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Lancaster
KB976 Section 11 -
KB976 Nose and
Fuselage Build
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KB994's
fuselage was shipped
from Canada in the late
1980s along with the
original extended AR
nose from KB976 which
had been retained by
Northwestern Air Lease
at the time of
conversion back to short
nose around 1969. When
the fuselage was swapped
out with KB976's damaged
fuselage following the
hangar collapse at
Woodford, the original
nose from KB976 remained
in Dick Richardson's
garden for some time
before being acquired by
Jeremy Hall.
Jeremy Hall has done the
most amazing job of
rebuilding the original
AR nose, backward, into
an authentic Lancaster
Mk10 AR cockpit and
part- fuselage. He has
used original plans from
the RAF's Battle of
Britain Memorial Flight
and the cockpit is fully
fitted with original
Canadian parts and
equipment. This includes
over 18000 original
US/Canadian WW2 rivets
and a very rare original
Long Nose aircraft's
flight engineers' panel.
Such aircraft were
fitted with 8 fuel tanks
and crewed with 4 pilots
to enable them to remain
airborne for 24 hours.
Jeremy has his own
website for this and
also another Lancaster
cockpit, both of which
are used for film and TV
work.
The KB976 cockpit was
previously at the
Brooklands museum in
Weybridge but in August
2014 was relocated to
RAF Scampton, original
home of the Dambusters
617 Squadron.
In
January 2017 the
replica nose and
cockpit build was
moved from RAF
Scampton to the
Lincolnshire Aviation
Heritage Centre. This
is a fantastic exhibit
and it is to be
commended for the level
of detail and
authenticity involved.
As part of the KB976
story on this website
here are a few pictures
and some links to
Jeremy's website.
Jeremy
Hall's Lancaster
website
Around 2020, the
exhibit was moved to
Newquay and became a
restoration projects of
Replica Aircraft
Fabrications. The
following links cover
these aspects.
Move
to Newquay
Replica
Aircraft
Fabrications
Online
3D Tour of the project
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The long
nose of KB976 at St Albert
in 1974/5 having been
removed some 6 years
before
and replaced with the
short nose from KB994.
Photograph by Dick
Richardson
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The above
photo shows KB976's long
nose now seperated from
KB994 in Dick Richardson's
garden in England.
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KB976 nose
and fuselage rebuild at
Brooklands museum.
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| KB976 nose
and fuselage rebuild at
Brooklands museum.
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| KB976 nose
and fuselage rebuild at
Brooklands museum.
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| KB976 nose
and fuselage rebuild at
Brooklands museum.
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| KB976 nose
and fuselage rebuild at
Brooklands museum.
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| KB976 nose
and fuselage rebuild at
Brooklands museum.
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| KB976 nose
and fuselage rebuild at
Brooklands museum.
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Photo
courtesy of Terry Fletcher
KB976 nose and fuselage
rebuild at Brooklands
museum.
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| KB976 nose
and fuselage rebuild at
Brooklands museum
alongside Jeremy Hall's
other Lancaster cockpit.
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| KB976 nose
and fuselage rebuild at
Brooklands museum
alongside Jeremy Hall's
other Lancaster cockpit.
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| KB976 nose
and fuselage rebuild at
Brooklands museum.
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| KB976 nose
and fuselage rebuild at
Brooklands museum.
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| KB976 nose
and fuselage rebuild at
Brooklands museum.
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Photo
courtesy of Terry Fletcher
KB976 nose and fuselage
rebuild at Brooklands
museum.
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| KB976 nose
and fuselage rebuild at
Brooklands museum.
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Photo
courtesy of Jeremy Hall
KB976 nose and fuselage
rebuild at Brooklands
museum.
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| KB976 nose
and fuselage rebuild at
Brooklands museum.
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The below photographs
are all courtesy of
Jeremy Hall
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All
of the above
pictures are from
the time that this
exhibit was at
Brooklands Museum.
The below pictures
are at RAF
Scampton, the
location from
August 2014.
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Above
two pictures
courtesy of Wayne
Pendle
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The
above 4 pictures
show the cockpit
at the Lincolnshire
Aviation
Heritage Centre
in January 2017.
These
photographs are
provided by kind
permission of
Martin Keen.
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