The Departure by ratfugel
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The moment I saw this sky last evening, I knew I had to make this image.
I live in what's known as Bomber County, where many of the old bomber airfields still exist. There are a couple of surviving Lancasters near me, one of which flies regularly. Whenever this happens, local people recall how many hundreds of similar aircraft used to rendevous over here prior to the big raids. Our sky used to be filled at night with young men destined never to grow old.
This image is in memoriam to them.
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Comments (11)
DukeNukem2005
This is a very beautiful! Excellent! Wery well done! Five stars!
scorpion9
Beautiful work great atmosphere...
tallpindo
I was just reading the Metrovick history which includes building over a 1000 of these in a new building near Manchester with an aisle 100 feet wide. That isn't wide enough for a B-29 so I wondered how big a Lancaster is. I have a Rolls-Royce Merlin left over from my Hurricane build that I could use to explore such questions. That of course leads to what is a Lincoln as that is where they went next. The only one I really got clear was the Shackleton because it has Griffons inspite of the round nacelles. It was a patrol plane for ocean search long after WW-II. Of course I know something of the record of Lancaster but just not exact measures or even crew size or type of bomb sight. Can I look now?
proteus2
Hats off man. I think it's one of your best ! And the sky started it all... ----------------------------- I've seen on of these, some 20 years ago, in a memorial visit in Crete -together with a Hurricane The sound still haunts me Be well P
Osper
Well done.
kjer_99
That is a spectacular sky! And you've composed the perfect render for it. The Lancaster is my favorite WWII bomber. I understand that the inside was so cramped that the British crew removed their parachutes so they could move around and do what they needed to do. If their plane went down, they had to put on their parachutes before they could bail out of the plane. Usually, the entire crew never got out--maybe one or two, possibly three at most. I'm not sure how many were in their crew, but think it was comparable to the B-17, so there had to be somewhere between eight and ten, I expect. I do know for certain that the British bomber crew losses were higher than the American ones for the same number of planes shot down and the difference was largely attributed to the parachute situation, although there were likely some other factors as well.
Garlor
Really good image
lordgoron
Very good composition with that sky
telber
excellent and the perfect sky for this render
aphill
Well done your best plane image yet Aphill
gibby.g
This image would work if it was just that amazing sunset. The addition of the Lancs make for a hauntingly beautiful piece. The calm before the storm...