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- OBJECT TYPE
- N/A
- DATE
- 1945
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1991.0887.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Victory Aircraft Ltd.
- MODEL
- Avro Lancaster Mk.XV Lincoln FM-300 series
- LOCATION
- Malton, Ontario, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- non-ferrous metal - possibly aluminum
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- N/A
- Width
- N/A
- Height
- N/A
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- 6.8 cm
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Aviation
- Category
- Miscellaneous
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Victory
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- City
- Malton
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- WWII (1939-1945); one Lancaster Mk.XV (FM-300 series) Lincoln was built by Victory Aircraft and flown on Oct. 25, 1945
- Canada
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Victory Aircraft planned to build 200 Lancaster Mk.XV (FM-300 series) Lincoln bombers to serve as the RCAF component in Tiger Force (British Commonwealth's contribution to Pacific war against Japan following defeat of Germany); the program was terminated as a result of Japan's surrender/ this plate possibly the only surviving Lincoln XV part - Function
-
placed on aricraft to identify by serial number/ this plate possibly intended for the one Lancaster Mk.XV (FM-300 series) Lincoln produced - Technical
-
the Lancaster Mk.XV Lincoln was a larger version of the Lancaster Mk.X with a modified nose section, stretched centre section, enlarged rudders & outer wing sections, more powerful Merlin 68 engines housed in cylindrical nacelles, and turrets capable of handling .50 calibre guns - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- lettering on maple leaf reads: "MARK/XV/LINCOLN/DESIGNED BY/A.V. ROE & CO. LTD./BUILT BY -/VICTORY AIRCRAFT/LIMITED/TORONTO CANADA"; lettering on banner beneath maple leaf reads: "SERIAL No [blank]"
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- black lettering on metallic silver maple leaf & banner on black background; metallic silver border around edge
- Decoration
- stylized maple leaf
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