Calling any Lancaster Experts

[Roland Pulfrew]

Does anyone know, or have any good reference pictures or diagrams regarding Lancaster radio aerials?  
 

I’m close to finishing a B2 for 115 Squadron, and I just need to know whether and where any HF (?) are attached. These would be the long wire aerials that appear on some line drawings (such as in Wiki https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avro_Lancaster) but are rarely visible in photos of the period. 
 

Any help appreciated👍

[ratsmitglied]

I'll have a look in my Lancaster books later today and see if I can find anything for you.

[Troy Smith]

3 hours ago, Roland Pulfrew said:

or have any good reference pictures or diagrams regarding Lancaster radio aerials?  
 

I’m close to finishing a B2 for 115 Squadron

 MAYBE something here,  and if you are doing a B.II and you have not already seen this....

 

[ratsmitglied]

I couldn't find anything definitive, but the cutaway drawing in one of the books I have  show the HF aerials connecting to the inside of the tail at the join between the top front panel and the top panel (if that makes sense - I can't post a photo right now), and on the canopy frame almost immediately above the seats - I really need to get a photo of this

https://weaponsandwarfare.com/2018/12/12/avro-lancaster-part-ii/ has a cutaway diagram that shows the attachment on the tail, but it's very hard to see the canopy - if you look at https://www.alamy.com/avro-lancaster-bi-cutaway-drawing-circa-1943-44266126-image257501940.html and enlarge it then use a straight edge to get the line of the Aerial you can sort of see where it attached to the canopy.

in terms of photos, the book I have does show some of the details if you look closely enough, but the digitised versions I can find seem to have lost these as the digitisation process probably saw them as artifacts of digitisation

[ratsmitglied]

Ok, so I managed to get some photos

 

Shared in this folder (photos are only of the necessary details), I'll try and embed them in this post when I can upload them to my web hosting (i.e. when I'm not on my chromebook)

 In the picture of the canopy the attachment is just next to the number 21

 

Photos showing  the canopy attachment - https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C347467

https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C347470

https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C1150175

 

OF course no guarantee that the HF aerials were fitted to the aircraft you are modelling, but hopefully the combination of photos here gives you the necessary information

 

 

 

 

Edited March 19, 2020 by ratsmitglied

[Roland Pulfrew]

19 hours ago, Troy Smith said:

 MAYBE something here,  and if you are doing a B.II and you have not already seen this....

 

Thanks for that. Not seen that before, very interesting 👍

 

@ratsmitglied thanks for those links. Very useful 👍