As a lot of you, I have a tendancy to make my purchasing decisions based on what I have found out about certain aircraft. Some, allow me to dig deeper long after I have bought and put the model on display. Such is the case of my Type 464 Provisioning Lancaster (AKA: Dambuster).
In following a few links earlier this week, I ran into this statement in a few places, but the trail goes quickly cold. It reads (I paraphrase):
"Just found some further, and very little-known, information regarding the fate of ED932, Guy Gibson's 'Lanc'.
The aircraft was dismantled in situ at RAF Scampton during July/August 1947 by a salvage team from No 58 MU. The sections were then taken to the MU's base at Skellingthorpe to be cut down before being trucked away for scrap metal.
This is the interesting bit - Mr A C 'Sandy' Jack, A.V. Roe's Chief Inspector of Lancaster production, visited the MU and removed the pilot's control wheel and throttle quadrant as historical mementoes."
Can anyone here shed some light on this? Is there somewhere some 'scraps' of the Gibson Lancaster? True, false, conjecture or just wishful thinking. Any solid insight or creative conjecture woud be appreciated.