The time has finally come for you to have your say.
We need help deciding which of the following aircraft to finish our model as.
The aircraft were selected from the many suggestions given to us over the last few weeks and the archive team chose their favourites, we’ve then taken any aircraft which had more than one person favouring it.
The options are:
W4133, WS-Z (in some places rendered as WS-S) of 9 squadron, known as “Zola” after a newspaper comic character. The archive has been fortunate enough to digitise a couple of pictures showing the nose art. Zola crashed near Bardney on a cross country training exercise in August 1943 killing all who were on board.
ME812, first AS-F later P4-F with 166 and 153 squadrons, known as “Fair Fighter’s Revenge”, with the nose art showing a woman in a short skirt holding a riding crop. ME812 completed over 100 operations and participated in both operations Manna and Exodus. We would probably use the aircraft’s final artwork.
JB405, PH-H of 12 squadron, known as “Hellzapoppin” with nose art showing a pair of devils with pitchforks. JB405 was lost in May 1944 on an operation to Mailly le Camp. This aircraft is also represented in material which we have been given to digitise.
ED888, PM-M of 103 squadron, known as “Mike Squared” the single most veteran Lancaster with 140 operations attributed to it.
ED611, KM-U and later JO-U of 44 (Rhodesia) and 463 Squadron, known as “Uncle Joe” decorated with an image of Joeseph Stalin in a Soviet star and stars in place of the more common bombs as operation markers.
Finally, R5868, PO-S (originally OL-Q) of 467 squadron, known as “S for Sugar”, kept at the RAF museum at Hendon. Participated in 137 operations including operations Manna and Exodus. This is the default option which came with the model.
This poll will be open until the 6th of October.
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