Lancaster W4107 49SQ Nov 21,1942

[kaki3152]

I've always wondered why this Lancaster (W4107 49 Sq.) was not restored to flying status after its wheel down landing at the Channel Isle of Sark on November 21,1942 after a raid on Stuttgart.
From all accounts, it landed with the wheels down, thus preventing any major structural damage.

[alieneyes1]

Sark was occupied by the Germans at the time. This is one of a few aircraft which come up as candidates for the captured Lanc flown by Luftwaffe test pilot Hans-Werner Lerche.

[kaki3152]

Actually, I read elsewhere (will have to look in my notes) that the captured Lancaster flown HW Lerche was a 103 SQ Lancaster downed in a January 1944 Berlin raid.