There follows below lists of the aircraft flown by 550 Squadron. The information used to build this page was taken in the first instance from the lists provided on the original Squadron Association web-site, but has been augmented by new and additional information gathered since that time.
In compiling these lists particular thanks are due, as listed below, to sites without which it would have been next to impossible to put the information together. Many thanks to the providers of these pages whose work is gratefully acknowledged.
Aircraft Details |
Associated Aircrew |
Id |
Service Number |
Name |
No. of Ops |
BQ-Code |
Other Information |
Web Links |
Name |
T2 |
DV189 |
- |
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BQ-T2 |
FTR 1/2 Jan 1944, Berlin. Crew: 2 KIA, remainder POW |
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F/O J G Bryson Sgt D F Fadden Sgt T F M Roxby F/Sgt P H Evans Sgt J E Donnan Sgt J J Sawkins Sgt W C Gundry
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- |
DV192 |
- |
- |
- |
Only went on 6 ops with 550 Sqdn to end of Jan 44. ORB was not recording call-sign letter to ca. early Feb 44.
To 100 Sqdn FTR Friedrichshafen 28 Apr 1944 |
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P/O C G H Kenyon F/O P C Sharp F/Sgt W R J Maroney W/O G K Peasgood Sgt S Sykes F/Sgt W P Morris F/Sgt G Walker F/Sgt S J Richards Sgt S J L Jones Sgt P P Clarkin F/Sgt J N Ellis F/Sgt G E Duncan Sgt G K Logan Sgt L M Collicutt
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M |
DV200 |
- |
- |
BQ-M |
To 1LFS, 1662CU, BCIS, SOC 25/07/1946 |
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F/L N L Rose P/O R Hopman F/O A Abrams Sgt K W Nettleton F/Sgt J W Brown F/Sgt R F Veness Sgt P L Brooker Sgt A P Soper F/Sgt K R Salton P/O H S Vaughan Sgt R W Metcalfe P/O L C Davies F/Sgt D Porter Sgt T Elliott Sgt W J Watson Sgt L D Purser Sgt A R Gow F/Sgt J K Sharpe F/Sgt G R Martin F/Sgt F G Ferguson F/Sgt R E Sloan F/Sgt R E McKenzie Sgt K L Willis F/O R C Foote F/O E G Caswell Sgt G W Page F/O J S Tointon Sgt G S Spragg G/C R V McIntyre
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M |
DV279 |
- |
- |
BQ-M |
Hit by Flak ex Scholven-Buer 18/19 July 1944. The crew managed to regain the East Anglia coast. Crashed at Seething, 9 miles north of Norwich. Pilot F/O Clark killed, remainder baled out and survived. |
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P/O W N H Brawn F/O M A Buchanan P/O C G H Kenyon F/O P C Sharp F/Sgt W R J Maroney P/O E C Purney Sgt J L Sheahan Sgt T E Flanagan Sgt E J Molnar Sgt D Yardley Sgt K H F de Lengerke Sgt J G Hill F/O W Boocock Sgt G T Sutherland F/O M C Eckhold F/Sgt A J W Mudford Sgt L E Dagless Sgt M Muir Sgt T Setchfield F/O C Stocks F/O G H Packham Sgt C C C Pettit Sgt J Matthews Sgt J S Jenkins Sgt F A Willson Sgt J Jackson Sgt E J Morgan F/O H A T Clark Sgt W Aspinall F/Sgt G W James F/Sgt W E Reed Sgt P E Binder Sgt W E Johnson Sgt D L Marks F/Sgt J N Ellis F/Sgt G E Duncan Sgt G K Logan Sgt L M Collicutt F/O L Wareham Sgt F J Thrush F/O B O Sibree F/O G F Bodman Sgt C A McKernan Sgt J H Washington F/O R W Kemp Sgt E A Johnson F/O H B Snelgrove Sgt E Clarke P/O A E Sutton Sgt L E Updike Sgt W G Beney P/O E F Marles Sgt G L Grant Sgt H W Cooper F/Sgt J H Elliott Sgt A Cleghorn Sgt J E Roberts Sgt E W Kendall W/O C A Sowden Sgt P Pindar Sgt F E Dawson Sgt R A Caley Sgt W J Jones F/Sgt D C Barton
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O |
DV305 |
- |
- |
BQ-O |
Wrecked 31 Jan 1944, Berlin. One of two No.550 Sqdn Lancasters lost on this operation. See also ND396. Badly shot up by night-fighters while in target area, whose cannon fire killed both air gunners; the air bomber bailed out by mistake in the confusion. Flying without any navigation aids, landed at Woodbridge Emergency Airfield in Suffolk damaged beyond repair. Crew: the two air-gunners killed by night-fighter fire, 1 PoW (baled out, Camp L3, PoW No.3399), remainder survived. As a result of his actions pilot F/O Morrison received a DSO.
DV305 assessed as Cat. E1 (written off but suitable for component recovery) 31/1/44, struck off charge 21/2/44. Information taken from Form 78 Aircraft Movement cards, online at lancasterbombers.net |
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F/O G A Morrison W/O T E Boyle P/O C G H Kenyon F/L J O Richard F/O P C Sharp F/Sgt W R J Maroney F/O J G Bryson Sgt D F Fadden Sgt T F M Roxby F/Sgt P H Evans Sgt J E Donnan Sgt J J Sawkins Sgt W C Gundry Sgt P W Wise F/O F W Bennett F/O R Warren Sgt H C Gilbert Sgt J M Cantor Sgt J McKenzie F/Sgt J N Ellis F/Sgt G E Duncan Sgt G K Logan Sgt L M Collicutt Sgt A G Day Sgt R W Scott F/Sgt W G Rate Sgt T J Connaghan Sgt W J Carthew W/Cdr J J Bennett
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E |
DV306 |
- |
- |
BQ-E |
FTR 14/15 Jan 1944, Brunswick. Crew: 6 KIA, 1 PoW. |
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F/O J J Logan F/L R W Picton W/O G W Brook Sgt K P C Williams F/O K Bowen-Bravery P/O G E Thomas F/Sgt J P Fyffe W/O P E E F Keeley Sgt R R Thompson F/Sgt A Bodill Sgt T H Guest F/O J F Potter Sgt W M Keen Sgt J W Porteous Sgt K Thompson F/O D W Cobbin Sgt F T Stiling F/O K L Agnew P/O J L McKeown Sgt R Laverick Sgt L K Gilmar Sgt R Willis Sgt E V Condell Sgt E G Patterson Sgt H S Ferdinando Sgt J J McAnaney Sgt J Godsave Sgt J Flynn
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S |
DV309 |
- |
- |
BQ-S |
Crashed Schobbroek 21/22 May 1944. One of three 550 Sqdn lancasters lost on this operation. See: LL851, LM319. See Westerlo memorial page (link to original web-site)
This aircraft is listed as the 67th victim, of Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer a German Luftwaffe night fighter pilot (known as "The Night Ghost Of St. Trond") and the highest scoring night fighter ace in the history of aerial warfare. Combat reports list it as downed: 22.5.1944 at 01:51, 3km NW Tongerooge This is one of two 550 aircraft believed downed this night-figher pilot (see also ME428). |
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P/O W N H Brawn P/O N S Rogers F/O W Boocock Sgt G T Sutherland F/O M C Eckhold F/Sgt A J W Mudford Sgt L E Dagless Sgt M Muir Sgt T Setchfield Sgt C Tattersall Sgt W Johnstone Sgt W R Williams Sgt H Stollar Sgt A Hatfield Sgt J L Powell Sgt P L Colman P/O G W Hinde Sgt T L J Whittick Sgt D Hughes F/Sgt C C Sharland Sgt D R M Davies Sgt E C Beacham Sgt W A J Young P/O R A Jones Sgt S G Conrath F/O A H Crich F/O D J Bremner Sgt E K C Smith Sgt J C Johnson Sgt W C T Freeman Sgt H J Pearce F/O H T A Evans Sgt N C Jenkins F/Sgt D Salmon F/Sgt M E Mills Sgt J H Marshall Sgt R H Paxton W/O C A Sowden Sgt P Pindar Sgt F E Dawson Sgt R A Caley Sgt W J Jones Sgt A Fricker
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X2 |
DV343 |
- |
- |
BQ-X2 |
FTR 23/24 Dec 1943, Berlin. Lost without trace. Crew all KIA. All commemorated on the Runnymede memorial Sgt Scott (18) amongst the youngest airmen to be killed on Bomber Command operations. Nov 2022 update: Shot down by night fighter pilot Oberfeldwebel Karl-Heinz Scherfling of the 12./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Leeuwarden airfield. |
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W/O G W Brook P/O D C Dripps Sgt J C Scott F/O J E Stewart Sgt W T Sibley Sgt D Campbell Sgt R Gillies F/O G C Orme Sgt E V Condell Sgt E G Patterson Sgt H S Ferdinando Sgt J J McAnaney Sgt J Godsave Sgt J Flynn
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R |
DV345 |
- |
- |
BQ-R |
Berlin operation. Caught fire in air 2 Jan 1944, crashed Spalding, Lincolnshire. One of two 550 Sqdn Lancasters lost on this operation. Crew all killed. |
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F/O R H Mawle Sgt P P O'Meara F/O G M G de Menten de Horne Sgt J R Rounding Sgt M G Capel Sgt C W Taylor Sgt E Skelton Sgt S E Emmett Sgt Anderson Sgt W L Bradley
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- |
ED536 |
- |
- |
- |
Only went on 6 ops with 550 Sqdn Nov-Dec 43. ORB was not recording call-sign letter to ca. early Feb 44.
To 1LFS, 1667CU, SOC 07 May 1947 |
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W/O T E Boyle P/O C G H Kenyon F/L J O Richard F/O P C Sharp F/Sgt A H Jefferies F/Sgt W R J Maroney F/Sgt C G Foster Sgt J McGhie F/Sgt J C Garratt Sgt R Johnson Sgt E W Wash Sgt W Barratt Sgt R G Johns F/Sgt D S Jeffrey Sgt S A Keirle Sgt W G Upton Sgt J W Whitley F/O J G Bryson Sgt D F Fadden Sgt T F M Roxby F/Sgt P H Evans Sgt J E Donnan Sgt J J Sawkins Sgt W C Gundry F/Sgt J N Ellis F/Sgt G E Duncan Sgt G K Logan Sgt L M Collicutt Sgt A G Day Sgt R W Scott F/Sgt W G Rate Sgt T J Connaghan Sgt W J Carthew Sgt D J Cornes F/Sgt I F Ruppel
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G |
ED562 |
- |
- |
BQ-G |
We dood it. Abandoned (Needham Market, Suffolk) 18 Jul 1944, Revigny. One of three 550 Sqdn lancasters lost on this operation.
F/Lt J Lord and crew |
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F/O R G Fink F/L J C Lord F/O R Purvis F/L F S Steele P/O S B Taylor Sgt I V Browse WO2 E Salte F/Sgt S G Card Sgt R H Hoggard Sgt R L Wood Sgt D A Stanley Sgt K A Essex Sgt A W McWhirter F/Sgt F J W Smith F/Sgt R E Porter Sgt A Symonds Sgt P L McIver Sgt R E Muffett Sgt K W C Down F/Sgt R Sebaski Sgt A A A Vass P/O J Elliott Sgt A J Schomberg Sgt P J Sculley F/O L W Hussey Sgt E Elliott F/O M A de Gast F/O H S W Nelson Sgt M H Collings Sgt A G Sale F/Sgt R L Holmgren Sgt S Leary F/Sgt C Stoddard F/Sgt K R S Scholefield Sgt L W Guthrie Sgt J Wright Sgt V S B Scoble Sgt A W E Walters Sgt B St. J Railton-Jones Sgt W G Merills Sgt W G Roberts Sgt R Smith Sgt J E Roberts
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- |
ED716 |
- |
- |
- |
Recorded here but no actual ops found for this service number. Movement cards to be checked for 550 Sqdn.
To 166, 1667CU, SOC 02 Jun 1947 |
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G2 |
ED730 |
- |
- |
BQ-G2 |
Mid-air collision with 100 Sqdn Lancaster (ND327) outbound 23/24 Dec 1943. Crew all KIA |
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Sgt D G Davies Sgt W C Gundry Sgt H F J Woods Sgt M E Giles F/Sgt J R E Legere Sgt L F Wright Sgt J C Atherton F/Sgt W R Cooper Sgt G W Claydon Sgt A R Laurence F/Sgt G W Guest Sgt R W Theobald Sgt A H Bowers Sgt J Rawson Sgt J A Jordan Sgt J McConnell
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F |
ED905 |
Press on Regardless |
100 |
BQ-F |
Ton-up Lanc (one of three in 550 Sqdn). 103 Sqn PM-X, 166 Sqn AS-X, 550, No.1 Lancaster Finishing School, 1656 HCU Crashed 20 August 1945
F/Lt DA "Jock" Shaw in the cockpit of Lancaster ED905/BQ-F - "Press on Regardless"
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F/Lt DA "Jock" Shaw crew and others
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F/L D A Shaw F/L V B Ansell F/O L B Cameron F/O J Harris F/L J C Lord F/L E H Luder P/O R J Moran F/O R Purvis F/L G T Pyke P/O J R Rigby F/L N L Rose P/O R Hopman F/L R P Stone Sgt D Eldridge Sgt G A Sutherland F/Sgt J W White Sgt J F Piertney Sgt F P Popple F/O H Dodds P/O A R Brown F/O L O Browning Sgt A Laidlaw Sgt H Lewis F/Sgt C W Beckingham F/O S C Beeson Sgt K J R Hewlett F/Sgt MacQuarrie F/Sgt F Neal Sgt J K Norgate Sgt H S Picton Sgt J A Trayhorn F/L J P Morris Sgt A G Furber F/O A Leonard Sgt H J Bailey P/O J R Byrne Sgt G C Dennis Sgt T J Hooper F/Sgt C W Sawyers Sgt K W C Down F/Sgt R Sebaski Sgt A A A Vass P/O J Elliott Sgt A J Schomberg Sgt P J Sculley P/O H S Vaughan Sgt R W Metcalfe P/O L C Davies F/Sgt D Porter Sgt T Elliott Sgt W J Watson Sgt L D Purser Sgt C A Bruce Sgt R W Harris Sgt S Gartland Sgt A L Llanwarne Sgt A Buckingham Sgt E J Griffiths Sgt G E White F/Sgt E W Holliday Sgt D E Norgrove Sgt L G B Wartnaby F/Sgt F Wright Sgt H D Iddles-White Sgt D Hellings Sgt D Peters Sgt L Adams Sgt D S Eldred Sgt A T Ellement F/Sgt D M Stephens F/O F E Bond Sgt D C Mortimer F/O H A Leight Sgt B Roome-Smith F/Sgt R C Bowling Sgt H F Sullivan Sgt J H Udink Sgt G H Simpkins F/Sgt J W Eppel W/O J C Conway F/Sgt R G Bickford Sgt W P Waddell Sgt B S P Barby F/O L W Hussey Sgt E Elliott F/O M A de Gast F/O H S W Nelson Sgt M H Collings Sgt A G Sale F/Sgt R L Holmgren F/Sgt C Stoddard F/Sgt K R S Scholefield Sgt L W Guthrie Sgt J Wright Sgt V S B Scoble Sgt K L Willis F/O R C Foote F/O E G Caswell Sgt G W Page F/O J S Tointon Sgt G S Spragg Sgt C W Cross F/O L N B Cann Sgt C Shaw Sgt R V Fisher Sgt N I E Ostrom F/Sgt J Lyons F/O H Yates Sgt J L R Remilard Sgt V R Farmer Sgt G L Grant F/Sgt W R Williams F/L E Keuffling F/L K MacAleavey
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Q |
ED942 |
- |
- |
BQ-Q |
FTR 25/26 Feb 1944, Ausburg. Crew: 6 KIA, 1 PoW. One of two 550 Sqdn Lancasters lost on this operation |
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F/L A B Craig P/O E M England P/O N S Rogers Sgt G Hunter Sgt J C Cartwright F/O G Pickavance Sgt L I Smith Sgt W C Frost Sgt T W Vittle Sgt C V Gale P/O D McCrae Sgt R A Drury F/O M Shapiro F/Sgt F G Lebano Sgt A G Hall Sgt C A Bonner Sgt A H Brown F/O G B Hoddle Sgt D P Dingle F/O J W Bryan Sgt K M Fairbairn Sgt S G Hubbard F/Sgt J K Boothroyd Sgt T F Quine F/O D W Cobbin Sgt F T Stiling F/O K L Agnew P/O J L McKeown Sgt R Laverick Sgt L K Gilmar Sgt R Willis F/Sgt R E Woodger Sgt D L Jones F/Sgt J D McIntosh Sgt R W J Wivell Sgt V H Mate Sgt D Willsdon Sgt L C Woodcock F/Sgt E M England W/O G C Notman F/O L W Denton Sgt R S Pilson F/Sgt S H Brasher Sgt H J Pearce F/O H T A Evans Sgt N C Jenkins F/Sgt D Salmon F/Sgt M E Mills Sgt J H Marshall F/Lt G A Davison Sgt L B Martin W/O A Selman F/O R C Rice Sgt B G Davies Sgt C Gregory Sgt W J Brown F/L W H Waycott
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O |
EE107 |
- |
- |
BQ-O |
FTR 21/22 Jan 1944, Magdeburg. Crew 6 KIA, 1 PoW. Crash site located in Bernburg by researcher in contact with the web-site. |
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P/O V J Bouchard F/O J R Harding W/O D H Knight Sgt J H Knox P/O N S Rogers F/Sgt H Jennings W/O G K Peasgood Sgt S Sykes F/Sgt W P Morris F/Sgt G Walker F/Sgt S J Richards Sgt S J L Jones Sgt P P Clarkin W/O J I Miller Sgt R E White Sgt D V H Evans Sgt P H Hurst Sgt G E Brown Sgt T K M Williams Sgt F C Thomas Sgt R Binney Sgt E J Baker Sgt C A Rann Sgt J J M Calvin Sgt H J Pearce F/O H T A Evans Sgt N C Jenkins F/Sgt D Salmon F/Sgt M E Mills Sgt J H Marshall F/Sgt A B Frost Sgt B G Winzar Sgt E J Brennan Sgt J W Nash W/Cdr J J Bennett S/L G D Graham
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B |
EE139 |
The Phantom of the Ruhr |
121 (61) |
BQ-B |
Ton-up Lanc (one of three in 550 Sqdn). 100 Sqdn AR-A, HW-R, 550 Sqdn BQ-B, 1656 HCU. Lancaster Mk III. Survived the war. Scrapped 19 February 1946.
