The Lancaster Archive

[Kyt]

This is a great site but at the moment their navigation system seems to be playing up; so, I have listed some of their best pages:

Avro Lancaster Bomb Loads:
http://www.lancaster-archive.com/Lanc-bombs-Loads.htm

Avro Lancaster Engine And Propellers:
http://www.lancaster-archive.com/Lanc-Eng-Props.htm

Major Bombsights used in WW2 Bomber Command:
http://www.lancaster-archive.com/bc-bombsights.html
http://www.lancaster-archive.com/bc-T1story.html

Bomber Command Groups Sorties and Loss Percenatage By Aircraft Type:
http://www.lancaster-archive.com/bc-Groups.htm

Average Cost of One Lancaster Operational Sortie
http://www.lancaster-archive.com/Lanc-SortieCost.html

The following is an approximate cost to the British economy based on 1943 prices to build, arm, supply ground and air crew for a Lancaster Bomber for one (1) operational bombing sortie.

1 Lancaster cost £42,000.00 to purchase. (This assumes minimal profits being made by the manufacture.)

1 Lancaster required 5,000 tons of hard aluminium or the equivalent of 11 million sauce pans.

1 Lancaster required the equivalent manufacturing capability required to build 40 basic automobiles of the period.

1 Lancaster absorbed the equivalent manhours as it takes to build one mile (1.61 Km’s) of a modern highway (motorway).

1 Lancaster carried the equivalent radio and radar equipment to fabricate one million domestic radios of the period.

Each member of a Lancaster crew cost £10,000.00 to train. The average cost for a Lancaster was therefore £70,000 or £80,000 if the crew consisted of 8 crew members.

To fuel, bomb, arm and service a single Lancaster required an additional £13,000.00. This also includes an allowance for the cost to raining the ground crews.

Thus the average cost to the British economy for EACH Lancaster bombing sortie was on average £100,000.00

[larry617]

Hi everyone,

I'm the webmaster and forum host of the Lancaster--archive.com site, and I just wanted to mention that the web page is still up and running even though the links from this thread no longer work.

The reason for the disconnect is that I relocated the website recently and as such the address locations changed. Combined with a completely new look the site caontain many peices of technical, historical and photograhpic information.

I look forward to seeing any one interested in Lancaster or Manchesters visiting the page or joining the small group on Lancaster "nuts" that participlate on the forum

site address: Lancaster-Archive
forum address: www.lancaster-archive.com/fourm

best wishes

Larry617

[morse1001]

Originally Posted by larry617

Hi everyone,

I'm the webmaster and forum host of the Lancaster--archive.com site, and I just wanted to mention that the web page is still up and running even though the links from this thread no longer work.

The reason for the disconnect is that I relocated the website recently and as such the address locations changed. Combined with a completely new look the site caontain many peices of technical, historical and photograhpic information.

I look forward to seeing any one interested in Lancaster or Manchesters visiting the page or joining the small group on Lancaster "nuts" that participlate on the forum

site address: Lancaster-Archive
forum address: www.lancaster-archive.com/fourm

best wishes

Larry617

Hi Larry,

Welcome to the board and thanks for the new link and for keeping us up to date.

it is a very interesting website.

[spidge]

Thank you Larry for keeping us updated.

[Antipodean Andy]

Welcome Larry and congrats on the top work you do.