cammerjeff
Staff Sergeant
I do not see any signs of Geodetic construction? I would think that a Wellington in that condition would show signs of the fabric covering and Geodetic frame?
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Been doing a bit of digging and have come up with this, as the more I look into this, the more I'm convinced it is a Halifax. The picture posted by Thomas above certainly helps. I believe it's an inverted Halifax centre section.
View attachment 646484Crashed Bomber
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It is definitely not a wellington. It is either a lancaster or a Halifax.
No, no issue with that. just trying to solve this riddle. If the date on the original photo is correct (1. august 1942) and it is indeed a Halifax we're looking at here then it must be
W1109 LQ-S a Halifax2 shot down after a raid on Düsseldorf but wrongly reported regarding its crash site.