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Lancaster/W4783



Serial #: W4783
Construction #: ?
Civil Registration:
  None
  Model(s):
  Lancaster B Mk. I
  Vickers
Name: G for George
Status: Displayed
Last info: 2002

History:
Built at Metropolitan Vickers, 19??.
Delivered to RAAF as A66-2, October 1942.
- Issued to 460 Squadron (RAAF).
-- Marked as AR-G.
-- Flew 90 missions between Dec. 6, 1942-Apr. 20, 1944.
- Delivered to RAAF in Australia as A66-2, October 1944.
-- Accepted at Amberly, Queensland.
- Declared surplus in July 1945 and stored in Canberra.
Australian War Memorial, Canberra, ACT, 1960-2002.
- Displayed until 2001.
- Marked as AR-G.
- Under restoration.

Source(s):
Chapman, John & Goodall, Geoff, Edited by Paul Coggan - Warbirds Directory,Warbirds Worldwide Ltd., Mansfield, England, 1989.
Goodall, Geoff - Warbirds Directory-4th Edition, 2003.
Photo Source(s):
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