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Old 30th March 2012, 15:11
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need help from our readers about Lancaster tyre

hello,
we are bussy to make a display about a Lancaster but are in need of 1 nice picture of a crewmember close to its main landing wheel.
The purpose of this is to give the viewer an idea about its colosal size of the tyre of a lancaster
So if there is still someone willing to send us a picture from a lancaster wheel with a man nearby '' so that people can compaire it with a human size) we would be verrythankfull of it
pls contact us via our PMso we can forward our email address
thanks ahaid for all those who are willing to help us
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Old 1st April 2012, 09:19
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Re: need help from our readers about Lancaster tyre

hello,
is there someone who might give us a title of a book where a picture can be found or is there a person who is willing to scan a picture that he has ??
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Old 1st April 2012, 14:24
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Re: need help from our readers about Lancaster tyre

There is a contemporary picture here:
http://www.lincsaviation.co.uk/news/...ster-nx611.htm

If you contact the museum they may have a picture of someone standing next to the tyre fitted on the aircraft.

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