From 2007 to 2012 "The Phantom" flew again - the BBMF Lancaster PA474 flew wearing the call-codes BQ-B and HW-R in honour of both 550 and 100 Squadrons.
Lancaster Mk III, EE139/BQ-B "The Phantom of the Ruhr" 121 Operational Flights
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Christmas Card 1944
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BBMF Lancaster PA474 Unveiling PoTR 2007
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W/O GH Town and crew in Lancaster EE139/BQ-B "The Phantom of the Ruhr"
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F/L J Cassidy F/L V B Ansell P/O V J Bouchard F/O W F Cox F/O S P George P/O N D Holdsworth F/O J C Hutcheson P/O C G H Kenyon W/O D H Knight Sgt J H Knox F/O P C Sharp F/O H A Shenker F/O K F Sidwell W/O H C White F/Sgt A H Jefferies P/O E C W Bull F/Sgt W R J Maroney F/O G P Fauman F/O K Bowen-Bravery P/O G E Thomas F/Sgt J P Fyffe W/O P E E F Keeley Sgt R R Thompson Sgt L G Thompson P/O R Hopman F/L R P Stone F/O R Sloggett F/O D Gear F/O S Squires F/O J H Marston F/O L O Browning Sgt H Simpson F/Sgt D S Jeffrey Sgt S A Keirle Sgt J W Whitley P/O T M J Shervington Sgt A Small W/O J R Mawhinney Sgt K R Ansell Sgt E R Hall Sgt A C Griffiths Sgt R G Dennett W/O W H S Ansell F/Sgt G W Battersby F/O C R Cameron F/O I H R Hood Sgt A Anderson Sgt E W Parker Sgt O Tabuteau Sgt S Gartland Sgt G E White Sgt R F Ferry F/Sgt E W Holliday Sgt D E Norgrove Sgt L G B Wartnaby F/Sgt F Wright F/Sgt J H Windsor Sgt W J Killick F/Sgt A E Stebner F/O M S Merevitz Sgt P E Cooksey Sgt J A Ringrow Sgt W A Drake Sgt R Binney Sgt E J Baker Sgt C A Rann Sgt J J M Calvin Sgt A R Gow F/Sgt J K Sharpe F/Sgt G R Martin F/Sgt F G Ferguson F/Sgt R E Sloan F/Sgt R E McKenzie Sgt H Mimmack Sgt V Kirby Sgt C S Venables Sgt J A C Steer Sgt W Johnston W/O H Granger F/Sgt J N Ellis F/Sgt G E Duncan Sgt G K Logan Sgt L M Collicutt F/O F E Bond Sgt D C Mortimer F/O H A Leight Sgt B Roome-Smith F/Sgt R C Bowling Sgt H F Sullivan Sgt J H Udink F/O L W Hussey Sgt E Elliott F/O M A de Gast F/O H S W Nelson Sgt A G Sale F/Sgt R L Holmgren Sgt J Faren F/Sgt G H Lennox F/Sgt L F Johnston F/Sgt R J Emmett F/Sgt T A Landers F/Sgt A Ingram Sgt S Wright Sgt D F Smith F/Sgt J K Francis W/O W Y Smith Sgt E C Hodgson Sgt A F Tosh F/O J J W Dawson Sgt E W C Edmunds F/Sgt F W Willmer F/Sgt K P Brady Sgt J M Palmer Sgt J Earnshaw F/Sgt W H Harkness Sgt B St. J Railton-Jones F/O H G Manley Sgt D R Hughes F/O R G George F/Sgt R Hill F/O G T Brown Sgt G B Ward P/O J K McDonald F/O L N B Cann Sgt C Shaw Sgt R V Fisher Sgt N I E Ostrom F/Sgt J Lyons F/O H Yates Sgt J L R Remilard Sgt A R Blackburn Sgt E J Brennan Sgt J Allen F/Sgt J W Hewitt Sgt J L Banks F/Sgt J F Chapman Sgt F W Woodley Sgt D C Whitmarsh Sgt F E Dawson F/Sgt D C Barton Sgt R C G Ashby F/O W H Twitchell F/Sgt A H Ingram Sgt S Sulley Sgt S G Reeve Sgt K Coleman P/O W P F Daniels Sgt J G Woodhall Sgt R G Roberts Sgt R Wright F/Sgt F R Easton Sgt A E Baker Sgt W F Baker Sgt G P Sythes Sgt T D Rodgers Sgt L Trudgian F/Sgt H A Elderfield P/O GJ Horsfall Sgt S J H Adams Sgt D D G Pryce F/Sgt W E Megaw F/O C Garner Sgt F D Mason Sgt H W Jamieson Sgt M H A Campbell S/L W F Caldow F/L G W Peek
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C |
EE193 |
- |
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BQ-C |
FTR 30 Aug 1944, Stettin. Crashed in the Baltic. Crew all KIA, only one body recovered. F/Sgt Battersby buried at Reerso Churchyard, in Denmark. An Association member (Prof. Ole Seberg of Copenhagen University) wrote an article in the Grimsby Telegraph, see link. |
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P/O N D Holdsworth P/O R J Moran W/O H C White F/Sgt T T Savas Sgt J G Hill F/O L J T McCarthy Sgt J D Shilcock Sgt T W Farmer F/Sgt F L J Colbourn Sgt S J Lovett Sgt L Kendrew Sgt H Doherty F/O H Dodds P/O A R Brown F/O L O Browning Sgt A Laidlaw Sgt H Lewis F/Sgt C W Beckingham F/O D F Neilson Sgt C A Bennett F/O H B Brett F/O C Stocks Sgt A T Paget Sgt E W Webb F/O J M McKay Sgt P L McIver W/O W H S Ansell F/Sgt G W Battersby F/O C R Cameron F/O I H R Hood Sgt A Anderson Sgt E W Parker Sgt O Tabuteau P/O H E MacDuff F/O H Jones Sgt J R Drury F/Sgt C W Sawyers Sgt F H Habgood Sgt D Hunter Sgt R B Cumberlidge Sgt I Williams F/Sgt J Hough Sgt A H Bowers Sgt G H Town Sgt G Hope F/Sgt D J T Slimming F/Sgt J H Windsor F/Sgt P D Probert P/O E C Ball F/Sgt J Teasdale Sgt H Mimmack Sgt V Kirby Sgt C S Venables Sgt J A C Steer Sgt W Johnston W/O H Granger F/O J J W Dawson Sgt E W C Edmunds F/Sgt F W Willmer F/Sgt K P Brady Sgt J M Palmer Sgt J Earnshaw F/Sgt W H Harkness F/Sgt G B Smith Sgt V J Williams Sgt M L Tretheway F/O W K Mills Sgt C J Cassan Sgt R G Colban F/O H G Manley Sgt D R Hughes F/O R G George F/Sgt R Hill F/O G T Brown Sgt G B Ward P/O J K McDonald F/O L N B Cann Sgt C Shaw Sgt R V Fisher Sgt N I E Ostrom F/Sgt J Lyons F/O H Yates Sgt J L R Remilard Sgt B G Winzar P/O K J Newman Sgt J B Rowlands F/O E A F Hall Sgt W J Kemp F/Sgt J C O'Riordan Sgt W J McCallum Sgt P C M King Sgt D D G Pryce F/Sgt W E Megaw F/O C Garner Sgt F D Mason Sgt H W Jamieson Sgt M H A Campbell
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HK796 |
- |
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BQ-H |
Operation Spasm |
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F/L D A Shaw P/O S Walmsley F/Sgt E Ashley
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O |
HK800 |
- |
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Recorded here but no actual ops found for this service number. Movement cards to be checked for 550 Sqdn.
SOC 03 Jun 1947 |
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H |
JA712 |
- |
- |
BQ-H |
FTR 27/28 May 1944, Aachen. See Rebecq Memorial Project (unveiled May 2011) |
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P/O N S Rogers F/Sgt A H Jefferies P/O E C W Bull P/O E C Purney Sgt J L Sheahan Sgt T E Flanagan Sgt E J Molnar Sgt D Yardley Sgt K H F de Lengerke Sgt C Tattersall Sgt W Johnstone Sgt W R Williams Sgt H Stollar Sgt A Hatfield Sgt J L Powell Sgt P L Colman Sgt H Simpson F/Sgt D S Jeffrey Sgt S A Keirle Sgt W G Upton Sgt J W Whitley Sgt K A Essex Sgt A W McWhirter F/Sgt F J W Smith F/Sgt R E Porter Sgt A Symonds Sgt P L McIver Sgt R E Muffett F/O G B Hoddle Sgt D P Dingle F/O J W Bryan Sgt K M Fairbairn Sgt S G Hubbard F/Sgt J K Boothroyd Sgt T F Quine P/O E F Marles Sgt G L Grant Sgt H W Cooper F/Sgt J H Elliott Sgt A Cleghorn Sgt J E Roberts Sgt E W Kendall Sgt H J Pearce F/O H T A Evans Sgt N C Jenkins F/Sgt D Salmon F/Sgt M E Mills Sgt J H Marshall Sgt P C M King W/O R A Rember Sgt L Whybrow F/O E E Radcliffe Sgt R W Smalley Sgt K Hibbert Sgt J Tweedie Sgt D H Phillips W/Cdr J J Bennett
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W |
JA918 |
- |
- |
BQ-W |
FTR 9/10 May 1944, Mardyck. Crew all KIA. |
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P/O W J Bibby P/O W N H Brawn P/O E C W Bull Sgt J G Hill F/O E V Sage Sgt H P Robinson F/O O L Albutt Sgt W C Taylor F/O D A Goulden Sgt W W Hopper Sgt E G R Pepper P/O R A Jones Sgt S G Conrath F/O A H Crich F/O D J Bremner Sgt E K C Smith Sgt J C Johnson Sgt W C T Freeman Sgt F P McLoughlin F/O J P Rennie Sgt A J Jeffries Sgt R J Kimbrey Sgt A R Blackburn W/O C A Sowden Sgt P Pindar Sgt F E Dawson Sgt R A Caley Sgt W J Jones F/L A D McConnell F/L P J Cornwall
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H |
JA934 |
- |
- |
BQ-H |
FTR 16 Feb 1944, Berlin. Crew all KIA. |
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F/L A B Craig F/Sgt R E Woodger Sgt D L Jones F/Sgt J D McIntosh F/Sgt A H Stockton Sgt R W J Wivell Sgt V H Mate Sgt D Willsdon Sgt L C Woodcock F/Sgt E M England W/O G C Notman F/O L W Denton Sgt R S Pilson F/Sgt S H Brasher Sgt L B Martin W/O A Selman F/O R C Rice Sgt B G Davies Sgt C Gregory Sgt W J Brown W/Cdr B Bell
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C |
JB345 |
- |
- |
BQ-C |
To 5MU, Scrapped ??/07/1947 |
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F/L V B Ansell F/O G G H Cowper F/O J E Franklyn F/O C S George F/L E H Luder F/L G T Pyke F/Lt J Ward F/L E S Allen F/Sgt E T Smith F/Sgt A B Dennison F/Sgt G A Maginley F/Sgt R W Lundie Sgt R G Crump F/O J E Murray-Shirreff F/Sgt E W Holliday Sgt R H Whitehead F/O R M Mills F/Sgt C H Baldwin F/Sgt S E Willis Sgt S E Morrison Sgt H R Graham Sgt H D Iddles-White Sgt D Hellings Sgt D Peters Sgt L Adams Sgt D S Eldred Sgt A T Ellement F/O J J W Dawson Sgt E W C Edmunds F/Sgt F W Willmer Sgt J M Palmer Sgt J Earnshaw F/Sgt W H Harkness Sgt E G Bowman F/O E H Jones F/Sgt D M McDonnell Sgt R G Furness Sgt H Jordan Sgt G P Sythes Sgt T D Rodgers Sgt L Trudgian F/Sgt H A Elderfield P/O GJ Horsfall Sgt S J H Adams F/Sgt J G Wright Sgt E E Okines F/Sgt J D Johnson F/Sgt G A Stecker F/Sgt T H Jeffs Sgt E W Kilby Sgt R Challoner
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K |
JB604 |
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BQ-K |
FTR 23/44 December 1943, Berlin. Crew all KIA. Listed as 100 Sqdn ND327 on Lostbombers site |
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F/Sgt W R Cooper Sgt G W Claydon Sgt A R Laurence F/Sgt G W Guest Sgt R W Theobald Sgt J Rawson Sgt J A Jordan
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P |
LL747 |
- |
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BQ-P |
FTR 16/17 Jun 1944, Sterkrade. Crew all survived as PoWs. One of three 550 Sqdn Lancasters lost on this operation. Cause of loss and crash-site not established |
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W/O T E Boyle F/O W F Cox F/O M L Dubois P/O N D Holdsworth P/O P Maxwell F/L J O Richard P/O N S Rogers F/Lt R Thomas F/Sgt R Townsend Sgt H Tulip F/O K Bowen-Bravery P/O G E Thomas F/Sgt J P Fyffe W/O P E E F Keeley Sgt R R Thompson F/Sgt A Bodill Sgt J G Hill F/O W Boocock Sgt G T Sutherland F/O M C Eckhold F/Sgt A J W Mudford Sgt L E Dagless Sgt M Muir Sgt T Setchfield F/L A J Grain Sgt J Stanley F/O M R Oliver F/O E C Jones F/O H W Batt P/O T N Large Sgt J Ellis F/O R Kay F/O J J Berg F/O L Pulfrey F/L St. J Tizard F/O J Heath F/O G H Packham Sgt C C C Pettit Sgt J Matthews Sgt J S Jenkins Sgt F A Willson Sgt J Jackson Sgt E J Morgan P/O D McCrae Sgt R A Drury F/O M Shapiro F/Sgt F G Lebano Sgt A G Hall Sgt C A Bonner Sgt A H Brown P/O G W Hinde P/O P J Dukelow F/O E V Sage Sgt T A Thompson Sgt R W Willey F/Sgt F Fowkes F/Sgt S J Oslund Sgt P R Greenhalf Sgt C Whitters Sgt R Greathead P/O R A Jones Sgt S G Conrath F/O A H Crich F/O D J Bremner Sgt E K C Smith Sgt J C Johnson Sgt W C T Freeman Sgt H Mimmack Sgt V Kirby Sgt C S Venables Sgt J A C Steer Sgt W Johnston W/O H Granger F/O J C Young Sgt H Wood Sgt R Eves Sgt L R R Haynes Sgt S F Beardmore Sgt V R Farmer F/Sgt A C H Stack Sgt E J Wilkins Sgt J J Curtis Sgt C R Cronk P/O E F Marles Sgt G L Grant Sgt H W Cooper F/Sgt J H Elliott Sgt A Cleghorn Sgt J E Roberts Sgt E W Kendall F/O H T A Evans Sgt N C Jenkins F/Sgt D Salmon F/Sgt M E Mills Sgt J H Marshall Sgt A G Day Sgt R W Scott F/Sgt W G Rate Sgt T J Connaghan Sgt W J Carthew F/O J G Johnston S/L G S Smith F/L A D McConnell
