Avro Lancaster engine cowling section that still retains stencilling painted on in white by the ground crews to help them identify which aircraft it came from, and from which of the aircrafts four engines it was fitted to, as with the constant need to remove and replace cowlings during maintenance, worn sections would fit more easily if retained for a particular aircraft and engine. The remains of the stencilling clearly read “STBD RF150” from one of the aircrafts starboard engines.

Recovered from the crash site of Avro Lancaster Mark I RF150 QB-W 424 Tiger Squadron (R.C.A.F.) Crashed at 02.25 hours 5th April 1945 at Widdenton Park Wood, Lane End, near High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, returning from an operation to the Leuna synthetic oil refinery Merseburg Germany. All seven R.C.A.F. crew killed.

Aircrew Remembrance Society Aviation Heritage Collection