Avro Lancaster JB659.

[mongoose44]

Looking at this video,http://video.google.co.uk/videoplay?...70404705354795
does anyone know of an actual photo of JB659 OF-J? Did it have an H2S dome?

[Alex Smart]

Hello,
If the Lancaster in the film is indeed JB659 then for most of the film it does show a Dome.
Alex

[mongoose44]

Yes, that's the question. Is that JB659?

[Hanglands]

Hi all,

Thanks for watching the video.

To answer your question, JB659 does not appear in the video. The footage in the video is from Night Bombers by Iliffe Couzens (from a squadron based in Lincolnshire at Ludford Magna), and also from DD Videos Greates Combat Aircraft collection.

JB659 was a MkIII, and so I believe it would have had an H2S radome.

There are no pictures of wartime JB659 that I am aware of. There are pictures of an OF-J Lancaster from 97 Squadron, such as the one on this page from Jennie Gray http://www.firebynight.co.uk/website%20menu.html , but as you can see the tail number is not JB659. A radome is visible in this photo however. The aircraft in this link is JB227, which is part of the same production run as JB659.

I hope that helps.

Best Regards (and a 'hello' to the forum)

Hanglands.

[mongoose44]

Thanks for the info Hanglands. Good enough to help out.