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LL748 |
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BQ-D |
To 1LFS, 1656CU, 1662CU, SOC 06/12/1945
BQ-D or BQ-Q - still trying to determine which is correct. Leaning towards "D" (having previously leaned towards "Q"). |
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F/L D A Shaw F/O G E Blackler P/O V J Bouchard F/O R G Fink F/O J Harris W/O D H Knight Sgt J H Knox F/L N L Rose F/O H A Shenker F/O K F Sidwell F/L F S Steele F/O I A Stevenson P/O S B Taylor P/O A D Young Sgt T P Burke W/O T A Lloyd Sgt R L G Moore F/Sgt T T Savas F/O G P Fauman F/O K Bowen-Bravery P/O G E Thomas F/Sgt J P Fyffe W/O P E E F Keeley Sgt R R Thompson F/Sgt A Bodill P/O E C Purney Sgt J L Sheahan Sgt T E Flanagan Sgt E J Molnar Sgt T G P Cruickshank Sgt D Yardley Sgt K H F de Lengerke Sgt D S Lowe Sgt J G Hill F/O L J T McCarthy Sgt J D Shilcock Sgt T W Farmer F/Sgt F L J Colbourn Sgt S J Lovett Sgt L Kendrew Sgt H Doherty F/O W Boocock Sgt G T Sutherland F/O M C Eckhold F/Sgt A J W Mudford Sgt L E Dagless Sgt M Muir Sgt T Setchfield P/O P C Siddall P/O D McCrae Sgt R A Drury F/O M Shapiro F/Sgt F G Lebano Sgt A G Hall Sgt C A Bonner Sgt A H Brown Sgt I V Browse WO2 E Salte F/Sgt S G Card Sgt R H Hoggard Sgt R L Wood Sgt D A Stanley F/O J C Adams W/O W H S Ansell F/Sgt G W Battersby F/O C R Cameron F/O I H R Hood Sgt A Anderson Sgt E W Parker Sgt O Tabuteau F/L E S Allen F/Sgt E T Smith F/Sgt A B Dennison F/Sgt G A Maginley F/Sgt R W Lundie Sgt R G Crump F/O J E Murray-Shirreff Sgt T A Thompson P/O H S Vaughan Sgt R W Metcalfe P/O L C Davies F/Sgt D Porter Sgt W J Watson Sgt L D Purser Sgt C A Bruce Sgt R W Harris Sgt S Gartland Sgt A L Llanwarne Sgt A Buckingham Sgt E J Griffiths Sgt G H Town Sgt G Hope F/Sgt D J T Slimming F/Sgt J H Windsor F/Sgt P D Probert P/O E C Ball F/Sgt J Teasdale Sgt V C Morgan Sgt J S Wright Sgt W J Killick F/Sgt A E Stebner F/O M S Merevitz Sgt P E Cooksey Sgt J A Ringrow Sgt W A Drake Sgt R Binney Sgt E J Baker Sgt C A Rann Sgt J J M Calvin Sgt J E Legg P/O W Dinney Sgt F C Wilkinson F/Sgt B G Todd Sgt W H Ansell Sgt N S Smart F/Sgt C J Fuller F/Sgt D M Stephens F/Sgt L W F Coe F/Sgt R R Begley Sgt G H Simpkins F/Sgt J W Eppel W/O J C Conway F/Sgt R G Bickford Sgt W P Waddell Sgt B S P Barby F/O L W Hussey Sgt E Elliott F/O M A de Gast F/O H S W Nelson Sgt M H Collings Sgt A G Sale F/Sgt R L Holmgren F/Sgt T Fairclough Sgt W R Ross F/Sgt H P Nichols F/Sgt J W Bold F/Sgt E Mozley Sgt J Nicholson Sgt M McCutcheon Sgt J Faren F/Sgt G H Lennox F/Sgt L F Johnston F/Sgt R J Emmett F/Sgt T A Landers F/Sgt A Ingram F/O J J W Dawson Sgt E W C Edmunds F/Sgt F W Willmer F/Sgt K P Brady Sgt J M Palmer Sgt J Earnshaw F/Sgt W H Harkness Sgt B St. J Railton-Jones Sgt W G Merills Sgt A Allway W/O R S Pyatt Sgt K L Willis F/O R C Foote F/O E G Caswell Sgt G W Page F/O J S Tointon Sgt G S Spragg F/Sgt G B Smith Sgt V J Williams Sgt M L Tretheway F/O W K Mills Sgt C J Cassan Sgt R G Colban Sgt J Hill F/O P J Singer Sgt C R S Daniels F/Sgt J W Pidcock Sgt C Hillsdon Sgt E Thompson F/O H Yates Sgt A R Blackburn F/O H A Honey F/Sgt J H Elliott Sgt A Cleghorn Sgt J Allen F/Sgt J W Hewitt Sgt J L Banks F/Sgt J F Chapman Sgt F W Woodley Sgt D C Whitmarsh Sgt F E Dawson Sgt W T Woodhams F/Sgt D T Morrison F/Sgt W W Fitch F/Sgt E N Pearson F/Sgt M O Olsen Sgt C Cowperthwaite P/O W P F Daniels F/Lt G N Young W/Cdr A F M Sisley S/L P A Nicholas S/L K MacAleavey F/L K MacAleavey F/L A D McConnell
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LL796 |
BQ-O (or Q?) |
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BQ-O |
FTR 12 Jul 1944, Revigny. Collided with 103 Sqdn Lancaster. Crew all KIA. One of three 550 Sqdn Lancasters lost on this operation. |
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F/O M A Buchanan F/O M L Dubois F/Lt R Thomas F/O W Boocock Sgt G T Sutherland F/O M C Eckhold F/Sgt A J W Mudford Sgt L E Dagless Sgt M Muir Sgt T Setchfield F/O H Jones Sgt J R Drury F/Sgt C W Sawyers Sgt F H Habgood Sgt D Hunter Sgt R B Cumberlidge Sgt I Williams Sgt R Finlay Sgt E A Johnson F/O H B Snelgrove Sgt E Clarke P/O A E Sutton Sgt L E Updike Sgt W G Beney Sgt S F Beardmore Sgt V R Farmer F/Sgt A C H Stack Sgt E J Wilkins Sgt J J Curtis Sgt C R Cronk F/Sgt D C Barton Sgt R C G Ashby F/O W H Twitchell F/Sgt A H Ingram Sgt S Sulley Sgt S G Reeve Sgt K Coleman
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A |
LL800 |
- |
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BQ-A |
To 1660CU, SOC 30/05/46 |
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F/O R Purvis P/O S B Taylor F/Lt R Thomas F/O G P Fauman F/O S C Beeson Sgt K J R Hewlett F/Sgt MacQuarrie F/Sgt F Neal Sgt J K Norgate Sgt H S Picton Sgt J A Trayhorn Sgt I V Browse WO2 E Salte F/Sgt S G Card Sgt R H Hoggard Sgt R L Wood Sgt D A Stanley W/O W H S Ansell F/Sgt G W Battersby F/O C R Cameron F/O I H R Hood Sgt A Anderson Sgt E W Parker Sgt O Tabuteau Sgt K W C Down Sgt W J Killick F/Sgt A E Stebner F/O M S Merevitz Sgt P E Cooksey Sgt J A Ringrow Sgt W A Drake F/O L W Hussey Sgt E Elliott F/O M A de Gast F/O H S W Nelson Sgt M H Collings Sgt A G Sale F/Sgt R L Holmgren Sgt S Leary F/Sgt C Stoddard F/Sgt K R S Scholefield Sgt L W Guthrie Sgt J Wright Sgt V S B Scoble F/Sgt G B Smith F/O L N B Cann Sgt C Shaw Sgt R V Fisher Sgt N I E Ostrom F/Sgt J Lyons F/O H Yates Sgt J L R Remilard Sgt S F Beardmore Sgt V R Farmer F/Sgt A C H Stack Sgt E J Wilkins Sgt J J Curtis Sgt C R Cronk Sgt G L Grant
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K |
LL810 |
- |
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BQ-K |
FTR 27/28 May 1944, Aachen. Probable claim by Hptm Hans-Karl Kemp Stab III/NJG4 - North west of Brussels: 2,800m at 03:05. (Source: Nachtjagd Combat Archives 1944 Part 3 - Theo Boiten) Crew all KIA. Buried in the Wevelgem Communal Cemetery in Belgium |
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P/O V J Bouchard W/O D H Knight Sgt J H Knox F/O G P Fauman P/O E C Purney Sgt J L Sheahan Sgt T E Flanagan Sgt E J Molnar Sgt T G P Cruickshank Sgt D Yardley Sgt K H F de Lengerke P/O D McCrae Sgt R A Drury F/O M Shapiro F/Sgt F G Lebano Sgt A G Hall Sgt C A Bonner Sgt A H Brown Sgt W J Killick F/Sgt A E Stebner F/O M S Merevitz Sgt P E Cooksey Sgt J A Ringrow Sgt W A Drake Sgt R Binney Sgt E J Baker Sgt C A Rann Sgt J J M Calvin P/O K J Newman
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J |
LL811 |
Bad Penny II |
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BQ-J |
J-Jig Credited with opening the D-Day attack when they dropped the first string of bombs on 5th June 1944. The crew captained by F/O K Bowen-Bravery were awarded the Croix de Guerre by the French government in the late 1990s.
Fl/Lt RP Stone in cockpit of Lancaster LL811 - BQ/J |
Lancaster LL811 - BQ/J - D-Day |
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F/O M A Buchanan F/O R G Fink F/O J Harris F/O R Purvis P/O J R Rigby F/L N L Rose F/O K F Sidwell F/L F S Steele P/O S B Taylor P/O A D Young F/L R E G Waite F/O G P Fauman F/O K Bowen-Bravery P/O G E Thomas F/Sgt J P Fyffe W/O P E E F Keeley Sgt R R Thompson F/Sgt A Bodill Sgt L G Thompson F/L R P Stone F/O L J T McCarthy Sgt J D Shilcock Sgt T W Farmer F/Sgt F L J Colbourn Sgt S J Lovett Sgt L Kendrew Sgt H Doherty F/Sgt J W Brown F/O D F Neilson Sgt C A Bennett F/O H B Brett F/O C Stocks Sgt A T Paget Sgt E W Webb F/O J M McKay WO2 E Salte F/Sgt S G Card Sgt R H Hoggard Sgt R L Wood Sgt D A Stanley W/O W H S Ansell F/Sgt G W Battersby F/O C R Cameron F/O I H R Hood Sgt A Anderson Sgt E W Parker Sgt O Tabuteau F/Sgt C W Sawyers Sgt G E White Sgt R F Ferry F/Sgt E W Holliday Sgt D E Norgrove Sgt L G B Wartnaby F/Sgt F Wright Sgt G H Town Sgt G Hope F/Sgt D J T Slimming F/Sgt J H Windsor F/Sgt P D Probert P/O E C Ball F/Sgt J Teasdale Sgt V C Morgan Sgt J S Wright Sgt W J Killick F/Sgt A E Stebner F/O M S Merevitz Sgt P E Cooksey Sgt J A Ringrow Sgt W A Drake P/O W Dinney Sgt G H Simpkins F/Sgt J W Eppel W/O J C Conway F/Sgt R G Bickford Sgt W P Waddell Sgt B S P Barby F/O L W Hussey Sgt E Elliott F/O M A de Gast F/O H S W Nelson Sgt A G Sale F/Sgt R L Holmgren F/Sgt T Fairclough F/Sgt C Stoddard F/Sgt K R S Scholefield Sgt L W Guthrie Sgt J Wright Sgt V S B Scoble F/O J J W Dawson Sgt E W C Edmunds F/Sgt F W Willmer F/Sgt K P Brady Sgt J M Palmer Sgt J Earnshaw F/Sgt W H Harkness Sgt A W E Walters Sgt B St. J Railton-Jones Sgt W G Merills Sgt W G Roberts Sgt R Smith Sgt K L Willis F/O R C Foote F/O E G Caswell Sgt G W Page F/O J S Tointon Sgt G S Spragg Sgt V J Williams Sgt J Hill F/O P J Singer Sgt C R S Daniels F/Sgt J W Pidcock Sgt C Hillsdon Sgt E Thompson Sgt L R R Haynes Sgt E A Johnson F/O H B Snelgrove Sgt E Clarke P/O A E Sutton Sgt L E Updike Sgt W G Beney Sgt A R Blackburn Sgt G L Grant Sgt A Cleghorn Sgt T J Murphy F/Sgt W H Westley F/Sgt K M MacAuley Sgt H M Urquhart Sgt J T Bayliss Sgt V O Gillingham P/O W P F Daniels Sgt J G Woodhall Sgt R G Roberts Sgt R Wright F/Sgt F R Easton Sgt A E Baker Sgt W F Baker W/Cdr P E G G Connolly S/L P A Nicholas F/L C J Adair
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H |
LL826 |
- |
- |
BQ-H |
FTR 03/04 May 1944, Mailly. Crew all KIA |
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F/O J J Logan P/O P Maxwell F/L R W Picton P/O S B Taylor F/L R E G Waite W/O T A Lloyd Sgt K P C Williams Sgt T H Guest F/O J F Potter Sgt W M Keen Sgt J W Porteous P/O T M J Shervington F/L A J Grain Sgt J Stanley F/O M R Oliver F/O E C Jones F/O H W Batt P/O T N Large Sgt J Ellis Sgt K R Dye Maj S Whipp Sgt C A Bennett Sgt J E Legg P/O D McCrae Sgt R A Drury F/O M Shapiro F/Sgt F G Lebano Sgt A G Hall Sgt C A Bonner Sgt A H Brown Sgt I V Browse F/Sgt S G Card Sgt R H Hoggard Sgt R L Wood Sgt D A Stanley Sgt J Palfrey Sgt R W Willey F/Sgt F Fowkes F/Sgt S J Oslund Sgt P R Greenhalf Sgt C Whitters Sgt R Greathead Sgt T J Murphy F/Sgt W H Westley F/Sgt K M MacAuley Sgt H M Urquhart Sgt J T Bayliss Sgt V O Gillingham G/C R V McIntyre W/Cdr J J Bennett S/L K MacAleavey F/L A D McConnell
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U |
LL831 |
- |
- |
BQ-U |
LL831 confusingly listed as "J" and "U" on different ORB pages. Assumed "U" is correct as LL811 is already listed a J-Jig
To 1LFS, 1667CU, 1656CU, SOC 12 Dec 1945 |
