antarmike Posted October 18, 2009 Share Posted October 18, 2009 two at East Kirkby. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HWade Posted October 18, 2009 Author Share Posted October 18, 2009 Hello Antarmike Nice looking bowsers, still havnt got around to doing mine yet, not enough hours in the day. Howard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antarmike Posted October 18, 2009 Share Posted October 18, 2009 the one outside, like so much museum stuff, not kept under cover, is rusted through in many places, and generally looks very rough, the one kept inside the Hanger has lasted better... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antarmike Posted October 18, 2009 Share Posted October 18, 2009 (edited) photo shows O854 AEC handling the fuel requirements for the Bombers and the smaller trailers are clearly labelled as "OIL". Are we sure they are fuel bowsers??? This wartime photo shows the MT commitment to get one bomber squadron out on an Op. Note differing patterns of drawbars on the trailers. To take this one forward, A nice picture of a Lancaster getting its fuel from an AEC O854 and its oil from a Brockhouse, at the same time. The Lancaster is one of the Hercules engined variants, not the more familiar Merlin powered model. Edited October 18, 2009 by antarmike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HWade Posted October 18, 2009 Author Share Posted October 18, 2009 (edited) The bowser that I have waiting to restore, still has the pump in the back box and clearly has( petrol only) on the gauge so wheather this bowser started its life out as an oil bowser i dont know. Its seems to me to have a bowser like this just for oil is a bit on the large size or did they get through alot of oil. I tried to upload a picture but the loading screen keeps going blank halfway through the upload,will try and work out the problem. Howard Edited October 18, 2009 by HWade Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antarmike Posted October 18, 2009 Share Posted October 18, 2009 (edited) The bowser that I have waiting to restore, still has the pump in the back box and clearly has( petrol only) on the gauge so wheather this bowser started its life out as an oil bowser i dont know. Its seems to me to have a bowser like this just for oil is a bit on the large size or did they get through a lot of Oil. Howard Oil Capacity / Specification: Each Merlin engine had its own oil tank in the nacelle with a capacity of 37.5 Imperial gallons (45.4 US gallons or 170.25 litres) for a total of 150 Imperial gallons (181.6 US gallons or 681 litres) per plane. Oil specification DED 2472 / B / O. There were could be up to 20 lancasters flying per squadron, and some airfields were home to two squadrons at the same time. That is potentially 20 x 4 x 37.5 gallons per squadron ie 3000 gallons of oil per squadron, or 6000 gallons for two squadrons. To completely refil empty oil tanks for one squadron would take almost seven (7) 450 gallon bowsers. or the other way around one bowser could refill just three Lancasters with empty oil tanks. The picture I posted shows just three 450 gallon tankers to service one squadron, so they would not have been able to do so, without themselves being refilled (some of them more than once) part way through the operation. __________________ Edited October 18, 2009 by antarmike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HWade Posted October 18, 2009 Author Share Posted October 18, 2009 Thanks for that, interesting stuff thats also alot of oil.I suppose the oil would have come into the airfields in tankers, and pumped from them to the bowsers, or did they have larger storage tanks somewhere on the airfield or nearby, and transfer from there. Howard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antarmike Posted October 18, 2009 Share Posted October 18, 2009 Thanks for that, interesting stuff thats also alot of oil.I suppose the oil would have come into the airfields in tankers, and pumped from them to the bowsers, or did they have larger storage tanks somewhere on the airfield or nearby, and transfer from there. Howard. That I do not know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lynx42 Rick Cove Posted August 25, 2011 Share Posted August 25, 2011 My trailer is missing the ID plate. Does anyone have one out there? See photo. Regards Rick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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