John:
Canada has the only other flying Lanc. Based in Hamilton with the
Warplane Heritage. Flies over Ottawa reguarly as part of BoB and VE-Day
celebrations.
Canada also has the only complete and genuine Halifax (restored at
Trenton). The Imperial War Museum in the UK has one recovered from a
lake, but only partially restored (there's also a composite one made up
from a number of Halifax/Hastings pieces elsewhere in the UK)
Martin
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From: John Hudson [mailto:OM4T@xxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2009 9:44 AM
To: Olympus Camera Discussion
Subject: Re: [OM] E-3 and 50-200 lens
A very interesting piece but it omits a rather significant detail; the
lead pilot, aged 25, was awarded the Victoria Cross for his troubles.
I have my doubts that the Lancaster flying over the Derwent dam wall is
the world's last flying one. In the mid 1990s one flew into Penticton,
BC where we lived at the time and was open to the public. I took a look
around inside. At 5'10" I had to bend my head low to get through the
fuselage. The cockpit was tiny ! The off-duty Air Canada 747 pilot who
was flying the thing was more ecstatic than a small boy with a new toy
to have the opportunity of flying a vintage aircraft.
Seen here are three shots I took at Derwent reservoir a year ago:
www.JohnHudsonPhoto.com/911.html
www.JohnHudsonPhoto.com/912.html
www.JohnHudsonPhoto.com/913.html
jh
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From: "Walters, Martin" <Martin.Walters@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2009 9:56 AM
Subject: Re: [OM] E-3 and 50-200 lens
> Chris:
> The last surviving pilot of the Dambuster raid attended. An
interesting
> photo of the Lanc passing over the dam in this article:
> http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2017043/posts
>
>
> Martin
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chris Barker [mailto:ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2009 1:32 AM
> To: Olympus Camera Discussion
> Subject: Re: [OM] E-3 and 50-200 lens
>
> Thanks for that, John. I wish that I had known that the memorial
> flights were going to take place.
>
> Chris
>
> On 6 Jan 2009, at 02:38, John Hudson wrote:
>
>> Keith Allchin, a member of this list, very kindly referred me to this
>> website
>>
>> www.StephenElliottPhotography.co.uk
>>
>> from which I went straight to:
>>
>> www.StephenElliottPhotography.co.uk/gallery_146163.html
>>
>> The photos were taken with an E-3 and a DZ 50-200mm lens
>>
>> The distance from the camera to the dam wall seen in two of the
images
>
>> is
>> 3.55 miles.
>>
>> The reservoir is just west of Sheffield, England and was the site of
>> the trial runs for the 1943 RAF Dambusters raid over Germany.
>>
>> The images are quite a tribute to the 50-200 lens.
>
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