![]() This aircraft is in essence, a metal container for more than 2,000 gallons of pure petrol, plus another 150 gallons of oil miles of pipeline containing highly inflammable hydraulic oil for controls and flaps, gun turrets etc. Without going into too much detail, the following is an attempt to rectify this lack of information beginning with a typical Lancaster bomber on an operation over Germany. Take for example the famous World War 2 British Lancaster bomber which is the most written about aircraft of the period yet it is extremely hard to find a book on the subject that even briefly gives information on any crew waste disposable facilities. The cold affecting the bladder at high altitude is murder. Concentration on life and death tasks is well nigh impossible when the need to piss dominates and the cold at 26,000 feet and minus 60 below intensifies a man’s pain for not relieving himself. This, by necessity, required aircraft designers to incorporate some basic method of waste disposal for those who flew these new machines. Leaving aside the obvious fact that soldiers and sailors can dispose their bodily waste anywhere on land or in the sea if necessary, what options did the bomber air crews and fighter pilots have? With the advances in aviation technology, the World War 2 fighter or bomber could stay in the air longer, and travel much greater distances than could the primitive air machines of World War 1. Granted it’s not a topic that needs to be covered in great detail but some little snippets of information would be helpful to gain a greater appreciation of what life was like during war. Aircraft Engines Aircraft Engines in our Museum CollectionĮating and excreting are mankind’s two most basic biological functions and yet the vast majority of military historians when writing about the people who fought the battles and used the war machines seem to neglect or forget this very simple fact of life as most military books lack even the briefest inclusion of information on the subject.Collection Although the museum’s collection of aircraft has grown significantly over the years, the Society remains focused on its goals of honouring those who served with Bomber Command and the BCATP.Supermarine Spitfire Mk.IX restoration project.Halifax 57 Rescue (Canada) & SCSC – Swedish Coast and Sea Center.Home For The Heavies Museum Expansion Project.Canada’s Bomber Command Memorial – Portable Version.Canada’s Bomber Command Virtual Memorial.Memorials Memorials honouring those in Bomber Command. ![]() Nose Art – blog If a bomber crew was assigned a particular aircraft, they were sometimes able to choose the name and artwork and this enabled a powerful bond to develop between the men and the machine.Avro Lancaster Blog During World War II the Lancaster was the most successful bomber used by the Royal Air Force and the Royal Canadian Air Force.Dambusters Raid The Dambusters Raid 16/17 May, 1943.Bomber Command – blog The bomber offensive mounted by the Royal Air Force, the Royal Canadian Air Force, and the air forces of other Commonwealth countries during the Second World War has been described as the most continuous and grueling operation of war ever carried out.British Commonwealth Air Training Plan (BCATP).
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