Max89 Posted February 12 Share Posted February 12 Does anyone have any wartime Lancaster Mk III photos that they can share? It might just be a case of me being terrible at searching for things, but for an aircraft as popular as the Lanc, I can barely find any good photos of it. The ones I do find are almost always of the surviving or museum aircraft. I would prefer photos where the registration number of the aircraft is visible, if possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatG Posted February 13 Share Posted February 13 There are so many available books that I can't list them all but the B.III was very common and often confused with the B.I as the only difference was where the engines were manufactured, the B.I's in Derby and the B.III's (Packards) in America. Any half decent book on the Lanc will have plenty of photos but a good start point would be the 'Lancaster at War' series by Garbett and Goulding, or 'The Definitive History' by Harry Holmes, all available quite cheaply on Amazon and well worth adding to your library. In addition you could also go for the 'Lancaster' by Francis K Mason or, if available the 'Lancaster' by Harleyford Press (harder to find these days). You really are spoiled for choice! Pat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogsbody Posted February 13 Share Posted February 13 My Lancaster books: Plus I have a couple other on my 'puter as PDF's. Chris 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatG Posted February 13 Share Posted February 13 I have all of these plus more and they are just a small section of the many, many books on the subject. I also have the Francis K Mason limited edition copy of 100 (number 69) sold by RAF Hendon which I'm looking to sell so will be putting this up for sale soon. Pat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max89 Posted February 13 Author Share Posted February 13 I've been trying to do all my searching online. No doubt these books contain plenty of wartime photos, but I don't have any of them. I'll have to look into buying a copy or two... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatG Posted February 13 Share Posted February 13 Modelling is always a good excuse to buy books! There are plenty out there and the ones suggested will give you hours of pleasure plus the photos you need. Pat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troy Smith Posted February 13 Share Posted February 13 1 hour ago, Max89 said: I've been trying to do all my searching online. No doubt these books contain plenty of wartime photos, but I don't have any of them. I'll have to look into buying a copy or two... there are 114 pics here https://www.worldwarphotos.info/gallery/uk/raf/lancaster/ and 103 here https://www.worldwarphotos.info/gallery/uk/raf/lanc/ there was a very detailed Lancaster site at one point. It worth searching for specific squadrons, there are often webpages on them with pictures gallery of period colour here courtesy of @Etiennedup https://www.flickr.com/search/?user_id=8270787%40N07&view_all=1&text=lancaster Aircam Lanc book shown above scanned here https://boxartden.com/reference/gallery/index.php/Aircam-Aviation-Series/Avro-Lancaster Lancaster profiles here https://boxartden.com/reference/gallery/index.php/Aircraft-Profiles/Britain/WWII/Avro-Lancaster-I https://boxartden.com/reference/gallery/index.php/Aircraft-Profiles/Britain/WWII/Avro-Lancaster-Mk-II Also Manchester and York in link if you want photos, the Lancaster at War are hard to beat, as they are mostly photos. Note there is a combined volume of Vol 1 and 2 https://www.abebooks.co.uk/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=31166565947&searchurl=an%3Dm%2Bgarbett%2Band%2Bb%2Bgoulding%26sortby%3D17&cm_sp=snippet-_-srp1-_-title1 which can be bought for really cheap in the UK, bear in mind this is 300 or more pages A4 hardback this will give you ISBN etc, and search for a Canadian based seller, For recent photos books, the Wingleader Photo Archive are bang up to date For quite a few years, Simon Parry and Mark Postlethwaite have been building up a huge library of original WWII aviation photos, partly as a hobby but mainly to help provide photos for the books that they publish. With over 30,000 now in the collection, they realised that they had more than enough to produce a series of photo books on individual aircraft types and sub-types. They set out to make the series as ideally suited to modellers and artists as possible, so large photos, using A4 landscape format, and minimal text except for extended captions. Effectively their aim is to produce a 21st Century version of the Profile Publications series of books from the 1960s, using the latest technology to reproduce their wartime photos to the highest standard possible. This series is unique in that it will be able to provide large format ORIGINAL photos up to full A4 landscape format width, which is at least 50% larger than any standard book can deliver. Combined with the specialist knowledge of a team of historians and contributors, each book should provide unbeatable and accurate references for any modelling or painting project. “After devoting the first four volumes in this series to Battle of Britain subjects, we turned our attention to another icon of British aviation, the Avro Lancaster. The problem with the Lanc was always going to be how to break it down into manageable sizes. We considered chronologically but it didn’t quite tell the story as we wanted, so in the end we went for a layout by production batches and therefore serial numbers. This has thrown up some interesting details along the way and we can guarantee that even the biggest Lancaster fans will learn some new facts from this book. Part One therefore covers serial numbers L7527 to JB748 which chronologically is roughly 1941 to the end of 1943. Part two features later serials and Part three covers the MkII and other special Lancaster types like the B1 Special and the Type 464 (Provisioning) ‘Dambuster version. ” https://wingleader.co.uk/books/lancasterlatewpa15/ https://wingleader.co.uk/books/lancasterearlywpa5/ there are pdf samples in the links. HTH 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brewerjerry Posted February 13 Share Posted February 13 Hi not a book but a nice reference cheers jerry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max89 Posted February 13 Author Share Posted February 13 The combined Lancaster at War looks great. I found a seller in Canada and just ordered a copy. Thank you all for the tips. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wmcgill Posted February 13 Share Posted February 13 As mentioned above the Wingleader Lancaster Mk.I/III books have lots of good photos and you can download sample pages from their website... https://wingleader.co.uk/books/lancasterearlywpa5/ (Early Production) https://wingleader.co.uk/books/lancasterlatewpa15/ (Late Production) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Postlethwaite Posted February 13 Share Posted February 13 This request is one of the reasons why we opened up our Wingleader Archive to paid public access. We've got about 850 Lancaster photos in our online archive, all at a max size of 1500pw which gives enough detail for most modelling projects. We're not widely publicizing it yet as we need to control the bandwidth use, but you can find the archive here; https://wingleaderarchive.com/ 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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