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 Bomber Command Museum  – Updates


Continuing with their work on restoring a Halifax bomber, the team at Bomber Command Museum of Canada at Nanton has worked hard to collect many parts over the last three years.

Here they have Halifax prop hubs, domes, spiders and parts that have been recovered from all over England and Holland. Not only very rare, but Halifax steel prop hubs are ¾ of an inch bigger in all dimensions than Lancaster hubs due to the greater horsepower of the Hercules engine over the Merlin.  
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 Later this year Bomber Command is expecting the Halifax wing center section to be delivered from Ottawa. Knox Tech in Ottawa is currently working on the center section, measuring a total of 29 x 8 feet. To see the work, Scott Knox of Knox Tech, has made a video showing the great progress as they assemble the core. To view the video, please click here.

While incredible progress is being made on this reconstruction, the cost to get these repairs done remains high, and the need for funds is ongoing. If you would like to follow the updates and support the work being done on the Halifax restoration, we encourage you to visit Bomber Command Museum’s fundraising page by clicking here.

The progress being made on the Hercules engines is also underway with the engine #3 rebuild. The refurbishment with removal and replacement of rusty heads, cylinders and sleeves is now complete as of February 27, 2021. 
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Up next in late 2021 will be the #4 Hercules Engine.  ​

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