Lancaster

Kilde:$.Sydjyllands UV-Guide Nr V 12
Da vraget ligger mellem sten, kan det være svært at skelne mellem, hvad der
er vrag og hvad der er sten på ekkoloddet
Landcasteren ligger spredt over et større område, hvor det største udslag på
ekkoloddet er ca 0,5 meter. Den ligger på sand/sten bund. Der er næsten altid
en god sigt på vraget, med et flot dyreliv. Stedet er velegnet til UV-Foto.
Vraget er i mange dele, og det kan være svært at finde ud af, hvad der er
hvad.
Flyet prøvede at nødlande på Tunø.
Kilde:$.Arts and Letters: WarBirds Database 1994
Avro Lancaster Mk.I (vraget kan være en anden model)

Date: 1942
Description: Multiengine straight-wing
Mission: Heavy bomber
Manufacturer: A.V. Roe & Co. Ltd. (Avro)
Nation: Britain
Engine(s): Four 1,460-hp Rolls-Royce Merlin XX liquid-cooled
12-cylinder Vs
Versions: Mk.I (1942) through Mk.X (1944)
Speed: 287 mph (462 km/h) and 11,500 ft. (3,500 m)
Range/Endurance: 1,660 miles (1,029 km)
Ceiling: 24,500 ft. (7,500 m)

Armament: 10 machine guns
Crew: 7
Wingspan: 102 ft. (31.09 m)
Length: 69.6 ft. (21.18 m)
Weight: 70,000 lbs. (31,752 kg)
Notes: The Avro Lancaster was an exceptional heavy bomber. With its four
Rolls-Royce Merlin engines, it could fly faster and higher than other RAF
bombers, and its operating range was an incredible 1,260 miles. In addition
to being used by RAF Bomber Command in its continuous night raids against
Germany, the Lancaster was given special missions as well. Lancaster Squa-
dron 617 received the nickname "Dam-busters" for their breaching of two major
German dams, using 9,250-pound Wallis bombs. Another squadron of Lancasters
crippled the German cruiser Tirpitz, using 12,030-pound "Tallboy" bombs.
(c)Rettet den 09/05-1996. ANDERS CLAUSEN