Armistice Day is a day to remember those who died in war, and this photograph is for the aircrew of RAF Bomber Command, more than 55,000 of whom were killed in the Second World War. It shows Avro Lancaster NX611 'Just Jane' at East Kirkby in Lincolnshire, with a crew in period flying kit walking out beneath her nose.
NX611 was built by Austin Motors at Longbridge in April 1945, one of the first 150 Lancaster B Mk VIIs intended for the RAF's Tiger Force in the Far East. She was too late for wartime operations. Brothers Fred and Harold Panton bought her in 1983, and she arrived at East Kirkby in 1987.
The Lincolnshire Aviation Heritage Centre grew up around her. The Pantons built it as a living memorial to Bomber Command and to their elder brother Christopher, a flight engineer killed in 1944. She is named after the wartime comic strip character Jane and is kept in taxiing condition, with a return to the air still the aim.
After nearly 17 years in the RAF myself, this one lands close to home. I photographed her at East Kirkby.
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