tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18600515.post8888273329949065693..comments2023-07-02T09:22:57.566-05:00Comments on Confessions of a Train Geek: The Avro Lancaster Came to WinnipegCanadian Train Geekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05525092107895665275noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18600515.post-66325501277334128302009-08-10T20:39:04.637-05:002009-08-10T20:39:04.637-05:00Nice video Steve. much better than the one I got h...Nice video Steve. much better than the one I got here in Edmonton when she landed here.<br /><br />7,377 Lancasters carried out a total of 156,000 missions and dropped 608,612 tons of bombs. In the four years of combat service 3,249 Lancasters were lost in action and another 487 were destroyed or damaged while on the ground. Only 24 Lancasters completed more than 100 successful missions.<br /><br />Between 1941 and 1945 the Halifax made over 75000 bombing sorties and dropped 227610 tons (231300 tonnes) of bombsRockeirohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01397509727270515692noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18600515.post-14444952436755236042009-08-08T08:35:47.773-05:002009-08-08T08:35:47.773-05:00Hey Steve. I'm a big WW II buff myself. My unc...Hey Steve. I'm a big WW II buff myself. My uncle flew 34 missions over Germany and German held territory in first a Halifax and later a Lancaster bomber. The yanks did a max of 25 and their war was over. I guess you can say the Lancaster was the most important British/Canadian bomber! lolJody Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14861766583430796001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18600515.post-26497783898431961722009-08-08T08:29:22.469-05:002009-08-08T08:29:22.469-05:00As a resident of Hamilton, ON, I often see the Lan...As a resident of Hamilton, ON, I often see the Lancaster bomber either in the air partocularly around Remembrance Day services or in its hangar at Hamilton Airport. It s site to see.<br /><br />On one Sunday a few years back, I was in my parish church in Mount Hope. The Lanc used the east west runway that morning. even though the church wa snot on the direct flight path, the noise of bomber was incredible. Hundreds of these hitting targets in Europe would have been devistating to the ears!<br /><br />Coincidentally, the churchyard cemetery at St. Paul's contains the final resting place for 14 RAF airmen who passed away in training accidents while stationed at the Commonwealth Air Training School (Navigation) # 33. The site is now known at John C Munro Hamilton International Airport.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18600515.post-40621182978322160932009-08-08T02:58:47.095-05:002009-08-08T02:58:47.095-05:00Well, perhaps I was overcome by hyperbole.Well, perhaps I was overcome by hyperbole.Canadian Train Geekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05525092107895665275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18600515.post-25293170481852257972009-08-08T00:59:20.927-05:002009-08-08T00:59:20.927-05:00I'm not sure how you come up with the statemen...I'm not sure how you come up with the statement that the Lancaster was "the most important Allied bomber in WW2" - when the US built 12,731 B17's, which delivered 640,036 tons of bombs. Even the US built B24 had a greater presence in the war, with 18,482 being produced. The Lancaster was certainly an important weapon, but I think hardly THE most important.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15282538288987815409noreply@blogger.com