RECEIVER R1155 PHOTO GALLERY


The installation in the Lancaster bomber


Hendon Lancaster bomber      Avro Lancaster

137 successful missions! "NO ENEMY PLANE
WILL FLY OVER THE REICH TERRITORY"
Hermann Göring

My photo taken at the RAF Museum in Hendon in May 2006. Lancaster interior







The radio operator´s seat in the Lancaster with the transmitter T1154 and receiver R1155. Obs the "bathtub" morse key in front of the receiver.

Photo from Imperial War Museum Lancaster (Duxford Radio Society).



Radio op. mockup

The radio operator´s (left) and the navigator´s positions in a Lancaster mockup at the Imperial War Museum, Duxford.
Transmitter T1154, receiver R1155, radar warning indicator and intercom amplifier for the radio operator ...


Navigator mockup

... and Gee D/F indicator, instrument panel and H2S ground radar indicator for the navigator (my photos at
IWM Duxford July 2009).


Radio op. and nav. 1944

Photo displayed at the Imperial War Museum, Duxford (my repro photo July 2009).



The R1155 in a transport aircraft in the Middle East 1956


Signallers position





The air signallers position in a transport aircraft somewhere in
the Middle East 1956. Above the receiver R1155 you can see
the antenna switch and to the left part of the transmitter T1154.
Observe the sand on the equipment. With thanks for the photo
to a former RAF guy whose name I have forgotten.



Block diagram of the radio installation in the Lancaster

Installation diagram



Block diagram for the R1155

R1155 block diagram



My R1155 before restoration


Before rest.



Before rest.



My R1155 after restoration


After rest.



R1155 chassis



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Updated October 14th 2009