PA474's starboard side represents 50 Squadron LL922 'T' as flown by F/O Douglas Millikin, DFC, grandfather of current OC BBMF Andy Millikin. On return to Coningsby the No.4 Merlin (starboard outer) had to be shut down and the propeller feathered.
PA474 represents Lancaster B.I DV385/KC-A "Thumper III" in service with 617 Squadron from November 1943, at Coningsby and later Woodhall Spa. In the autumn of '44 DV385 (coded 'KC-V') took part in the raids against the Tirpitz. DV385 was scrapped in 1946.