Pictured: The amazing tin can bomber made by British pilot in Great Escape POW camp

The Daily Mail (U.K.) ^ | January 7, 2009 | David Wilkes

[Oztrich Boy]

1. Cockpit top at same level as fuselage, triangular endplate fins to tailplane - definitely Halifax (Lancaster's were raised above and elliptical)

2. MkII (Mk 1 had no mid-upper tuttet)

3. Radial Engines only came with the Mk III (the more numerous version)

[Non-Sequitur]

Also the tailplane attaches to the fusilage at the top. The tailplane of the Lancaster attached more towards the middle of the fusilage. Looks like a Halifax to me, too.

[Stoat]

This is a model made in a POW camp. Some errors may have been made in the design because the builder was working from memory and limited research resources. It carries the 100 squadron logo which flew Lancasters, so it must be intended to be a Lanc.

All essential points, thanks.

[SolidWood]

You are right on the logo, but the details show that he certainly had a Halifax on his mind...

[IYAS9YAS]

It looks more like the Halifax, but the 100 doesn't appear to have flown the Halifax. All I can find is information on flying the Lancaster, Lincoln and, much later, the Canberra and then the Hawk.

100 Squadron Information

[Always Independent]

Look at the difference in canopies.

[tophat9000]

Both the Lancaster and Halifax were made in Merlin Water cooled inline and Hercules air cooled Radials marks ...the Halifax MkI used Merlin’s Water cooled inline the Lancaster MkII used Hercules Radials

[SunkenCiv]

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[Stoat]

Thanks Stoat for posting this.

You're quite welcome, and I'm delighted that you've found it to be worthwhile  :-)

[Nailbiter]

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[NCC-1701]

“...Look at the difference in canopies....”

And the horizontal stabilizers. The Halifax had theirs nearly fluch with the top of the fuselage. The Lancaster’s were positioned lower and nearly in the middle of the rear fuselage.

[NCC-1701]

Lancaster:



Halifax:



Note the position of the horizontal stabilizers on both birds.

[NCC-1701]

Also note the engine nacelles. The Lanc’s are completely under the wing. The Fax’s has some of its nacelles on top of the wing. The model is therefore a Halifax.

[Professional Engineer]

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[alfa6]

Couple of Lancaster Pics I have handy,

And a few of the Handly Page Halifax...

Yep it's a Halifax

Regards

alfa6 ;>}

[Mercia]

I remember as a youth going to the Duxford Airshow in the South of England, and seeing the old WW2 bombers and fighters the RAF used flying in formation. Stunning sight and noise.

And they move slow enough to appreciate the sheer engineering skill and beauty, where todays jets (and i love them too!) sometime defy logic and so are less easy to adore quite so!