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F/O G E Blackler F/O M A Buchanan F/O W F Cox F/O M L Dubois F/O D D S Ferguson F/O R G Fink P/O P Maxwell F/O W D Robertson F/L N L Rose F/O K F Sidwell F/L F S Steele F/O I A Stevenson F/O D W Summons P/O S B Taylor F/O V A Thygessen P/O A D Young F/L R E G Waite Sgt C C Jerman Sgt H Tulip F/O G P Fauman F/Sgt A Bodill P/O R Hopman F/O G H Packham Sgt C C C Pettit Sgt J Matthews Sgt J S Jenkins Sgt F A Willson Sgt J Jackson Sgt E J Morgan Sgt I V Browse WO2 E Salte F/Sgt S G Card Sgt R H Hoggard Sgt R L Wood Sgt D A Stanley W/O W H S Ansell F/Sgt G W Battersby F/O C R Cameron F/O I H R Hood Sgt A Anderson Sgt E W Parker Sgt O Tabuteau F/O H Jones Sgt J R Drury F/Sgt C W Sawyers Sgt F H Habgood Sgt D Hunter Sgt R B Cumberlidge Sgt I Williams F/O E V Sage Sgt H P Robinson F/O O L Albutt Sgt W C Taylor F/O D A Goulden Sgt W W Hopper Sgt E G R Pepper F/Sgt J Hough Sgt H Hindle Sgt A W Tucker F/Sgt E Moody F/Sgt J B Lake Sgt G A Thomson Sgt E J Walsh P/O H S Vaughan Sgt R W Metcalfe P/O L C Davies F/Sgt D Porter Sgt T Elliott Sgt W J Watson Sgt L D Purser Sgt W J Killick F/Sgt A E Stebner F/O M S Merevitz Sgt P E Cooksey Sgt J A Ringrow Sgt W A Drake Sgt A R Gow F/Sgt J K Sharpe F/Sgt G R Martin F/Sgt F G Ferguson F/Sgt R E Sloan F/Sgt R E McKenzie Sgt R W Willey F/Sgt F Fowkes F/Sgt S J Oslund Sgt P R Greenhalf Sgt C Whitters Sgt R Greathead P/O R A Jones Sgt S G Conrath F/O A H Crich F/O D J Bremner Sgt E K C Smith Sgt J C Johnson Sgt W C T Freeman Sgt W R Ross F/Sgt H P Nichols F/Sgt J W Bold F/Sgt E Mozley Sgt J Nicholson Sgt M McCutcheon F/O J J W Dawson Sgt E W C Edmunds F/Sgt F W Willmer F/Sgt K P Brady Sgt J M Palmer Sgt J Earnshaw F/Sgt W H Harkness Sgt A W E Walters Sgt B St. J Railton-Jones Sgt W G Merills Sgt W G Roberts Sgt R Smith Sgt R Finlay F/O E C Packham Sgt A Pavlovitch Sgt A E Howting F/O H B Parker Sgt K L Willis F/O R C Foote F/O E G Caswell Sgt G W Page F/O J S Tointon Sgt G S Spragg Sgt J Hill F/O P J Singer Sgt C R S Daniels F/Sgt J W Pidcock Sgt C Hillsdon Sgt E Thompson F/O G S Devereau Sgt S H Ward Sgt C W Cross Sgt C A P Noble F/Sgt W Horlor Sgt G E Mills Sgt J R McNamara F/O J C Young Sgt H Wood Sgt R Eves Sgt L R R Haynes Sgt E A Johnson F/O H B Snelgrove Sgt E Clarke P/O A E Sutton Sgt L E Updike Sgt W G Beney Sgt T J Murphy F/Sgt W H Westley F/Sgt K M MacAuley Sgt H M Urquhart Sgt J T Bayliss Sgt V O Gillingham F/L G S Nankivell F/O A Benger F/Sgt J W Arnold W/O J J Boland Sgt J F O'Halloran P/O D A McLeod F/O J C Nicoll F/O F D Leith F/S D A Jones W/O M J Moran Sgt G Reading Sgt J Allen F/Sgt J W Hewitt Sgt J L Banks F/Sgt J F Chapman Sgt F W Woodley Sgt D C Whitmarsh F/O G H Markes Sgt K J Brotherhood F/Sgt F W L Mann Sgt V T Wilkes Sgt F N M Petch Sgt L G Buckell Sgt D J Driscoll F/O J E L John Sgt D E Scuffell F/Sgt C F L Blancher F/O J Meek F/Sgt R Lee F/Sgt C A McDonald F/Sgt A J Fitzgerald Sgt W T Woodhams F/Sgt D T Morrison F/Sgt W W Fitch F/Sgt E N Pearson F/Sgt M O Olsen Sgt C Cowperthwaite F/Sgt D C Barton Sgt R C G Ashby F/O W H Twitchell F/Sgt A H Ingram Sgt S Sulley Sgt S G Reeve Sgt K Coleman F/O S G Kitson F/Sgt W R Williams F/Sgt J H F Rowe W/O F E Barrett F/O H G Cook F/Sgt G H Davidson F/Lt G N Young Sgt D A Driver Sgt E A Wills Sgt K Thornley Sgt J H Taylor Sgt J F Donald Sgt F V Steele F/Sgt C G Draper W/Cdr J J Bennett S/L K MacAleavey S/L A P Gainsford F/L A D McConnell F/O R A Murray
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LL834 |
- |
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BQ-K |
Ditched in training off Donna Nook (2 engines cut-out) 22 Apr 1944 |
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P/O V J Bouchard W/O D H Knight Sgt J H Knox F/O K Bowen-Bravery P/O G E Thomas F/Sgt J P Fyffe W/O P E E F Keeley Sgt R R Thompson F/Sgt A Bodill Sgt L G Thompson Sgt A T Paget F/O P G Milburn Sgt R Binney Sgt E J Baker Sgt C A Rann Sgt J J M Calvin Sgt E J Baker
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E |
LL836 |
- |
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BQ-E |
FTR 10/11 Apr 1944, Aulnoye. Crew all KIA |
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F/O J J Logan F/L R W Picton Sgt T P Burke W/O T A Lloyd Sgt R L G Moore Sgt K P C Williams Sgt T H Guest F/O J F Potter Sgt W Essar Sgt J E Legg P/O W Dinney Sgt F C Wilkinson F/Sgt B G Todd Sgt W H Ansell Sgt N S Smart F/Sgt D M Stephens F/O E Yaternick Sgt J G Pearce Sgt A C Crilley S/L P A Nicholas F/L W H Waycott
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LL837 |
- |
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BQ-Q |
FTR 14/15 Jul 1944, Revigny.
Crew all KIA, inc. W/Cmdr P E G G Connolly (Commanding Officer) and F/Lt K W L Fuller (Senior Gunnery Officer).
BQ-Q "Queenie" bogged down off the perimeter track before take-off at 19.30 hours on 7th July 1944 for raid on Caen
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P/O W J Bibby W/O T E Boyle P/O W N H Brawn F/O M A Buchanan F/L J O Richard F/O W D Robertson P/O N S Rogers F/O V A Thygessen P/O E C W Bull Sgt W Essar Sgt J R Penton Sgt J D Naunton F/O N Nunns Sgt J T Kermack Sgt C J Watson F/O G H Packham Sgt C C C Pettit Sgt J Matthews Sgt J S Jenkins Sgt F A Willson Sgt J Jackson Sgt E J Morgan P/O W Dinney P/O R A Jones Sgt S G Conrath F/O A H Crich F/O D J Bremner Sgt E K C Smith Sgt J C Johnson Sgt W C T Freeman Sgt R Finlay F/O E C Packham Sgt A Pavlovitch Sgt A E Howting F/O H B Parker F/O L Wareham Sgt F J Thrush F/O B O Sibree F/O G F Bodman Sgt C A McKernan Sgt J H Washington F/O R W Kemp Sgt F P McLoughlin F/O J P Rennie F/O A N Shedock Sgt A J Jeffries Sgt D R S Howell Sgt R J Kimbrey P/O E F Marles Sgt H J Pearce F/O H T A Evans Sgt N C Jenkins F/Sgt D Salmon F/Sgt M E Mills Sgt J H Marshall Sgt A G Day Sgt R W Scott F/Sgt W G Rate Sgt T J Connaghan Sgt W J Carthew W/O C A Sowden Sgt P Pindar Sgt F E Dawson Sgt R A Caley Sgt W J Jones W/Cdr P E G G Connolly F/L A D McConnell F/L K W L Fuller
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LL838 |
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BQ-S |
Wrecked 22 Jun 1944, Mimoyecques. Badly damaged by Flak but the crew managed to regain the south coast before baling out in the vicinity of Tunbridge Wells, Kent. No injuries. |
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F/L O A Hardy P/O P Maxwell F/Lt R Thomas F/Sgt R Townsend Sgt J R Penton Sgt J D Naunton F/O N Nunns Sgt J T Kermack Sgt C J Watson F/O R Kay F/O J J Berg F/O L Pulfrey F/L St. J Tizard F/O J Heath Sgt R W Willey F/Sgt F Fowkes F/Sgt S J Oslund Sgt P R Greenhalf Sgt C Whitters Sgt R Greathead F/O L Wareham S/L G S Smith S/L B J Redmond
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LL850 |
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BQ-L |
Wrecked 8 July 1944, Caen. Hit by a bomb over the target and badly damaged. On return diverted to Manston airfield, Kent crash landing here at 2250. No crew injuries. |
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F/L D A Shaw P/O N D Holdsworth F/O J C Hutcheson P/O S B Taylor F/L R E G Waite F/Sgt A H Jefferies P/O E C W Bull Sgt H Simpson Sgt S A Keirle Sgt W G Upton Sgt J W Whitley P/O D McCrae Sgt R A Drury F/O M Shapiro F/Sgt F G Lebano Sgt A G Hall Sgt C A Bonner Sgt A H Brown Sgt I V Browse WO2 E Salte F/Sgt S G Card Sgt R H Hoggard Sgt R L Wood Sgt D A Stanley Sgt J E Legg P/O W Dinney Sgt F C Wilkinson F/Sgt B G Todd Sgt W H Ansell Sgt N S Smart F/Sgt C J Fuller Sgt H Mimmack Sgt V Kirby Sgt C S Venables Sgt J A C Steer Sgt W Johnston W/O H Granger F/O L W Hussey Sgt T J Murphy F/Sgt W H Westley F/Sgt K M MacAuley Sgt H M Urquhart Sgt J T Bayliss Sgt V O Gillingham S/L P A Nicholas F/L A D McConnell
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LL851 |
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BQ-V |
FTR 21/22 May 1944, Duisburg. Crew all KIA. Buried Sint Niklaas Church. One of three 550 Sqdn Lancasters lost on this operation. See DV309, LM319 |
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P/O C G H Kenyon P/O P Maxwell F/O P C Sharp F/Sgt W R J Maroney Sgt J G Hill P/O P J Dukelow Sgt D S Bruty P/O L R Dunham Sgt L R Towsley Sgt D A W Mayo P/O H E MacDuff Sgt S A Jarvis Sgt A H Bowers Sgt R W Willey F/Sgt F Fowkes F/Sgt S J Oslund Sgt P R Greenhalf Sgt C Whitters Sgt R Greathead F/Sgt J N Ellis Sgt G K Logan Sgt L M Collicutt
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LL852 |
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BQ-X |
FTR 15/16 Mar 1944, Stuttgart. One of two 550 Sqdn Lancasters lost on this operation (see also LM392). Crew: 6 KIA, 1 PoW |
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F/L J F Craig Sgt K Thompson Sgt R D Samuels Sgt K R Sumner Sgt D E Nutter Sgt H C Petty Sgt L W F Overend
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LM134 |
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BQ-H |
FTR 16/17 June 1944, Sterkrade. Crew all KIA (only three of the EIGHT crew (2nd pilot flying) were recovered). LM134 crashed between Achterberg and Veenendaal in Holland. Aircraft may have been shot down by a German night fighter pilot Heinz Str?ning. (Source : Patrick Baumann)
One of three 550 Sqdn Lancasters lost on this operation (See also LL747 and ME840)
The ORB records LM134 "H" on multiple flights AFTER the loss on 16 June 44 to Sterkade with the Neilson crew. According to Lancaster movement cards LM134 was transferred to 550 Sqdn on 27/05/44 and is recorded as Cat. E (Missing) 17/06/44. Therefore, the ORB entries after this date are in error and the alternative actual service number for a largish number of flights remains TBD. |
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F/O W F Cox F/O M L Dubois F/L O A Hardy Sgt H Tulip F/L R P Stone Sgt J G Hill Sgt J R Penton Sgt J D Naunton F/O N Nunns Sgt J T Kermack Sgt C J Watson F/O D F Neilson Sgt C A Bennett F/O H B Brett F/O C Stocks Sgt A T Paget Sgt E W Webb F/O J M McKay Sgt J E Legg F/O H Jones Sgt J R Drury F/Sgt C W Sawyers Sgt F H Habgood Sgt D Hunter Sgt R B Cumberlidge Sgt I Williams Sgt G E White Sgt R F Ferry F/Sgt E W Holliday Sgt D E Norgrove Sgt L G B Wartnaby F/Sgt F Wright F/O J C Young Sgt H Wood Sgt R Eves Sgt L R R Haynes Sgt A Cleghorn W/O J K Murray S/L B J Redmond F/L A D McConnell
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H2 |
LM182 |
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- |
BQ-H2 |
SOC 06 Nov 1946 |
