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#16 – 1945
Just Jane
There were a total of 330 constructed by the Austin Motor Company. Surprisingly 4 survive to this day.
NX611 was built at Longbridge, on 16th April 1945, put into storage, and in 1952, it was one of 54 Lancasters sold to the French Naval Air Arm, (L’Aeronavale) for £50,000 each as part of a 1951 NATO arrangement. It was designated WU-15 (Western Union). In June 1961, it joined Escadrille 9S (Surveillance), in Noumea, New Caledonia.
On 15th April 1964, it accompanied Lancaster NX665 (WU-13), on delivery to the RNZAF, from New Caledonia to Auckland, New Zealand, returning to New Caledonia, with the crew of NX665.
Lancaster G-ASXX/NX611 was presented by L'Aeronavale to the British Preservation Group 'HAPS' (Historic Aircraft Preservation Society), based then at Biggin Hill, Kent. After its epic flight from Australia in 1965 the aircraft remained at Biggin until 30th March 1969, when it was flown to the former USAAF airfield at Lavenham, Suffolk, under its new ownership with 'Reflectaire Ltd'.
After years of negotiation, it was acquired by the Panton brothers, in Sept 1983, who have set up a museum in memory of their brother Christopher Panton, killed on the Nuremberg raid in 1943. The brothers, Fred and Harold have spent vast amounts of time and money, restoring it to a condition where it regularly gives taxi-ing demonstrations at their museum, on East Kirby airfield, Lincolnshire. Restoration underway to airworthy status.
https://youtu.be/uJ2IeEIcKa8 She will fly again
The other three surviving Lancasters made by Austin works.
NX622 is on static display at Aviation Heritage Museum, Australia Bull Creek, Western Australia.
NX664 is under restoration for static display at Musée de l’air et de l’espace, Paris, France.
NX665 is on static display at the Museum of Transport and Technology, Auckland, New Zealand.
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