Wouldn't the Avro York have been a better transport because of it's being closer to the ground and easier to load and unload? I can't imagine the Lancastrian was that much faster than the York..

In the introduction, the airspeed indicator is in knots but in the specific section it's in MPH. Did different models have different speed measurement units?

Not forgotten just not mentioned as often

Excellent instructional video. You must have had training as a military instructor to have done such a fine job on this! My father flew the IIB in Malta. Kudos to his brave mates that made the ultimate sacrifice when overwhelmed by the 202's and 109s.

I'm ;6 foot, 9 inches. I'll wear a bump hat.

Great report.

That was brilliant, answered all my questions. Thank you.

Incredible video! Thank you for documenting this much detail of an integral part of history. My grandfather was a Warrant Officer and Wireless Operator with the Pathfinders stationed out of Warboyz. They would have to fly in low over the target twice, once to drop magnesium so bombers should identify the target and 2nd time to photograph damaged. He made 29 successful missions, yet on his 30th he was shot down over Germany. He managed to get out of the aircraft, parachute down and used to tell of him still hearing bullets whizz up past him. He severely lacerated his head escaping trying to helping his mate out and for the rest of his life had a metal plate in his skull. While injured he spent 2 nights where he told us making his way back into France, killed a German soldier, took his uniform, would hide during the day and travel at night. A German lady helped him across the border to where he was eventually able to make it back to England. If he didn't make it, I and my family wouldn't be here today and so am eternally grateful. I'm trying to find out more about his life, service record and roll Lancaster's had on the war.. This has been hugely insightful for me!! Thank you so much.

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I just wouldn't get into the darn thing ..hiding in the woods innit !! 😉👍 .. no I'm joking.. my Uncle Arthur did well over 12 missions in one of these as a Wireless Operator/Air Gunner.. mostly on bombing raids over Bremen, Germany. The flak was ''Very heavy''

I really enjoy these and your research is amazing. I was surprised you didn't comment on the displaced mid upper turret fitted to some marks. Compare the Canadian Mk X to the BoB PA474

Excellent! 😀

Seems simple enough... 🤣

This is superb, many thanks. The Canadian panel seems to be a foretaste of the flat screen displays we now see in cars!.

Great unique video 👏

Is not a Lancastrian who brought Churchill to Yalta, in sobering contrast with the DC4 of Roosevelt ?

My late father was a rear gunner more i read about this awesome aircraft and what these young ment went through the more respect I have for my father. RIP dad !

very interesting. can i ask, being a fee-paying passenger carrier, was the cabin pressurised like the B29?

Dad completed 2 tours of ops WW2 on Lancs ect. He had no desire to visit europe post war. He loved the Lancs more as he got older.

It's worth mentioning the switch to "A" and "N" Morse codes reminds me of the four-course radio range system used for enroute navigation in the US, which used the same modulation scheme. Kinda curious about the "glide" indicator in the upper center of the SBA instrument, though-was that intended to be driven by another receiver complementing SBA with vertical guidance info, a altimeter repeater, or something else?

Beautiful work. Not well suited for YT, but gives so much pleasure watching. Perhaps YT needs more of that detailed materials...

This is what's missing on that long videos on beautiful warbirds. No technical knowlege shown at all. Only history. I love your videos. It is not fitting youtube standards at all and it makes results ofyour work very interesting and fascinating!

Hi Bryan. Very interesting, but a bit inaccurate in some areas. The Air Mileage Unit did not output speed but air distance travelled with, if I recall correctly, 24 revolutions per mile. In the AIR POSITION Indicator this was resolved with the true heading from the Distant Reading Compass, via the VSC, to produce changes in latitude and longitude which updated the initial position the nav set on the counters on the right of the API. These were lat & long, not bearings. This then showed the AIR Position, ie position in the air mass but not corrected for wind. The nav would then plot the Air Position on his chart and add the wind vector, for the time from the last fix, to show the GROUND Position. If fitted this could also be done using the GROUND Position Indicator. In this case the nav would set his latest Wind on the GPI, harmonise it with the API and set it running, the GPI then projecting a constantly updated Ground position onto the chart below. This technique was particularly used by No 5 & 8 Gp nav’s for accurate target marking. I used the API occasionally during basic nav training in 1973, ending up many years later as OC the Air Navigation School at RAF Finningley ! Do pm me if you’d like more info on the subject. Rgds Chris

Hi there was there a white avro lancaster bomber. As I fly RC planes and im looking at building a large lancaster and want to do something different from the normal camo. If you could help with any details

Fantastic and detailed view. Really interesting. Thx for putting it together!