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F/O L B Cameron F/O W F Cox F/O M L Dubois F/L J Harris F/L E H Luder F/O R Purvis F/O I A Stevenson F/Lt J Ward F/Sgt T T Savas Sgt H Tulip F/L R P Stone F/O S C Beeson Sgt K J R Hewlett F/Sgt F Neal Sgt J K Norgate Sgt H S Picton Sgt J A Trayhorn Sgt M T Ditson Sgt L B Towson F/O R G Nye Sgt C Stuart Sgt J Holding Sgt J F Moyle W/O W J Howson F/Sgt L C Taerum F/O C J Jones Sgt G E White Sgt R F Ferry F/Sgt E W Holliday Sgt D E Norgrove Sgt L G B Wartnaby F/Sgt F Wright Sgt G H Town Sgt G Hope F/Sgt D J T Slimming F/Sgt J H Windsor F/Sgt P D Probert P/O E C Ball F/Sgt J Teasdale F/O M K Anderson F/O S D Thompson Sgt R A Wilson F/O J C Thorpe F/O W K Campbell Sgt F Roberts Sgt W Cranfield Sgt K Haub F/Sgt D T Williams Sgt V Rose Sgt D H Shaw Sgt A M McCreight Sgt R O Smith F/Sgt A W Robinson Sgt J E Lindsay F/L E G Blakeway F/Sgt G B Dawkins F/L H James F/O K H Vaughan F/O G McCann F/Sgt N Gamble F/O L O Lynch Sgt I S Freeman F/O E B Hornsby F/Sgt R W Richardson F/Sgt P F Flux F/Sgt W H Barrett Sgt W A Bentley F/O L A Doward Sgt G Buckman F/Sgt S Gall F/Sgt D Jackman W/O K H Langley Sgt J A Morgan Sgt J C Austin Sgt S Leary F/Sgt C Stoddard F/Sgt K R S Scholefield Sgt L W Guthrie Sgt J Wright Sgt V S B Scoble F/O J J W Dawson Sgt E W C Edmunds F/Sgt F W Willmer F/Sgt K P Brady Sgt J M Palmer Sgt J Earnshaw F/Sgt W H Harkness F/Sgt G B Smith Sgt V J Williams Sgt M L Tretheway F/O W K Mills Sgt C J Cassan Sgt R G Colban F/O G S Devereau Sgt S H Ward Sgt C W Cross Sgt C A P Noble F/Sgt W Horlor Sgt G E Mills Sgt J R McNamara F/Sgt F Hutchinson F/O H G Manley Sgt D R Hughes F/O R G George F/Sgt R Hill F/O G T Brown Sgt G B Ward P/O J K McDonald F/O J C Young Sgt H Wood Sgt R Eves Sgt L R R Haynes F/O L Wareham Sgt F J Thrush F/O B O Sibree F/O G F Bodman Sgt C A McKernan Sgt J H Washington F/O R W Kemp Sgt G L Grant F/Sgt J R Locke Sgt McGivering F/O B A Bishop Sgt McManus Sgt French Sgt Munro Sgt Millar F/O J E L John Sgt D E Scuffell F/Sgt C F L Blancher F/O J Meek F/Sgt R Lee F/Sgt C A McDonald F/Sgt A J Fitzgerald Sgt W T Woodhams F/Sgt D T Morrison F/Sgt W W Fitch F/Sgt E N Pearson F/Sgt M O Olsen Sgt C Cowperthwaite W/O H Davies Sgt J S Preston Sgt G V Weller Sgt K P Moran Sgt R A Phillips Sgt J F Wilson Sgt J L Robson F/Sgt M J Ball F/Sgt P Clark Sgt F M Johnstone Sgt A E Farmer Sgt W H Bailey Sgt F Law Sgt G W Butcher Sgt E G Bowman F/O E H Jones F/Sgt D M McDonnell Sgt R G Furness Sgt H Jordan
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G2 |
LM228 |
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BQ-G2 |
SOC 23 Mar 1946 |
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F/O F S Adley F/L A W Browne F/L L Dale F/O C G K Edlund F/L J C Lord F/O L G Michie P/O R J Moran F/L N L Rose F/O H A Shenker F/O I A Stevenson P/O S B Taylor F/Sgt R E Martin-Smith F/O L J T McCarthy Sgt J D Shilcock Sgt T W Farmer F/Sgt F L J Colbourn Sgt S J Lovett Sgt L Kendrew Sgt H Doherty WO2 E Salte F/Sgt S G Card Sgt R H Hoggard Sgt R L Wood Sgt D A Stanley Sgt K W C Down F/Sgt R Sebaski Sgt A A A Vass P/O J Elliott Sgt A J Schomberg Sgt P J Sculley F/O S H Hayter F/Sgt E W Holliday Sgt G H Town Sgt G Hope F/Sgt D J T Slimming F/Sgt J H Windsor F/Sgt P D Probert P/O E C Ball F/Sgt J Teasdale Sgt V C Morgan Sgt J S Wright W/O R E Vietheer F/O V G Roberts Sgt R E Davies Sgt F Farney F/O K L Pedersen F/Sgt D R Jackson P/O S Walmsley W/O M Waddington Sgt D J McKinnon Sgt T M Cranitch F/L E R Mark W/O R J Davies Sgt V P Halliday P/O J S Percival Sgt E W Ward F/Sgt S E Whyte Sgt N R Knipton Sgt C J Nileman Sgt I Rees F/Sgt J Rodgers F/O H R Whitney F/Sgt T E Hewitt F/Sgt H L Alleyne F/Sgt S W Brown F/O S D Thompson Sgt R A Wilson F/O J C Thorpe F/O W K Campbell Sgt F Roberts Sgt W Cranfield Sgt K Haub P/O J Lukies Sgt W K Oldham F/Sgt L W Pfitzner F/Sgt R W Caples F/Sgt J W Foran P/O H K Johnson Sgt J M Craine F/Sgt W J Broom F/O E G Smith F/Sgt W B Reid Sgt J Regan Sgt S Sorsby F/L T Vickers W/O J Groves Sgt S B Faggetter Sgt D M Buchanan Sgt J D Fellows W/O G Aylmore Sgt A J Johns Sgt C R Donoghue F/O L A Doward Sgt G Buckman F/Sgt S Gall F/Sgt D Jackman Sgt J A Morgan Sgt S Pelham Sgt S Lipfriend F/O W F Dawson Sgt P H Barber W/O J M Gorton Sgt H J Cleghorne Sgt J Carruthers F/O G G Kennedy Sgt G W Soundy Sgt H Luxton Sgt H H Powell Sgt R T Wesley Sgt A Frame Sgt J Hogg F/O L W Hussey Sgt E Elliott F/O M A de Gast F/O H S W Nelson Sgt M H Collings Sgt A G Sale F/Sgt R L Holmgren F/Sgt T Fairclough Sgt J Faren F/Sgt G H Lennox F/Sgt L F Johnston F/Sgt R J Emmett F/Sgt T A Landers F/Sgt A Ingram F/O R A Tapsell F/O D J K White F/O H Black F/Sgt G E Collinson Sgt J P Sheridan Sgt J McVey Sgt K L Willis F/O R C Foote F/O E G Caswell Sgt G W Page F/O J S Tointon Sgt G S Spragg F/O G S Devereau Sgt S H Ward Sgt C W Cross Sgt C A P Noble F/Sgt W Horlor Sgt G E Mills Sgt J R McNamara F/O H Yates F/O L Wareham Sgt F J Thrush F/O B O Sibree F/O G F Bodman Sgt C A McKernan Sgt J H Washington F/O R W Kemp Sgt A R Blackburn Sgt G L Grant Sgt W T Woodhams F/Sgt D T Morrison F/Sgt W W Fitch F/Sgt E N Pearson F/Sgt M O Olsen Sgt C Cowperthwaite F/O W E Town Sgt R E Wood F/Sgt N E Reffell F/Sgt E A Francis F/Sgt L F O'Reilly F/Sgt J B Southgate F/Sgt D S Gould F/O J Parr F/L E Keuffling F/O J P Blackie F/O L Cox F/O H Cornforth W/Cdr B Bell S/L T D Misselbrook F/L C J Adair
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S |
LM229 |
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1 |
BQ-S |
Swung on take-off 4 Jul 1944, Orleans (first op). Only 1 member of crew injured. No further ops with 550 Sqdn recorded. |
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P/O H S Vaughan Sgt R W Metcalfe P/O L C Davies F/Sgt D Porter Sgt T Elliott Sgt W J Watson Sgt L D Purser
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O |
LM273 |
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BQ-O |
FTR 23 Feb 1945, Pforzheim. Crew: 3 KIA, 4 PoWs (injured). One of two No.550 Sqdn Lancasters lost on this operation.
In numerous places in the ORB LM275, also named "O" is cited on ops. However, in all such places it is assumne that LM275 is a simple error and that LM273 "O" is meant (as, assording to movement cards, LM275 never transferred to 550 Sqdn). |
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F/L D A Shaw F/O L B Cameron F/O R P Franklyn F/L J Harris P/O J R Rigby F/O I A Stevenson P/O R Hopman Sgt D Eldridge Sgt G A Sutherland F/Sgt J W White Sgt J F Piertney Sgt F P Popple F/O A Abrams Sgt K W Nettleton F/Sgt J W Brown F/Sgt R F Veness Sgt P L Brooker Sgt A P Soper F/Sgt K R Salton F/O R D Harris Sgt K J B Smith F/Sgt D J Yemen F/O G J Nicol Sgt G P Kelleher Sgt M T Ditson Sgt D J Hicks F/O D H Grundy W/O E W King P/O R T Sowter W/O R C McLauchlan F/Sgt L F Figg Sgt E C Jarvis Sgt E J MacKenzie F/Sgt C W Sawyers F/O C J Jones Sgt S J Webb P/O J Buckmaster F/Sgt L W Harvey P/O H S Vaughan Sgt R W Metcalfe P/O L C Davies F/Sgt D Porter Sgt T Elliott Sgt W J Watson Sgt L D Purser Sgt G E White F/Sgt E W Holliday Sgt D E Norgrove Sgt L G B Wartnaby F/Sgt F Wright Sgt A R Gow F/Sgt J K Sharpe F/Sgt G R Martin F/Sgt F G Ferguson F/Sgt R E Sloan F/Sgt R E McKenzie Sgt I S Freeman F/O E B Hornsby F/Sgt R W Richardson F/Sgt P F Flux F/Sgt W H Barrett Sgt W A Bentley W/O K H Langley F/Sgt T A Landers F/Sgt A Ingram F/O J J W Dawson Sgt E W C Edmunds F/Sgt F W Willmer F/Sgt K P Brady Sgt J M Palmer Sgt J Earnshaw F/Sgt W H Harkness F/O G S Devereau Sgt S H Ward Sgt C W Cross Sgt C A P Noble F/Sgt W Horlor Sgt G E Mills Sgt J R McNamara Sgt W T Woodhams F/Sgt D T Morrison F/Sgt W W Fitch F/Sgt E N Pearson F/Sgt M O Olsen Sgt C Cowperthwaite Sgt S Dennis F/Sgt R H Lucas F/Sgt J A Dibley F/Sgt R J Chester Sgt K Sharp Sgt P J James F/L C M Irving F/O W H Tolman F/Sgt F R Lecourt F/Sgt J G Lawrence F/O R Deakin F/Sgt L A Aitken Sgt T Taylor Sgt T E Vaughan
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V |
LM301 |
- |
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BQ-V |
FTR 3 Dec 1943, Berlin. Crew 6 KIA, 1 PoW. ORB lists this aircraft as NM301 |
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W/O A T S Collier Sgt F Turner F/Sgt P A Lee F/Sgt H S Bennett F/Sgt J A Cromie Sgt W F Dowson Sgt E A Topham
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A |
LM319 |
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- |
BQ-A |
FTR 22 May 1944, Duisburg. Crew all KIA. One of three 550 Sqdn aircraft lost on this operation. See DV309; LL851.
Prior to 550 Sqdn was with 101 Sqdn when it was damaged Berlin 21/1/1944, pilot F/O KNIGHTS - both gunners were killed, and W/OP injured, by cannon fire. |
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P/O W J Bibby P/O V J Bouchard P/O W N H Brawn W/O D H Knight Sgt J H Knox F/O J J Logan F/L R W Picton P/O N S Rogers Sgt K P C Williams F/Sgt A Bodill Sgt T H Guest F/O J F Potter Sgt W Essar P/O D McCrae Sgt R A Drury F/O M Shapiro F/Sgt F G Lebano Sgt A G Hall Sgt C A Bonner Sgt A H Brown Sgt P W Wise Sgt K A Essex Sgt A W McWhirter F/Sgt F J W Smith F/Sgt R E Porter Sgt A Symonds Sgt P L McIver Sgt R E Muffett Sgt D Hughes F/O G B Hoddle Sgt D P Dingle F/O J W Bryan Sgt K M Fairbairn Sgt S G Hubbard F/Sgt J K Boothroyd Sgt T F Quine Sgt H F J Woods Sgt T A Thompson Sgt M E Giles F/Sgt J R E Legere Sgt L F Wright Sgt J C Atherton Sgt M Miles Sgt A H Bowers Sgt R Binney Sgt E J Baker Sgt C A Rann Sgt J J M Calvin Sgt J E Legg P/O W Dinney Sgt F C Wilkinson F/Sgt B G Todd Sgt W H Ansell Sgt N S Smart Sgt L M Collicutt Sgt F P McLoughlin F/O J P Rennie F/O A N Shedock Sgt A J Jeffries Sgt D R S Howell Sgt R J Kimbrey Sgt A R Blackburn P/O E F Marles Sgt G L Grant Sgt H W Cooper F/Sgt J H Elliott Sgt A Cleghorn Sgt J E Roberts Sgt E W Kendall F/O H T A Evans Sgt N C Jenkins F/Sgt D Salmon F/Sgt M E Mills Sgt J H Marshall Sgt L B Martin Sgt R H Paxton W/O C A Sowden Sgt P Pindar Sgt F E Dawson Sgt R A Caley Sgt W J Jones Sgt W L Bradley Sgt S J Harrison Sgt V J Pickford Sgt R N Aitken Sgt J Hill Sgt J McConnell Sgt R H Field Sgt F N Ashton Sgt W E Sellis Sgt S J Strand Sgt B G Holmes Sgt J Boyd Sgt F A West S/L P A Nicholas F/L W H Waycott
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LM321 |
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BQ-X |
Only went on 3 ops with 550 Sqdn Dec 43. ORB was not recording call-sign letter to ca. early Feb 44.
With No.550 Sqdn as BQ-X. With No.100 Sqdn as HW-K
To 100 Sqdn FTR Acheres 11 Jun 1944. |
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F/Sgt C G Foster Sgt J McGhie F/Sgt J C Garratt Sgt R Johnson Sgt E W Wash Sgt W Barratt Sgt R G Johns F/O G B Hoddle Sgt D P Dingle F/O J W Bryan Sgt K M Fairbairn Sgt S G Hubbard F/Sgt J K Boothroyd Sgt T F Quine
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LM379 |
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- |
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Only went on 1 op with 550 Sqdn Nov 43. ORB was not recording call-sign letter to ca. early Feb 44.
