Lancaster Test Bed Images
Sources are varied and the permission to use the material appreciated
Updated: July 2008
Bother during and after the War, several Lancaster airframes were adapted to be used as test beds or for other purposes.
Lancaster Mk.III ME540
used for "Gust Research Trials" c.1951.
Modifications by Boulton Paul Ltd.
Lancaster Mk.VI ND784
Air Screw Mamba Test Bed c. 1947
Thought to be Lancaster Mk.VI ND784
Air Screw Mamba Test Bed c. 1947
Two views of Lancaster Mk.I PA474
On load to College of Aeronautics, Cranfield.
during High Performance Boundary Layer Wing Research
Aircraft was to become BBMF "City of Lincoln"
Lancaster Mk.III SW342
During Air Screw Mamba and Adder Trails
c.1947
Three Views of Lancaster BI (Special) SW244
"Long Range Saddle Tank Lanc."
Modified directly after leaving the production line in Nov. 1944.
Two views of the First Lancaster Mk. I prototype airframe BT308, now modified for jet jet trails.
Two views of Avro Lancastrian's VN742 (left) and VN733 (below) flying with a combination of Propeller and Jet Engine propulsion. In both view the propellers have been feathered and the aircraft is flying on Jet Power alone.
Two views of ex-RAF Lancaster Mk.I RA805 during Dovren jet engine trials, while serving with the Swedish Air Force.
Either Lancaster Mk.X KB851 or KB848
Both Lancaster's were modified to Mk.X DR and used for Firebee Drone trials
Lancaster LM639 converted to carry a lifeboat
Shown derelict and in the process of being scrapped