PixelPusher Posted June 10, 2005 Share Posted June 10, 2005 I am looking for pictures of Lancasters that show details of the spotlights used to determine the correct altitude to drop the dambuster bombs. Any help would be great! Thanks, Adam Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Matt Posted June 10, 2005 Share Posted June 10, 2005 Nothing great, but here's some stuff. You can just make out one of the lamps in this pic (looks like a metallic tube at an angle on the underside.) http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/dambust...eparation10.jpg Diagram of the layout of the lamps http://www.computing.dundee.ac.uk/staff/ir...s/spots-all.gif Hope this helps, Matt Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PixelPusher Posted June 10, 2005 Author Share Posted June 10, 2005 Thanks Matt, It almost looks like they used the location for the camera port for the forward spot light. Thanks for the links, Adam Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Matt Posted June 10, 2005 Share Posted June 10, 2005 I just finished the Airfix Dambuster boxing. As best I could figure, Airfix have it pretty much correct, and their rendition of the lamps (in that scale) are pretty reasonable. Cheers, Matt Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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