FTR 27 Nov 1943, Berlin. Crew 5 KIA, 2 PoW (1 confined in hospital due to injuries). |
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F/L P J M Prangley Sgt A K Ward F/O G H R F Harris P/O J W Lowe Sgt R Redfern Sgt P W Smith Sgt F C Diggle
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J |
LM392 |
- |
- |
BQ-J |
FTR 15/16 Mar 1944, Stuttgart. One of two 550 Sqdn Lancasters lost on this operation (see also LL852). Shot down by a night- fighter. Crew all KIA |
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Sgt T P Burke W/O T A Lloyd Sgt R L G Moore P/O D McCrae Sgt R A Drury F/O M Shapiro F/Sgt F G Lebano Sgt A G Hall Sgt C A Bonner Sgt A H Brown F/L J S G Crawford Sgt J R Powell F/O P A Lockton Sgt J N Andrew Sgt W J Green Sgt W V Moss Sgt W B Robertson P/O S M Clarke Sgt J E Legg P/O W Dinney Sgt F C Wilkinson F/Sgt B G Todd Sgt N S Smart F/Sgt D M Stephens F/O E Yaternick Sgt J G Pearce Sgt A C Crilley S/L P A Nicholas
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N |
LM425 |
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BQ-N |
FTR 30/31 Mar 1944, Nuremburg. Crew: 4 KIA, 3 PoW. One of two 550 Sqdn Lancasters lost on this operation (see also ND425). |
http://en.tracesofwar.com/article/12471/Memorial-Lancaster-LM425.htm
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F/L A B Craig F/Sgt A H Jefferies P/O E C W Bull Sgt H Simpson F/Sgt D S Jeffrey Sgt S A Keirle Sgt W G Upton Sgt J W Whitley Sgt L C Woodcock F/Sgt E M England W/O G C Notman F/O L W Denton Sgt R S Pilson F/Sgt S H Brasher Sgt R H Paxton F/O R Warren Sgt R N Aitken F/L A D McConnell
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T |
LM455 |
- |
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BQ-T |
FTR 28/29 Jul 1944, Stuttgart. Crew all KIA. One of two 550 Sqdn Lancasters lost on this operation (see also NE164) |
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F/O M A Buchanan F/O J R Harding F/Lt R Thomas F/Sgt H Jennings F/Sgt T T Savas F/O W Boocock Sgt G T Sutherland F/O M C Eckhold F/Sgt A J W Mudford Sgt L E Dagless Sgt M Muir Sgt T Setchfield F/O E V Sage Sgt H P Robinson F/O O L Albutt Sgt W C Taylor F/O D A Goulden Sgt W W Hopper Sgt E G R Pepper F/O P M Roche Sgt P A O Adams F/O R W Archer F/O D Rudd F/O S G Spakowski F/O R F Calderhead F/O E T Meaker F/O P G Milburn Sgt J Palfrey F/Sgt N W E Burdett F/O B B Ashley Sgt S W Courtenay P/O S M Clarke F/O D W Magan F/Sgt G B Smith Sgt V J Williams Sgt M L Tretheway F/O W K Mills Sgt C J Cassan Sgt R G Colban Sgt E A Johnson F/O H B Snelgrove Sgt E Clarke P/O A E Sutton Sgt L E Updike Sgt W G Beney Sgt S F Beardmore Sgt V R Farmer F/Sgt A C H Stack Sgt E J Wilkins Sgt J J Curtis Sgt C R Cronk P/O E F Marles Sgt G L Grant Sgt H W Cooper F/Sgt J H Elliott Sgt A Cleghorn Sgt J E Roberts Sgt E W Kendall F/Sgt A B Frost Sgt B G Winzar Sgt E J Brennan Sgt J W Nash F/Sgt D C Barton Sgt R C G Ashby F/O W H Twitchell F/Sgt A H Ingram Sgt S Sulley Sgt S G Reeve Sgt K Coleman W/Cdr J J Bennett W/Cdr P E G G Connolly S/L K MacAleavey S/L G D Graham S/L J A Breckell
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R |
LM460 |
- |
- |
BQ-R |
FTR To 1666CU, SOC 17 Jun 1947 |
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P/O W J Bibby F/L A B Craig F/O W D Robertson P/O N S Rogers F/O V A Thygessen Sgt H Tulip P/O T N Large F/O C J Clarke F/O H A T Clark Sgt W Aspinall F/Sgt G W James F/Sgt W E Reed Sgt P E Binder Sgt W E Johnson Sgt D L Marks P/O J E H Davies P/O G W Hinde Sgt T L J Whittick Sgt D Hughes F/Sgt C C Sharland Sgt D R M Davies Sgt E C Beacham Sgt W A J Young Sgt R Finlay F/O E C Packham Sgt A Pavlovitch Sgt A E Howting F/O H B Parker Sgt L C Woodcock F/Sgt E M England W/O G C Notman F/O L W Denton Sgt R S Pilson F/Sgt S H Brasher Sgt F P McLoughlin F/O J P Rennie F/O A N Shedock Sgt A J Jeffries Sgt D R S Howell Sgt R J Kimbrey Sgt A R Blackburn F/O H A Honey P/O E F Marles Sgt G L Grant Sgt H W Cooper F/Sgt J H Elliott Sgt A Cleghorn Sgt J E Roberts Sgt E W Kendall Sgt H J Pearce F/O H T A Evans Sgt N C Jenkins F/Sgt D Salmon F/Sgt M E Mills Sgt J H Marshall F/Sgt D C Barton Sgt R C G Ashby F/O W H Twitchell F/Sgt A H Ingram Sgt S Sulley Sgt S G Reeve Sgt K Coleman W/O R A Rember Sgt L Whybrow F/O E E Radcliffe Sgt R W Smalley Sgt K Hibbert Sgt J Tweedie Sgt D H Phillips F/L W H Waycott
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U |
LM461 |
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1 |
BQ-U |
FTR 20 Feb 1944, Leipzig. Lost on first operation. Crew 3 KIA, 5 PoW. German researchers believe aircraft shot down by Oblt. Paul Zorner III./NJG 3 out of Lueneburg as his 3rd claim (out of 4) on this one night, and may have located the wreck (2 km E of Sichau, 12 km W of Gardelegen). Book due to be published November 2011 (Scherzer Militaer Verlag), Title Aufschlagbrand. |
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F/Sgt J P Harrison W/O J I Miller Sgt R E White Sgt D V H Evans Sgt P H Hurst Sgt G E Brown Sgt T K M Williams Sgt F C Thomas
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S |
LM647 |
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1 |
BQ-S |
FTR 13 Jul 1944, Revigny. Lost on first operation. Six crew KIA, one died of injuries later. One of three 550 Sqdn Lancasters lost on this operation |
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P/O J E H Davies Sgt A D Baker Sgt D B MacKenzie Sgt C M Pyke F/O N A Davies Sgt G Taylor Sgt D A Donoghue
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LM727 |
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- |
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FTR To 1FU, 70 SOC 03 Jun 1947 |
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X |
ME301 |
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BQ-X |
FTR 4/5 Apr 1945, Luetzkendorf. Crew all KIA |
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F/O G G H Cowper P/O K A Smith F/O D W Summons Sgt C C Jerman F/O R D Harris F/O M D Hayes Sgt H Hartley F/Sgt E H Hagyard F/Sgt M V Fuller W/O A T Gill Sgt R S Smith Sgt D Gunn F/O C J Jones Sgt S J Webb P/O J Buckmaster F/Sgt L W Harvey Sgt F M Main Sgt M B Smith Sgt C A DeLaveleye W/O R E Vietheer Sgt R H Whitehead F/O R M Mills F/Sgt C H Baldwin F/Sgt S E Willis Sgt S E Morrison Sgt H R Graham P/O J S Percival Sgt E W Ward F/Sgt S E Whyte Sgt N R Knipton Sgt C J Nileman Sgt I Rees F/O H R Whitney F/Sgt F P Knight Sgt P J Bradley Sgt P C Pullen Sgt R E Ramsden Sgt V F Crewes Sgt I W Needle Sgt R A Stockwell P/O J Lukies Sgt W K Oldham F/Sgt L W Pfitzner F/Sgt R W Caples F/Sgt J W Foran P/O H K Johnson Sgt J M Craine Sgt C Symington Sgt G Duce Sgt S Martin Sgt R E G Williams Sgt C J Marshall Sgt H F Longworth F/L G S Nankivell F/O A Benger F/Sgt J W Arnold W/O J J Boland Sgt J F O'Halloran F/Lt G N Young Sgt D A Driver Sgt E A Wills Sgt K Thornley Sgt J H Taylor Sgt J F Donald Sgt F V Steele
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A |
ME390 |
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BQ-A |
Scrapped 07 May 1947 |
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F/L J Cassidy F/O F S Adley F/O G G H Cowper F/O W M Davidson F/O S P George F/O R Sloggett F/O D Gear F/O S Squires F/O J H Marston F/O L O Browning P/O S W Nielson Sgt A Finnigan F/Sgt B M Trowbridge Sgt R Kerr Sgt J H Stuart-Ritson Sgt R F Stevens F/Sgt E M Watkins Sgt C A DeLaveleye W/O R E Vietheer Sgt R H Whitehead F/O R M Mills F/Sgt C H Baldwin F/Sgt S E Willis Sgt S E Morrison Sgt H R Graham F/L T Vickers Sgt F A Decker F/Sgt A V Townsend F/Sgt R J Lloyd F/Sgt W H Evans Sgt J M Watson Sgt C J Sherratt F/O H A Findlay F/Sgt W A Swan Sgt J B Carter F/O R Melia Sgt E Barton Sgt I Daly Sgt W Towle F/Sgt G W Jamieson F/Sgt H W Burlingham F/O E A Butcher Sgt W D Riley F/Sgt J P Aucoin F/Sgt J W Hamilton S/L F Hume P/O M J Dunphy Sgt G Taylor Sgt J E Clark Sgt J F Warner Sgt G P Short Sgt H W Rogers Sgt J E Piper F/O R A Tapsell F/Sgt G E Collinson F/Sgt J R Locke Sgt McGivering F/O B A Bishop Sgt McManus Sgt French Sgt Munro Sgt Millar F/O K W Jeans Sgt M G Snowball Sgt G Bulman Sgt K G Thom Sgt G C Vincent W/O H O Lowe F/O K C Reeve F/Sgt J McVey S/L W F Caldow
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O |
ME428 |
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BQ-O |
FTR 7/8 Mar 1945, Dessau. Crew 3 KIA, 4 PoW. All of this crew had been involved in a serious incident while on the raid to Pforzheim on 23/24 February 1945. One of three 550 Sqdn Lancasters lost on this operation. See also ME503, PA995. Book published 1 December 2011 (Scherzer Militaer Verlag) presents evidence that this aircraft was the 121st, and last victim, of Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer a German Luftwaffe night fighter pilot (known as "The Night Ghost Of St. Trond") and the highest scoring night fighter ace in the history of aerial warfare. This is one of two 550 aircraft believed downed by this night-figher pilot (see also DV309).
The ORB lists this aircraft as ME248. The is assumed to be a typo in the ORB (for the following reasons). According to the ORB LM273 "O" was lost with the F/O Grundy crew Pforzheim (23 Feb 1945); the replacement "O" arrived sometime shortly after this. The first appearance of a new "O" appears to be 2 March, as ME248 "O". This aircraft only carries out 3 raids, being lost on the third (7/8 Mar 1945, Dessau). The investigations documentation from 1947-1949 (RCAF Archives, Ottawa), all record ME428. Aside from this the ORB has *many* errors so it seems entirely possible ME248 is another typo, and ME428 is the correct number. See F/O R D Harris crew web-page for details, including the RCAF Archive investigations on the loss of this crew. |
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinz-Wolfgang_Schnaufer
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F/O R D Harris Sgt K J B Smith F/Sgt D J Yemen F/O G J Nicol Sgt G P Kelleher Sgt D J Hicks Sgt E R Robinson F/Sgt K F Wilson Sgt H McKelvie F/Sgt E H Waller F/Sgt E C Eminson F/Sgt A H Clothier F/Sgt E J Davey F/Sgt G E Collinson
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ME476 |
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Recorded here but no actual ops found for this service number. Movement cards to be checked for 550 Sqdn.
To 5MU SOC ?? Feb 1946 |
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ME499 |
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Recorded here but no actual ops found for this service number. Movement cards to be checked for 550 Sqdn.
Crashed 18 Dec 1946 |
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R |
ME503 |
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1 |
BQ-R |
FTR 7/8 Mar 1945, Dessau. Lost on first operation. Crew: 5 KIA, 2 PoWs confined in hospital due injuries until repatriation to UK 3 April 1945. One of three 550 Sqdn Lancasters lost on this operation. See also ME428, PA995. |
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F/O F S Adley F/O C G K Edlund P/O R J Moran F/O L O Browning P/O S W Nielson Sgt A Finnigan F/Sgt B M Trowbridge Sgt R Kerr Sgt J H Stuart-Ritson Sgt R F Stevens F/Sgt E M Watkins Sgt C A DeLaveleye F/Sgt J P Tasker Sgt R D Hager F/L F J Mitchell W/O N J Horsley Sgt M H Levy F/O B A Hulse Sgt D J Bailey F/Sgt A W W Coltman Sgt R B Nicholson F/Sgt G E Collinson W/Cdr J C McWatters
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E |
ME519 |
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BQ-E |
SOC 15 May 1947 |
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F/O R P Franklyn F/L A J D MacLachlan F/O H J Handley F/Sgt L J Tough Sgt H B Brier F/Sgt J Taylor Sgt R G Aldridge Sgt H Firth Sgt D Hiskins F/Sgt G W Jamieson F/Sgt H W Burlingham F/O E A Butcher Sgt W D Riley F/Sgt J P Aucoin F/Sgt J W Hamilton F/Sgt J Eveleigh Sgt S Lipfriend W/O D J Kettell F/O J G Barcley F/O F Parkinson Sgt H D Lloyd Sgt D Drake W/O R Lazzell F/L H S Grimes F/Sgt H D Campbell Sgt H L Brown Sgt R A Elliott Sgt A Aitken Sgt K Higgins Sgt B Edwards W/O H Davies Sgt J S Preston Sgt G V Weller Sgt K P Moran Sgt R A Phillips Sgt J F Wilson Sgt J L Robson F/Sgt M J Ball F/Sgt R H Lucas F/Sgt J A Dibley F/Sgt R J Chester Sgt K Sharp Sgt P J James
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O |
ME542 |
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BQ-O |
SOC 15 May 1947 |
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F/O R G Screen F/L R E G Waite F/Sgt F P Knight Sgt P J Bradley Sgt P C Pullen Sgt R E Ramsden Sgt V F Crewes Sgt I W Needle Sgt R A Stockwell Sgt B T McGee Sgt J Carson F/Sgt T W Brown F/Sgt H P Rattenbury F/Sgt H Jacobs Sgt J J Barry Sgt J E Murray F/Sgt R R Longmire F/Sgt J R Seppelt F/Sgt F A Coombes F/Sgt R F Pritchard F/Sgt P J Robertson W/O H Davies Sgt J S Preston Sgt G V Weller Sgt K P Moran Sgt R A Phillips Sgt J F Wilson Sgt J L Robson F/Sgt A G Johnston F/Sgt J H Marsh F/O R G McLean Sgt G Edwards Sgt W Gray Sgt T Hume S/L J C Sarll
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Q |
ME548 |
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1 |
BQ-Q |
FTR 18 Mar 1945, Hanau. Lost on first operation. Crew: 2 KIA, remainder gathered up by units of the US Army. |
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F/L N A Burrows Sgt R C Smith Sgt A Wilson Sgt R F J Gorman Sgt L B Towson Sgt A J Miles F/O W K Campbell F/Sgt V B Cassapi P/O A G Elliott F/Sgt J R Morley F/Sgt N H Lund F/Sgt R J Francis Sgt D Scully Sgt A J Cassidy Sgt R Craigs F/O A C Bothe F/Sgt J H Andrews F/Sgt A S Wiltshire F/O S W Collins Sgt B J Williams Sgt H W Barton Sgt F R Knight Sgt J L Banks
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F |
ME556 |
- |
- |
BQ-F |
FTR 6/7 Jun 1944, Aachen/Acheres. Crew all KIA |
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F/O J J Logan F/L R W Picton W/O H C White Sgt K P C Williams Sgt R R Thompson Sgt C Tattersall Sgt W Johnstone Sgt W R Williams Sgt H Stollar Sgt A Hatfield Sgt J L Powell Sgt P L Colman Sgt T H Guest F/O J F Potter Sgt W M Keen Sgt J W Porteous P/O T M J Shervington Sgt A Small W/O J R Mawhinney Sgt K R Ansell Sgt E R Hall Sgt A C Griffiths Sgt R G Dennett P/O D McCrae Sgt R A Drury F/O M Shapiro F/Sgt F G Lebano Sgt A G Hall Sgt C A Bonner Sgt A H Brown Sgt L R Chisnall Sgt J E Legg P/O W Dinney Sgt F C Wilkinson F/Sgt B G Todd Sgt W H Ansell Sgt N S Smart F/Sgt E R Oliver Sgt G T Barlow P/O F R Clarke F/Sgt W S Bryans Sgt W Manderson Sgt W Russell Sgt W J Brown Sgt D D G Pryce F/Sgt W E Megaw F/O C Garner Sgt F D Mason Sgt H W Jamieson Sgt M H A Campbell S/L P A Nicholas
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D |
ME581 |
- |
