AVRO LANCASTER AIRCRAFT MODIFIED BY REMOVING THE ARMAMENT AND FITTING STREAMLINED NOSE AND TAIL ...

Place Asia: Japan
Accession Number P00448.008
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Place made Japan: Bofu
Date made 18 December 1947
Conflict Period 1940-1949
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AVRO LANCASTER AIRCRAFT MODIFIED BY REMOVING THE ARMAMENT AND FITTING STREAMLINED NOSE AND TAIL CONES AND LIMITED PASSENGER ACCOMMODATION TO BECOME KNOWN AS THE LANCASTRIAN FOR CIVIL USE. THIS PHOTOGRAPH SHOWS AIRCRAFT VH-EAU TAXIING AFTER LANDING AT BOFU JAPAN FOLLOWING A SCHEDULED FLIGHT ON THE AUSTRALIA- JAPAN SERVICE OPERATED BY QANTAS EMPIRE AIRWAYS.

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