Uploaded May 2024 | Updated September 2026, 4 days ago
You can find this interesting Avro Lancaster installation at RAF Ingham airfield DN21, 5BU Lincolnshire, a former base for the Polish bomber unit during World War II tel. 01522731861 Cardboard Lancaster
This cardboard installation tells the story of an ordinary young
people, the volunteers, who faced great danger and constant uncertainty hung their lives, not knowing if they would still make it.
someday to raise the thread of normality. Many, of them never didn't come home. This isn't about war. It's less
more than what ordinary people have to endure when caught up
they are at war. What is Lancaster and why create its
art installation in the cockpit area?
The Avro Lancaster is the most famous British four-engine heavy
bomber that fought against World War II's
enemy through a relentless night bombing campaign.
Heavy casualties among civilians on the ground and among aircraft crews
this is a controversial chapter in our collective history.
The five crew members flew, fought, and sometimes died
together in this limited part of the plane. They had to spend hours
focus on the missions without interruption, constantly
danger, in this claustrophobic and uncomfortable place
space filled with equipment. Please take a moment to
imagine what it must have been like to fly at high altitude at night
20,000 feet, at a speed of 400 km/h, at a temperature of -20°C
in constant danger.
This full-size version of the Lancaster is intended to give you an idea of their experience to the visitors. An album of experiences
Souvenirs: letters, press articles, certificates, there are medals, photos, and extracts from flight logs pasted onto the outside of Lancaster, transforming this installation into an album of their experiences. They are arriving individual stories of the plane crew come to the foreground. Some numbers
The cockpit section is 6 feet wide, 18 feet long and 11 feet high
height. Construction took 3,600 hours over 11 months. 85% of them come from the recovery and reuse of cardboard packaging, which is a nod to the "make and mend" spirit of the war years. Why cardboard?
Choosing cardboard – a delicate, disposable, ordinary material to create this one work highlights the expendable nature of life during the war.
work highlights the expendable nature of life during the war. Two life-size cardboard crew members, kept in a deliberately raw, unfinished style, visually brings to mind the "disappearing generation" in a similar style
Lancaster is also portrayed as a "disappearing story".
You can find this interesting Avro Lancaster installation at RAF Ingham airfield DN21, 5BU Lincolnshire, a former base for the Polish bomber unit during World War II tel. 01522731861 Cardboard Lancaster
This cardboard installation tells the story of an ordinary young
people, the volunteers, who faced great danger and constant uncertainty hung their lives, not knowing if they would still make it.
someday to raise the thread of normality. Many, of them never didn't come home. This isn't about war. It's less
more than what ordinary people have to endure when caught up
they are at war. What is Lancaster and why create its
art installation in the cockpit area?
The Avro Lancaster is the most famous British four-engine heavy
bomber that fought against World War II's
enemy through a relentless night bombing campaign.
Heavy casualties among civilians on the ground and among aircraft crews
this is a controversial chapter in our collective history.
The five crew members flew, fought, and sometimes died
together in this limited part of the plane. They had to spend hours
focus on the missions without interruption, constantly
danger, in this claustrophobic and uncomfortable place
space filled with equipment. Please take a moment to
imagine what it must have been like to fly at high altitude at night
20,000 feet, at a speed of 400 km/h, at a temperature of -20°C
in constant danger.
This full-size version of the Lancaster is intended to give you an idea of their experience to the visitors. An album of experiences
Souvenirs: letters, press articles, certificates, there are medals, photos, and extracts from flight logs pasted onto the outside of Lancaster, transforming this installation into an album of their experiences. They are arriving individual stories of the plane crew come to the foreground. Some numbers
The cockpit section is 6 feet wide, 18 feet long and 11 feet high
height. Construction took 3,600 hours over 11 months. 85% of them come from the recovery and reuse of cardboard packaging, which is a nod to the "make and mend" spirit of the war years. Why cardboard?
Choosing cardboard – a delicate, disposable, ordinary material to create this one work highlights the expendable nature of life during the war.
work highlights the expendable nature of life during the war. Two life-size cardboard crew members, kept in a deliberately raw, unfinished style, visually brings to mind the "disappearing generation" in a similar style
Lancaster is also portrayed as a "disappearing story".