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BQ-D |
FTR 22/23 Apr 1944, Duesseldorf. Crew all KIA (Buried in Heverlee War Cemetery). Force of impact left four metres deep crater, near which now stands a Memorial dedicated to the crew from the local inhabitiants. |
/documents/public/Lancasters-Crews/FOPGMilburn/index.php
http://en.tracesofwar.com/article/44455/Monument-Lancaster-ME-581.htm
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P/O W J Bibby P/O C G H Kenyon F/O J J Logan F/L R W Picton F/O P C Sharp F/Sgt W R J Maroney Sgt K P C Williams Sgt T H Guest F/O J F Potter Sgt W M Keen Sgt J W Porteous F/O P G Milburn Sgt J Palfrey F/Sgt N W E Burdett F/O B B Ashley Sgt S W Courtenay P/O S M Clarke F/O D W Magan F/Sgt J N Ellis F/Sgt G E Duncan Sgt G K Logan Sgt L M Collicutt W/Cdr J J Bennett
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E |
ME582 |
- |
- |
BQ-E |
FTR 25/26 Feb 1944, Ausburg. Crew all KIA (buried in Liesse Communal Cemetery). One of two 550 Sqnd Lancasters lost on this operation. |
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Sgt C Tattersall Sgt W Johnstone Sgt W R Williams Sgt H Stollar Sgt A Hatfield Sgt J L Powell Sgt P L Colman Sgt J E Legg F/L J S G Crawford Sgt J R Powell F/O P A Lockton Sgt J N Andrew Sgt W J Green Sgt W V Moss Sgt W B Robertson Sgt J E Legg P/O W Dinney Sgt F C Wilkinson F/Sgt B G Todd Sgt W H Ansell Sgt N S Smart Sgt W L Bradley S/L P A Nicholas
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P |
ME583 |
- |
- |
BQ-P |
To 1LFS, 1656CU, Scrapped 08 Aug 1946 |
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F/O L B Cameron F/O W F Cox F/O M L Dubois P/O J R Rigby F/L N L Rose P/O A D Young F/Sgt T T Savas Sgt H Tulip Sgt D Eldridge F/Sgt J W White Sgt J F Piertney Sgt F P Popple F/O A Abrams Sgt K W Nettleton F/Sgt J W Brown F/Sgt R F Veness Sgt P L Brooker Sgt A P Soper F/Sgt K R Salton F/O S C Beeson Sgt K J R Hewlett F/Sgt F Neal Sgt J K Norgate Sgt H S Picton Sgt J A Trayhorn F/Sgt J Hough Sgt H Hindle Sgt A W Tucker F/Sgt E Moody F/Sgt J B Lake Sgt G A Thomson Sgt E J Walsh P/O H S Vaughan Sgt R W Metcalfe P/O L C Davies F/Sgt D Porter Sgt T Elliott Sgt W J Watson Sgt L D Purser Sgt S Leary F/Sgt C Stoddard F/Sgt K R S Scholefield Sgt L W Guthrie Sgt J Wright Sgt V S B Scoble Sgt K L Willis F/O R C Foote F/O E G Caswell Sgt G W Page F/O J S Tointon Sgt G S Spragg F/Sgt G B Smith Sgt V J Williams Sgt M L Tretheway F/O W K Mills Sgt C J Cassan Sgt R G Colban Sgt J Hill F/O P J Singer Sgt C R S Daniels F/Sgt J W Pidcock Sgt C Hillsdon Sgt E Thompson F/O H G Manley Sgt D R Hughes F/O R G George F/Sgt R Hill F/O G T Brown Sgt G B Ward P/O J K McDonald F/O L N B Cann Sgt C Shaw Sgt R V Fisher Sgt N I E Ostrom F/Sgt J Lyons F/O H Yates Sgt J L R Remilard F/O J C Young Sgt H Wood Sgt R Eves Sgt L R R Haynes W/Cdr A F M Sisley S/L K MacAleavey
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X |
ME687 |
- |
- |
BQ-X |
To 576, FTR 23 May 1944 Dortmund |
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P/O W J Bibby P/O P Maxwell P/O N S Rogers F/O D F Neilson Sgt C A Bennett F/O H B Brett F/O C Stocks Sgt A T Paget F/O J M McKay P/O D McCrae Sgt R A Drury F/O M Shapiro F/Sgt F G Lebano Sgt A G Hall Sgt C A Bonner Sgt A H Brown Sgt A H Bowers Sgt J E Legg P/O W Dinney Sgt F C Wilkinson F/Sgt B G Todd Sgt W H Ansell Sgt N S Smart Sgt R W Willey F/Sgt F Fowkes F/Sgt S J Oslund Sgt P R Greenhalf Sgt C Whitters Sgt R Greathead P/O R A Jones Sgt S G Conrath F/O A H Crich F/O D J Bremner Sgt E K C Smith Sgt J C Johnson Sgt W C T Freeman Sgt F P McLoughlin F/O J P Rennie F/O A N Shedock Sgt A J Jeffries Sgt R J Kimbrey Sgt A R Blackburn Sgt H J Pearce F/O H T A Evans Sgt N C Jenkins F/Sgt D Salmon F/Sgt M E Mills Sgt J H Marshall W/O R A Rember Sgt L Whybrow F/O E E Radcliffe Sgt R W Smalley Sgt K Hibbert Sgt J Tweedie Sgt D H Phillips S/L P A Nicholas
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C2 |
ME776 |
- |
- |
BQ-C2 |
SOC 04 Oct 1945 |
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F/L D A Shaw F/L L Dale F/O R G Fink F/O C S George F/O G E Mearns F/O L G Michie F/L D R Parsons F/O W D Robertson F/L N L Rose F/O K F Sidwell F/L F S Steele F/O I A Stevenson F/Lt R Thomas F/O V A Thygessen P/O A D Young F/Sgt R E Martin-Smith P/O R Hopman F/L R P Stone Sgt F Norris F/Sgt W G Kelly Sgt J F McKeen Sgt D O'Neil Sgt J Chamboly Sgt A G Slater F/O C J Wearmouth Sgt E L Robinson Sgt A Colin F/O D H Grundy W/O E W King P/O R T Sowter W/O R C McLauchlan F/Sgt L F Figg Sgt E C Jarvis Sgt E J MacKenzie Sgt F E Drawbridge F/Sgt C W Sawyers F/O M D Hayes Sgt H Hartley F/Sgt E H Hagyard F/Sgt M V Fuller W/O A T Gill Sgt R S Smith Sgt D Gunn Sgt P J Sculley F/O P M Roche Sgt G E White F/Sgt E W Holliday Sgt D E Norgrove Sgt L G B Wartnaby Sgt G H Town Sgt G Hope F/Sgt D J T Slimming F/Sgt J H Windsor F/Sgt P D Probert Sgt V C Morgan Sgt J S Wright F/O V G Roberts P/O S Walmsley F/Sgt J K Sharpe F/Sgt G R Martin F/Sgt F G Ferguson F/Sgt R E Sloan F/Sgt R E McKenzie Sgt D J McKinnon Sgt T M Cranitch F/L E R Mark W/O R J Davies Sgt V P Halliday F/O H J Handley F/Sgt L J Tough Sgt H B Brier F/Sgt J Taylor Sgt R G Aldridge Sgt H Firth Sgt D Hiskins Sgt I Rees F/Sgt J Rodgers F/O M K Anderson F/O H R Whitney F/Sgt T E Hewitt F/Sgt H L Alleyne F/Sgt S W Brown F/Sgt J P Tasker F/Sgt W G Hill F/O J B Wright F/O G Williams F/O I Levene Sgt J E Piper F/O H Quick F/O L W Hussey Sgt E Elliott F/O M A de Gast F/O H S W Nelson Sgt A G Sale F/Sgt R L Holmgren F/Sgt T Fairclough Sgt A W E Walters Sgt B St. J Railton-Jones Sgt W G Merills Sgt W G Roberts Sgt R Smith Sgt R Finlay F/O E C Packham Sgt A Pavlovitch Sgt A E Howting F/O H B Parker Sgt K L Willis F/O R C Foote F/O E G Caswell Sgt G W Page F/O J S Tointon Sgt G S Spragg Sgt J Hill F/O P J Singer Sgt C R S Daniels F/Sgt J W Pidcock Sgt C Hillsdon Sgt E Thompson F/O L Wareham Sgt F J Thrush F/O B O Sibree F/O G F Bodman Sgt C A McKernan Sgt J H Washington F/O R W Kemp Sgt W G Beney Sgt S F Beardmore Sgt V R Farmer F/Sgt A C H Stack Sgt E J Wilkins Sgt J J Curtis Sgt C R Cronk P/O W J Shaw Sgt J Crawford Sgt C Eardley Sgt H H Tregonning Sgt R F Jones Sgt R Murphy Sgt J O'Leary Sgt J Allen F/Sgt J W Hewitt Sgt J L Banks F/Sgt J F Chapman Sgt F W Woodley Sgt D C Whitmarsh F/Sgt J A Dexter Sgt Horrocks F/Sgt Sarson F/O Owen F/Sgt Sadd Sgt Robinson Sgt T Kissell F/O G H Markes Sgt K J Brotherhood F/Sgt F W L Mann Sgt V T Wilkes Sgt F N M Petch Sgt L G Buckell Sgt D J Driscoll F/O J E L John Sgt D E Scuffell F/Sgt C F L Blancher F/O J Meek F/Sgt R Lee F/Sgt C A McDonald F/Sgt A J Fitzgerald Sgt W T Woodhams F/Sgt D T Morrison F/Sgt W W Fitch F/Sgt E N Pearson F/Sgt M O Olsen Sgt C Cowperthwaite W/O H Davies Sgt G V Weller Sgt K P Moran Sgt R A Phillips Sgt J F Wilson Sgt J L Robson F/Sgt M J Ball F/Sgt P Clark Sgt F M Johnstone Sgt A E Farmer Sgt W H Bailey Sgt F Law Sgt G W Butcher F/O F J A Cox P/O S J Jackson F/O A Davidson F/O P M Fletcher Sgt R Townend Sgt E J Chick Sgt H W E Gee F/O W E Town Sgt R E Wood F/Sgt N E Reffell F/Sgt E A Francis F/Sgt L F O'Reilly F/Sgt J B Southgate F/Sgt D S Gould Sgt G N Raynes F/O J D Nelson W/O G B McGhee Sgt G King Sgt V Montague Sgt R C Dyke Sgt G E Carter F/Sgt J Price Sgt M W Morrison F/Sgt K Robinson Sgt E Dinsley Sgt E E Okines F/Sgt J D Johnson F/Sgt G A Stecker F/Sgt T H Jeffs Sgt E W Kilby Sgt R Challoner P/O J C Parry F/Lt G N Young Sgt D A Driver Sgt E A Wills Sgt K Thornley Sgt J H Taylor Sgt J F Donald Sgt F V Steele F/Sgt E Ashley W/Cdr A F M Sisley S/L R M Newitt
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V |
ME840 |
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BQ-V |
FTR 16/17 Jun 1944, Sterkrade. Crew 6 KIA, 1 (F/O Roy Kay) evaded capture. F/Lt Tizard was the Squadron Gunnery Leader. One of three 550 Sqdn Lancasters lost on this operation. |
/documents/public/Lancasters-Crews/SqdnLeaderGSSmith/index.php
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/raf1944/5/smithgavin.html
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P/O N S Rogers F/Sgt R Townsend F/O R Kay F/O J J Berg F/O L Pulfrey F/L St. J Tizard F/O J Heath Sgt H J Pearce F/O H T A Evans Sgt N C Jenkins F/Sgt D Salmon F/Sgt M E Mills Sgt J H Marshall S/L G S Smith
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D |
ND396 |
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BQ-D |
FTR 30/31 Jan 1944, Berlin. One of two No.550 Sqdn Lancasters lost on this operation. See also DV305. Crew all survived (all PoW). Hit by Flak approaching Berlin at 20,000ft and crash-landed. Crash site may now be established near Wittenberge by German researchers in contact with this web-site. Book due to be published November 2011 (Scherzer Militaer Verlag), Title Aufschlagbrand.
In fact all the ORB pages state "NB396" (including for the FTR operation). So a little uncertainty whether NB396 or ND396. |
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F/O J R Harding F/Sgt H Jennings Sgt G Hunter Sgt J C Cartwright F/O G Pickavance Sgt L I Smith Sgt W C Frost Sgt T W Vittle Sgt C V Gale F/Sgt A B Frost Sgt B G Winzar Sgt E J Brennan Sgt J W Nash S/L G D Graham
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G2 |
ND403 |
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- |
BQ-G |
There is lot of confusion in the ORB around ND403 "G" vs. ND463 "G" vs. ND430 "G"! They cannot all be "G"!.
FTR 12/13 May 1944. But not lost on 550 Sqdn operations.
Movement cards (Form 78s) show ND403 transferred to 550 Sqdn (from 625 Sqdn) 31/12/43. Transferred from 550 Sqdn to 576 Sqdn 6/5/44. Missing 13/5/44. SOC 16/5/44.
Relevent movement card links provided. |
http://lancasterbombersinfo.ipage.com/Data/Form-78s/Lancaster/ND384-ND441/mobile/index.html
http://lancasterbombersinfo.ipage.com/Data/Form-78s/Lancaster/ND442-ND503/mobile/index.html
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P/O S B Taylor W/O G W Brook F/Sgt A H Jefferies P/O E C W Bull F/O K Bowen-Bravery P/O G E Thomas F/Sgt J P Fyffe W/O P E E F Keeley Sgt R R Thompson F/Sgt A Bodill Sgt L G Thompson Sgt H Simpson F/Sgt D S Jeffrey Sgt S A Keirle Sgt W G Upton Sgt J W Whitley F/L A J Grain Sgt J Stanley F/O M R Oliver F/O E C Jones F/O H W Batt P/O T N Large Sgt J Ellis Sgt I V Browse WO2 E Salte F/Sgt S G Card Sgt R H Hoggard Sgt R L Wood Sgt D A Stanley F/O P G Milburn Sgt J Palfrey F/Sgt N W E Burdett F/O B B Ashley Sgt S W Courtenay P/O S M Clarke F/O D W Magan Sgt T A Thompson Sgt A H Bowers Sgt E V Condell Sgt E G Patterson Sgt H S Ferdinando Sgt J J McAnaney Sgt J Godsave Sgt J Flynn W/Cdr J J Bennett
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C |
ND425 |
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BQ-C |
FTR 30/31 Mar 1944, Nuremburg. One of two 550 Sqdn Lancasters lost on this operation (see also LM425). Shot down by night-fighter, exploded over Unterspiesheim, 11 km SSE of Schweinfurt |
/documents/public/Lancasters-Crews/ND425/SgtWilfredBarratt/index.php
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P/O V J Bouchard W/O D H Knight Sgt J H Knox P/O S B Taylor F/Sgt A Bodill F/Sgt C G Foster Sgt J McGhie F/Sgt J C Garratt Sgt R Johnson Sgt E W Wash Sgt W Barratt Sgt R G Johns Sgt J Stanley F/O D F Neilson W/O J I Miller Sgt R E White Sgt D V H Evans Sgt P H Hurst Sgt G E Brown Sgt T K M Williams Sgt F C Thomas F/O D W Magan Sgt R Binney Sgt E J Baker Sgt C A Rann Sgt J J M Calvin Sgt R H Paxton Sgt R H Field
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A2 |
ND531 |
- |
- |
BQ-A2 |
To 630 Sqdn, FTR 21/22 Jun 1944 Wesseling. 630 Sqdn crew all KIA. |
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J |
ND733 |
- |
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BQ-J |
To 9 Sqdn, then 463. Shot up by night-fighter, abandoned over Juvincourt 16/17 Apr 1945. 630 Sqdn crew baled out and survived. |
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P/O W J Bibby Sgt T P Burke W/O T A Lloyd Sgt R L G Moore F/O P G Milburn Sgt J Palfrey F/Sgt N W E Burdett F/O B B Ashley Sgt S W Courtenay P/O S M Clarke F/O D W Magan F/Sgt D M Stephens F/O E Yaternick Sgt J G Pearce Sgt A C Crilley Sgt F P McLoughlin F/O J P Rennie F/O A N Shedock Sgt A J Jeffries Sgt D R S Howell Sgt R J Kimbrey
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X |
ND972 |
- |
- |
BQ-X |
SOC 21/05/1947 |
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F/O G E Blackler F/L A W Browne F/L E H Luder P/O R J Moran F/L D R Parsons F/Lt R Thomas F/Lt J Ward F/Sgt T T Savas F/O A Abrams Sgt K W Nettleton F/Sgt J W Brown F/Sgt R F Veness Sgt P L Brooker Sgt A P Soper F/Sgt K R Salton F/O H Dodds P/O A R Brown F/O L O Browning Sgt A Laidlaw Sgt H Lewis F/Sgt C W Beckingham F/O M D Hayes Sgt H Hartley F/Sgt E H Hagyard F/Sgt M V Fuller W/O A T Gill Sgt R S Smith Sgt D Gunn P/O H L Davies F/O P M Roche Sgt P A O Adams F/O R W Archer F/O D Rudd F/O S G Spakowski F/O R F Calderhead F/O E T Meaker P/O J Lukies Sgt W K Oldham F/Sgt L W Pfitzner F/Sgt R W Caples F/Sgt J W Foran P/O H K Johnson Sgt J M Craine F/Sgt W J Broom F/O E G Smith F/Sgt W B Reid F/O C G Hetherington Sgt J Regan Sgt S Sorsby F/Sgt J P Tasker P/O R H Digby Sgt J H Walker F/O A E Lewis Sgt A E McLeod Sgt D Crabtree Sgt J L Perrigo Sgt R D Hager Sgt S Lipfriend F/O G G Kennedy Sgt G W Soundy Sgt H Luxton Sgt H H Powell Sgt R T Wesley Sgt A Frame Sgt J Hogg Sgt W R Ross F/Sgt H P Nichols F/Sgt J W Bold F/Sgt E Mozley Sgt J Nicholson Sgt M McCutcheon F/Sgt G B Smith Sgt V J Williams Sgt M L Tretheway F/O W K Mills Sgt C J Cassan Sgt R G Colban F/Sgt W Horlor F/O H G Manley Sgt D R Hughes F/O R G George F/Sgt R Hill F/O G T Brown Sgt G B Ward P/O J K McDonald Sgt S F Beardmore Sgt V R Farmer F/Sgt A C H Stack Sgt E J Wilkins Sgt J J Curtis Sgt C R Cronk F/Sgt J R Locke Sgt McGivering F/O B A Bishop Sgt McManus Sgt French Sgt Munro Sgt Millar Sgt E G Bowman F/O E H Jones F/Sgt D M McDonnell Sgt R G Furness Sgt H Jordan P/O W P F Daniels Sgt J G Woodhall Sgt R G Roberts Sgt R Wright F/Sgt F R Easton Sgt A E Baker Sgt W F Baker Sgt G E Carter F/Sgt J Price Sgt M W Morrison F/Sgt K Robinson Sgt E Dinsley Sgt J Cooper F/Sgt C L Cochrane Sgt J Potts F/Sgt - Moore F/Sgt D G Mather Sgt D G Hammersley Sgt R H Keevil F/Sgt R G Miles W/Cdr A F M Sisley S/L K MacAleavey
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O |
NE164 |
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1 |
BQ-O |
FTR 28/29 July 1944. Lost on first operation with 550 Sqdn en-route to Stuttgart. Crew: 2 KIA, 1 captured and murdered by civilians 31 Jul 1944, 3 PoW. F/O William Dinney RCAF evaded capture - file 6/646/2311 in National Archive. One of two 550 Sqdn Lancasters lost on this operation (see also LM455.)
