Yes, that would be very likely. It was painted a dark blue and had a
somewhat long tail boom. That's a bit of a rare movie sighting.
>
>The "Lancaster" could be an Avro Shackleton? - but even they were RAF
>Coastal Command.
>
>Chris
>
>On 9 September 2016 at 09:27, Piers Hemy <piers@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Tadpole? Not seen the film but that description shouts out DH Vampire or
>> Venom
>>
>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Havilland_Vampire
>>
>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Havilland_Venom
>>
>> But a Lancaster in RN service would be a rare sight!
>>
>>
>> I've been watching the movie "The Running Man', starring Laurence
>> Harvey and Lee Remick, and there are all sorts of interesting aircraft and
>> sailplanes here and there. Near the very end, in the vicinity of
>> Gibraltar,
>> there are two interesting light aircraft, one of which has a fuselage
>> shaped
>> like a tadpole. I've never seen anything such as that before. Oh, and
>> there's a Royal Navy Lancaster seen taking off.
>>
>
Chris
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