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Another Facebook image any idea where it was taken, looks like a T2 and a MAP B1 unusually close together?

Is that an Avro Manchester in the background? Probably the AVRO factory at Woodford.

Dark Victor - JB139

Service: 49 Sqn del'd EA-?, 617 Sqn KC-X, KC-V

Fate: Shot Down, 05 August 1944 - against Brest

Digger

Unidentified RAAF Lancaster

Edith - LM577

Peter ~ I've seen a similar image on the Lancaster-Archive.com site in their Nose Art D-F series.

Service: 622 Sqn GI-E, 218 Sqn del'd HA-Q, XH-Q, 22 MU

Fate: Scrapped, 15 May 1947, England

Does the above information support any of your findings ?

Dave

[IMG]/community/131327=13616-ME577 - Edith.jpg[/img] ME577 - Edith details from www.lancaster-archive.com/lanc-noseart-d-f.htm
Service: 622 Sqn GI-E, 218 Sqn del'd HA-Q, XH-Q, 22 MU

Fate: Scrapped, 15 May 1947, England

Yes Peter that does look like a Manchester.

Hi Richard I am pretty sure it is Chedborough if yoy look on the Chedborough blog I think the same picture is some wheree in there .
Regards ,
Alan.

Hi Richard again I have just looked on the Chedborough blog & the photo is indeed on there & It was posted by PETERTHEEATER in August 2012. I have also seen the same photo in one of Brian Gauldings Lancaster at war books . So I hope that clears up your query.
Regards ,
Alan.

So I did but I can't see it in the Chedburgh thread (maybe there are two threads same name?)

It is in the Imperial War Museum Collections under Catalogue No CH 15460 and displays the caption:

Mechanics at work on an engine of Avro Lancaster B Mark III, LM577 'HA-Q' "Edith", of No. 218 Squadron RAF on a pan hardstanding at Chedburgh, Suffolk. "Edith's" sortie tally shows a total of 84 bombing operations achieved with Nos. 622 and 218 Squadrons, in addition to which the aircraft also flew 14 food-dropping and prisoner-of-war repatriation sorties to and from Holland in May 1945. By this time relegated to a training role, LM577 completed more flying hours than any other Lancaster on the station.

Need to look at the Chedburgh site to see if it matches!

Thanks everybody brings it al together.

Just found the subject picture in a book, it states a new arrival on the Sqn is being instructed on the Merlin, The caption notes the oxygen cylinders on a " trailer " are just visible under the prop spinner- which strongly suggests the picture featuring the Bedford Oxy truck was taken on the same photo shoot: the Lanc behind Edith is XH-O with yellowG-H fin stripes whatever that means.

Has anyone please got a shot of the oxygen charging point in the Lanc bomb bay

regards TED

Didn't the stripes mean it was fitted with G-H which meant it was the bombing leader on daylight raids? And yes after D-Day bomber command flew a lot of daylight raids.