This looks like the Mk type my uncle flew as a pilot with 419 Sqn RCAF. He was killed over Dalen Holland in May 1943 along with most of his crew by a Me110. I was fortunate enough to see the Halifax at Trenton. And l grew up 30 miles south of Nanton, where the Lanc and the Bomber Command museum are located.
This is a dreadful example of a recovery before a restoration plan was agreed and funded. First discovered totally intact in Norway and recovered by volunteers led by Tony Speight with help from RAF divers and Norwegians.After recovery ,intact ,a massive amount of damage was caused when another military service prepared the airframe incorrectly for transport to the UK.
The wing broke on the first attempt to raise it, it then sank and a second attempt to raise it was successful. It was the RAF who dismantled it and loaded it for transport back to the UK. The upper gun turret was being used by a local farmer as a way to feed his animals and he also had the rear wheel being used on his property as a boundary marker of some sort. Given it was 1973 and the use of modern cranes and lifting equipment wasn't available they did a good job at recovery and preserving it in its current condition, parts were restored like one of the engines and one of the guns was rebuilt
