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Avro Lancastrian C.III (VH742) Nene testbed in flight, 24 September 1946

Photographs, In Storage, P100038

The Avro Lancastrian was a transport version of the Avro Lancaster bomber, originally converted in Canada for trans-Atlantic flights. The Lancastrian C.III was built by Avro to seat 13 passengers.

Avro Lancastrian C.III (VH742) Nene testbed in flight, 24 September 1946 | P100038, Royal Air Force Museum, Charles Brown Collection

Avro Lancastrian C.III (VH742) Nene testbed in flight, 24 September 1946

Photographs, In Storage, P100039

The Avro Lancastrian was a transport version of the Avro Lancaster bomber, originally converted in Canada for trans-Atlantic flights. The Lancastrian C.III was built by Avro to seat 13 passengers.

Avro Lancastrian C.III (VH742) Nene testbed in flight, 24 September 1946 | P100039, Royal Air Force Museum, Charles Brown Collection

Avro Lancastrian C.III (VH742) Nene testbed in flight, 24 September 1946

Photographs, In Storage, P100037

The Avro Lancastrian was a transport version of the Avro Lancaster bomber, originally converted in Canada for trans-Atlantic flights. The Lancastrian C.III was built by Avro to seat 13 passengers.

Avro Lancastrian C.III (VH742) Nene testbed in flight, 24 September 1946 | P100037, Royal Air Force Museum, Charles Brown Collection

Avro Lancastrian C.III (VH742) Nene testbed in flight, 24 September 1946

Photographs, In Storage, P100036

The Avro Lancastrian was a transport version of the Avro Lancaster bomber, originally converted in Canada for trans-Atlantic flights. The Lancastrian C.III was built by Avro to seat 13 passengers.

Avro Lancastrian C.III (VH742) Nene testbed in flight, 24 September 1946 | P100036, Royal Air Force Museum, Charles Brown Collection

Avro Lancastrian (G-AKDR) of Flight Refuelling Ltd being loaded with fuel during the Berlin Airlift, 1949

Photographs, In Storage, P100027

The Avro Lancastrian was a long-range transport version of the Avro Lancaster bomber. The first were converted in Canada for Trans-Canada Airlines. G-AKDR was originally one of those converted in Canada.

Avro Lancastrian (G-AKDR) of Flight Refuelling Ltd being loaded with fuel during the Berlin Airlift, 1949 | P100027, Royal Air Force Museum, Charles Brown Collection

De Havilland Aircraft Company, can 94, Comet prototype construction shots, circa 1949

Film & Sound, In Storage, FC96/176

Film in which the prototype de Havilland Comet airliner is seen from various angles during construction, including testing of the undercarriage and of the aeroplane’s de Havilland Ghost jet engines.

Image pending

De Havilland Aircraft Company, can 358, construction shots of Comet prototype, 1949

Film & Sound, In Storage, FC96/321

Film in which the prototype de Havilland Comet airliner is seen from various angles during construction, including work on the wings, inside the fuselage and on de Havilland Ghost engines.

Image pending

Aircraft Recognition Chart: Lancastrian (4-Merlin)

Library, X004-7828

Ministry of Aircraft Production aircraft recognition chart of an Avro Lancastrian. Issue I, December 1945.

Recognition chart showing images from different perspectives of a Lancastrian (4-Merlin), Crown ©

Recording of an interview with Captain R C S Reid, 3 July 1979

Film & Sound, In Storage, SC85/37

Interview by Squadron Leader Jackson Dymond and Ian Scott-Hill with Captain R C S Reid, who worked as a civilian airline pilot before, during and after the Second World War.

Image pending

Avro 691 Lancastrian of Flight Refuelling Ltd, 1949

Photographs, In Storage, PC98/173/6337/13

The Avro Lancastrian was developed from the Avro Lancaster heavy bomber. It was primarily used as a transport in RAF service. Flight Refuelling Ltd Lancastrians were used during the Berlin Airlift of 1948-49 to ferry fuel into the city.

Avro 691 Lancastrian (G-AGWL), port front view, from below, in flight., Royal Air Force Museum, Charles Brown Collection / RAF Museum, Charles Brown Collection