A Photographic Record of the 35 RAF Lancasters that each completed One Hundred Sorties.
Franks,Norman
Barnsley:Pen & Sword Aviation,2016.
p.163.
Caption reads:
Lancaster JO-R of 463 Squadron, believed to be LL844, flew at least seventy operations, and again has an interesting artwork figure known as 'Ginger Meggs'*. If correct, this aircraft had several adventures includling the loss of the rear turret anf gunner after a bomb hit the rear of the aircraft during a bomb run. This crash landing was not the result. Finally 'struck off charge' on 15 January 1947.
* An iconic, cheeky Australian cartoon character kid (always in trouble).
Col.
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