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There is a photograph of Lancaster ED921 AJ-W flown by Flt. Lt. Les Munro depicted in flight on Page 101 of Jarrod Cotter and Paul Blackah's excellent book "Avro Lancaster 1941 Onwards (all marks) Haynes Workshop Manual" depicting an insignia below the cockpit on the port side. It appears to be...

Terry what a great opportunity to meet with some of the Amiens raid crews and getting them to relate to their experiences. We are indeed fortunate to have a fully operational Mosquito FB.VI being restored by Avspecs at Ardmore, in South Auckland just an hours drive south of here. The last time...

Terry you are quite right ED921/G AJ-W is definitely a BIII Special with Merlin 28 engines...keyboard finger problem! Thanks for the Sweetman Dambuster book reference - Les Munro had a copy with him when I visited. I will try and track down a copy. Les did make comment about the nose art in one...

Thanks for the encouragement Terry. I will post some photographs as I progress with the build which compliment Ian's photographs. I have also purchased a couple of Vector 1/48 Resin Bristol Pegasus engines to replace the resin engines supplied with the kit. This will also prove to be an...

I have just caught up with this forum page when researching and making a start on the FM Hampden kit. I am wanting to add a 1/48 489 (NZ) Squadron example of a Hampden to my display collection. A real nice job Ian Lanc. I can really concur about the challenging and shocking fit of the...