RCAF Lancaster x2

Gallery Article by Harv on June 26 2015

 

      

I was asked by a buddy several months ago to build a couple of special models. Richard's grandfather was a WWII pilot who flew Lancasters and Halifaxes during and after the war. Sadly he lost his life in a Lanc crash in 1952. These planes are dedicated to the memory of Kenneth Lussier DFC.

 

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The MkII is done as a 408 Sqn bird that was prominent in Lussier's log book. No pics are available of LQ-T as it didn't last long. During an OP the crew were forced to bail out over France, and FO Lussier made it out thanks to the Maquis. I used the Airfix kit and decals, altered to match the T and tail number. Bombs came from the Hasegawa kit I had for the Mk10 featured in this article.

The Mk10 is done to the best of my research to represent the No 1 Air Navigation School Lanc that Lussier was killed in. It's a Hasegawa kit, built pretty much OOB with decals from various sources. Again there were no pics of the actual airplane to go by, so I did what I could. the RCAF markings books by Patrick Martin were a big help.

The writeup on the crash stated that the student pilot bounced the aircraft and pulled into a sharp climb, causing it to stall and crash on the infield at Summerside, PEI. The crew in the front were killed yet there were some survivors in the rear of the aircraft.

Harv

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