At first glance, its rather confusing ,

Quite interesting.

Excellent video.

Many thanks for this very interesting video. Would you consider including the ABC special duties equipment and officer position and materiel on 101 squadron Lancaster ? Many thanks. James (Luxembourg)

Thanks alot!!

I inherited my Uncle's service manuals for the Spitfire mk1 and I donated them to Bexhill Museum if anyone is interested. His name was Billy Wells. We may never see their like again.

With its lengthened nose and tailwheel gear the Lancastrians must have been scary to taxi.

Made under license.

Were there versions of the Lancaster which omitted the front turret and just had a glass canopy instead? What was the top speed of the Lancaster without its defensive turrets?

Very interesting, my dad was a flight engineer with 408 Goose Squadron. I seem to remember his plane was B-Bunny but i could be wrong. He was an Englishman flying with the Canadians and was originally billeted with Patrick Moore during basic training and they remained friends post-war.

…and while your pondering all these dozens of control adjustments you’re on fire and going down. The courage of these crews is beyond description…

Awesome. Cheers.😮😅

How does the sight work at night since by ‘42 the Yanks were doing the day bombing and the RAF night bombing. How does this sight compare with the US supposed ‘game changer’ Nordgren bomb sight. It seems to me that none of them really were able to hit a building without a bit of luck.

Anything that consists of five sections and can be disassembled for transport because it is bolted together is not of "monocoque construction". It is òf the exact opposite. Component construction.

Excellent detail, wish I had watched it before I went up in Spitfire yesterday from Goodwood.

Thanks Bryan. My father was an Instrument Mechanic for RCAF Lancasters at RAF Middleton St George, so this video really gave me a great overview of his responsibilities. Your presentation is quite excellent. Thank you.

The question has to be asked...Are you still active making videos?Or atleast alive

Great Job.

It's infuriating to think they did not give the concept more time. They only needed to catch a _schrage musik_ attack a few times, and it would have deterred some night fighters, but more importantly given Bomber Command some solid reports about what was going on. Instead, we had hundreds of aircraft lost to attacks that were, putting this delicately, more or less understood to be happening, through simple deduction, and the occasional, very rare, survivor that made it back. Think how far this could have gone. They could have the sighting superimposed over H2S (if they could find somewhere to put it...) the nav operating from his station. It could have saved so many. Hindsight is easy I suppose.

Once you get #3 running it's not that bad. I still think it's amazing this was all single pilot operation; he only had the engineer on the prat perch next to him helping him along, and that man had other jobs too.

On aimerait bien une traduction Française ou autres langues. C’est très intéressant comme descriptif.

Brilliant resume of the main bits and pieces of the majestic Lancaster thanks. The only thing you missed was that the bomb aimer also operated the front guns in the FN5 turret; saying that they were very seldom used and actually had a dedicated gunner for the Dams raid (Operation Chastise) 16/17 May 1943 in the sole instance I can think of where the front guns were certainly used in anger. Subscribed and relishing the prospect of going through your catalogue of wonderful Lancaster instructional videos; very many thanks.

Is there any 'official' documentation of the versatility of the said ventral turret? Given the date of introduction of the Lancaster and the expanding honed proficiency of the Luftwaffe's night fighter force in terms of skills, technology (radar, Schräge Musik and GCI) and tactics, was the phasing out of the ventral turret somewhat premature? Regards

Fantastic video !! Thank you so much!

This is a wonderful video. I only found this because I was looking through a model kit website and came across a model of this (with 4 prop engines) and I think I'll never read about all the aircraft produced before I snuff it. Thank you.