NE164 (transferred to 550 Sqdn 16.7.44) see: http://lancasterbombersinfo.ipage.com/Data/Form-78s/Lancaster/NE112-NE181/mobile/index.html |
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F/O H Jones Sgt J R Drury Sgt F H Habgood Sgt D Hunter Sgt R B Cumberlidge Sgt I Williams P/O W Dinney
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A2 |
NF931 |
- |
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BQ-A2 |
To 100 Sqdn, SOC 22/05/1947 |
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F/L L Dale F/O C S George F/L M F A Maltin F/O G E Mearns F/O L G Michie F/O H A Shenker F/O K F Sidwell F/Sgt R E Martin-Smith Sgt F Norris F/Sgt W G Kelly Sgt J F McKeen Sgt D O'Neil Sgt A Colin F/O L O Browning F/O D H Grundy W/O E W King P/O R T Sowter F/Sgt L F Figg Sgt E C Jarvis Sgt E J MacKenzie F/L N A Burrows Sgt R C Smith Sgt A Wilson F/O R B Watling Sgt R F J Gorman Sgt L B Towson Sgt A J Miles P/O G B McGhee F/Sgt E M Watkins Sgt D J McKinnon Sgt T M Cranitch F/L E R Mark W/O R J Davies F/O H J Handley F/Sgt L J Tough Sgt H B Brier F/Sgt J Taylor Sgt R G Aldridge Sgt H Firth Sgt D Hiskins F/Sgt J Rodgers F/O M K Anderson F/O H R Whitney F/Sgt T E Hewitt F/Sgt H L Alleyne F/Sgt S W Brown P/O A G Elliott F/Sgt J R Morley F/Sgt N H Lund F/Sgt R J Francis Sgt D Scully Sgt A J Cassidy Sgt R Craigs P/O J Lukies Sgt W K Oldham F/Sgt L W Pfitzner F/Sgt R W Caples F/Sgt J W Foran P/O H K Johnson Sgt J M Craine F/Sgt W G Hill F/O J B Wright F/O G Williams F/O I Levene Sgt J E Piper F/O H Quick Sgt J Faren F/Sgt G H Lennox F/Sgt L F Johnston F/Sgt R J Emmett F/Sgt T A Landers F/Sgt A Ingram Sgt J Allen F/Sgt J W Hewitt Sgt J L Banks F/Sgt J F Chapman Sgt F W Woodley Sgt D C Whitmarsh W/O H Davies Sgt J S Preston Sgt G V Weller Sgt K P Moran Sgt R A Phillips Sgt J F Wilson Sgt J L Robson F/O F J A Cox P/O S J Jackson F/O A Davidson F/O P M Fletcher Sgt R Townend Sgt E J Chick Sgt H W E Gee F/O S G Kitson F/Sgt W R Williams F/Sgt J H F Rowe W/O F E Barrett F/O H G Cook F/Sgt G H Davidson Sgt E E Okines F/Sgt J D Johnson F/Sgt G A Stecker F/Sgt T H Jeffs Sgt E W Kilby Sgt R Challoner Sgt A J Keveren S/L R M Newitt S/L A P Gainsford
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B2 |
NF932 |
- |
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BQ-B2 |
Blew up 13 Feb 1945, Dresden, Operation Thunderclap. Crew KIA. At aged 42 Sgt E.T. Smith was one of the oldest airmen to have been KIA on Bomber Command Operations in WW11 |
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F/L J Harris F/L E H Luder F/O G E Mearns F/Lt J Ward Sgt F Norris F/Sgt W G Kelly Sgt J F McKeen Sgt D O'Neil Sgt J Chamboly Sgt A G Slater P/O J R Byrne F/L E S Allen F/Sgt E T Smith F/Sgt A B Dennison F/Sgt G A Maginley F/Sgt R W Lundie Sgt R G Crump F/O J E Murray-Shirreff F/O K A Whynacht Sgt R J Piper Sgt K A Vardigans F/O M C Helman Sgt H Smith Sgt A A Pattison Sgt - Hutchings Sgt I S Freeman F/O E B Hornsby F/Sgt R W Richardson F/Sgt P F Flux F/Sgt W H Barrett Sgt W A Bentley W/O K H Langley P/O W J Shaw Sgt J Crawford Sgt C Eardley Sgt H H Tregonning Sgt R F Jones Sgt R Murphy Sgt J O'Leary Sgt E G Bowman F/O E H Jones F/Sgt D M McDonnell Sgt R G Furness Sgt H Jordan
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V |
NF962 |
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1 |
BQ-V |
FTR 31 Aug 1944, Agenville. Crew all KIA, inc. W/Cdr Sisley (commanding officer) |
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F/O W D Robertson F/O V A Thygessen F/O A Abrams Sgt K W Nettleton F/Sgt J W Brown F/Sgt R F Veness Sgt P L Brooker Sgt A P Soper F/Sgt K R Salton P/O P C Siddall Sgt R MacLeod Sgt H H M Connolly F/Sgt H G Thomas F/Sgt A S Parsons Sgt D P Gates Sgt T Hamilton Sgt R Finlay F/O E C Packham Sgt A Pavlovitch Sgt A E Howting F/O H B Parker F/O G S Devereau Sgt S H Ward Sgt C W Cross Sgt C A P Noble F/Sgt W Horlor Sgt G E Mills Sgt J R McNamara W/Cdr A F M Sisley
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NF963 |
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BQ-A |
Crashed 4 Oct 1944, near Ellingstring, near Masham, Yorkshire. Lost on training operations. Pilot listed in ORB as UNKNOWN but was in fact F/O Hayter who was the only survivor. |
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F/O R Purvis F/O G P Fauman F/O L J T McCarthy Sgt J D Shilcock Sgt T W Farmer F/Sgt F L J Colbourn Sgt S J Lovett Sgt L Kendrew Sgt H Doherty F/O S H Hayter Sgt L A Bassman F/O T Y Thomas F/O R R Bradshaw Sgt A J Pearce Sgt W J Killick F/Sgt A E Stebner F/O M S Merevitz Sgt P E Cooksey Sgt J A Ringrow Sgt W A Drake F/Sgt C Stoddard F/Sgt K R S Scholefield Sgt L W Guthrie Sgt J Wright Sgt V S B Scoble Sgt J P Sheridan Sgt J McVey Sgt A Allway F/O H Yates Sgt S F Beardmore Sgt G L Grant F/O J Parr F/L E Keuffling F/O J P Blackie F/O L Cox F/O H Cornforth S/L T D Misselbrook
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D |
NF998 |
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BQ-D |
Wrecked. Ops 23/24 Feb 1945 to Pforzheim. Hit by weapons from another aircraft. Read account of the final flight of this aircraft (link to original site) |
/original-site-archive/histmemoirspforzheim.htm
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F/O J E Franklyn F/O J Harris F/L A J D MacLachlan F/L N L Rose Sgt A Colin F/O R D Harris Sgt K J B Smith F/Sgt D J Yemen F/O G J Nicol Sgt G P Kelleher Sgt M T Ditson Sgt D J Hicks Sgt G H Town Sgt G Hope F/Sgt D J T Slimming F/Sgt J H Windsor F/Sgt P D Probert Sgt V C Morgan Sgt J S Wright Sgt C A DeLaveleye Sgt G H Simpkins F/Sgt J W Eppel W/O J C Conway F/Sgt R G Bickford Sgt W P Waddell Sgt B S P Barby W/O D J Kettell F/O J G Barcley F/O F Parkinson Sgt H D Lloyd Sgt D Drake W/O R Lazzell Sgt K L Willis F/O R C Foote F/O E G Caswell Sgt G W Page F/O J S Tointon Sgt G S Spragg
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D2 |
NG120 |
- |
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BQ-D2 |
SOC 21 Nov 1945 |
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F/L D A Shaw F/L J Harris F/L E H Luder F/L M F A Maltin F/O G E Mearns F/O H A Shenker F/Lt J Ward Sgt F Norris F/Sgt W G Kelly Sgt J F McKeen Sgt D O'Neil Sgt J Chamboly Sgt A G Slater Sgt A Colin Sgt G Evans F/O C J Jones Sgt S J Webb P/O J Buckmaster F/Sgt L W Harvey Sgt F M Main F/Sgt T Spewart F/Sgt G G Blair Sgt G H Town Sgt G Hope F/Sgt D J T Slimming F/Sgt J H Windsor F/Sgt P D Probert Sgt V C Morgan Sgt J S Wright F/Sgt V B Cassapi F/O V G Roberts Sgt R E Davies Sgt F Farney F/O K L Pedersen F/Sgt D R Jackson P/O S Walmsley W/O M Waddington P/O J S Percival Sgt E W Ward F/Sgt S E Whyte Sgt N R Knipton Sgt C J Nileman Sgt I Rees F/O M K Anderson P/O A G Elliott F/Sgt R J Francis Sgt D Scully Sgt A J Cassidy Sgt R Craigs F/O S D Thompson Sgt R A Wilson F/O J C Thorpe F/O W K Campbell Sgt F Roberts Sgt W Cranfield Sgt K Haub P/O J Lukies Sgt W K Oldham F/Sgt L W Pfitzner F/Sgt R W Caples F/Sgt J W Foran P/O H K Johnson Sgt J M Craine F/L E G Blakeway F/Sgt G B Dawkins F/L H James F/O K H Vaughan F/O G McCann F/Sgt N Gamble F/O L O Lynch Sgt I S Freeman F/O E B Hornsby F/Sgt R W Richardson F/Sgt P F Flux F/Sgt W H Barrett Sgt W A Bentley P/O R H Digby Sgt J Faren F/Sgt G H Lennox F/Sgt L F Johnston F/Sgt R J Emmett F/Sgt T A Landers F/Sgt A Ingram F/Sgt J H Vance Sgt J S Kennedy Sgt R J Lester Sgt R J Harris Sgt D H Hope Sgt A M Gardner Sgt R A Stockwell F/O G H Markes Sgt K J Brotherhood F/Sgt F W L Mann Sgt V T Wilkes Sgt F N M Petch Sgt L G Buckell Sgt D J Driscoll F/O F J A Cox P/O S J Jackson F/O A Davidson F/O P M Fletcher Sgt R Townend Sgt E J Chick Sgt H W E Gee F/O L S Johnston Sgt B C Terry F/O A C Armstrong F/O J L Oke Sgt J Jones Sgt C B Gadsby Sgt J A Wilson Sgt G N Raynes F/O J D Nelson W/O G B McGhee Sgt G King Sgt V Montague Sgt R C Dyke Sgt E G Bowman F/O E H Jones F/Sgt D M McDonnell Sgt R G Furness Sgt H Jordan F/O S G Kitson F/Sgt W R Williams F/Sgt J H F Rowe W/O F E Barrett F/O H G Cook F/Sgt G H Davidson P/O J C Parry F/O E W Ball Sgt C G J Mason Sgt L O Kirton Sgt F R Cole Sgt D F Peggs Sgt D W Morrow F/O R A Marriott Sgt A J Keveren S/L A P Gainsford F/L G W Peek
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E2 |
NG132 |
- |
- |
BQ-E2 |
Shot down by intruder (Fw Rudi Morenz from 1V.NJG2), Humber estuary 18:00 17 Mar 1945. The last Bomber Command aircraft to be shot down over the UK in WWII
According to Lancaster movement cards Lancasters NG132, NG133 and NG134 all transferred to 550 Sqdn on 13.9.44. Lancaster NG138 was never transferred to 550 Sqdn |
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F/L L Dale F/L E H Luder F/O G E Mearns F/L N L Rose F/O I A Stevenson F/Lt J Ward F/Sgt R E Martin-Smith F/L R P Stone Sgt F Norris F/Sgt W G Kelly Sgt J F McKeen Sgt D O'Neil Sgt J Chamboly Sgt A G Slater Sgt D B Boyce P/O A C Lockyer Sgt F E Drawbridge Sgt W Berry W/O H L Farmer Sgt L Elliott Sgt S Matthews Sgt D Lucey F/Sgt C W Sawyers F/O K A Whynacht Sgt G E White F/Sgt E W Holliday Sgt D E Norgrove Sgt L G B Wartnaby F/Sgt F Wright Sgt G H Town Sgt G Hope F/Sgt D J T Slimming F/Sgt J H Windsor F/Sgt P D Probert Sgt V C Morgan Sgt J S Wright Sgt D J McKinnon Sgt T M Cranitch F/L E R Mark W/O R J Davies Sgt V P Halliday F/O H J Handley F/O S D Thompson Sgt R A Wilson F/O J C Thorpe F/O W K Campbell Sgt F Roberts Sgt W Cranfield Sgt K Haub P/O J Lukies Sgt W K Oldham F/Sgt L W Pfitzner F/Sgt R W Caples F/Sgt J W Foran P/O H K Johnson Sgt J M Craine F/Sgt G W Jamieson F/Sgt H W Burlingham F/O E A Butcher Sgt W D Riley F/Sgt J P Aucoin F/Sgt J W Hamilton W/O J Groves Sgt J E Murray F/Sgt R R Longmire F/Sgt J R Seppelt F/Sgt F A Coombes F/Sgt R F Pritchard F/Sgt P J Robertson Sgt K L Willis F/O R C Foote F/O E G Caswell Sgt G W Page F/O J S Tointon Sgt G S Spragg Sgt D C Whitmarsh F/O G H Markes Sgt K J Brotherhood F/Sgt F W L Mann Sgt V T Wilkes Sgt F N M Petch Sgt L G Buckell Sgt D J Driscoll Sgt W T Woodhams F/Sgt D T Morrison F/Sgt W W Fitch F/Sgt E N Pearson F/Sgt M O Olsen Sgt C Cowperthwaite Sgt E G Bowman F/O E H Jones F/Sgt D M McDonnell Sgt R G Furness Sgt H Jordan S/L J C Sarll
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NG133 |
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BQ-F2 |
FTR 14 Oct 1944, Duisburg operation. One of two 550 Sqdn Lancasters lost on this operation. See also PD319. Pilot thrown clear, remainder of crew KIA
According to Lancaster movement cards Lancasters NG132, NG133 and NG134 all transferred to 550 Sqdn on 13.9.44. Lancaster NG138 was never transferred to 550 Sqdn. |
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F/L N L Rose F/O A Abrams Sgt K W Nettleton F/Sgt J W Brown F/Sgt R F Veness Sgt P L Brooker Sgt A P Soper F/Sgt K R Salton Sgt K L Willis F/O R C Foote F/O E G Caswell Sgt G W Page F/O J S Tointon Sgt G S Spragg
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J2 |
NG134 |
- |
- |
BQ-J2 |
According to Lancaster movement cards Lancasters NG132, NG133 and NG134 all transferred to 550 Sqdn on 13.9.44. Lancaster NG138 was never transferred to 550 Sqdn
SOC 23 Nov 1945 |
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F/O F S Adley F/L E H Luder F/O G E Mearns F/O L G Michie F/O H A Shenker F/Lt J Ward F/L R P Stone Sgt F Norris F/Sgt W G Kelly Sgt J F McKeen Sgt D O'Neil Sgt J Chamboly Sgt A G Slater F/L E G Fleming Sgt A Colin F/O L O Browning F/L N A Burrows Sgt R C Smith Sgt A Wilson F/O R B Watling Sgt R F J Gorman Sgt L B Towson Sgt A J Miles Sgt G Evans F/Sgt C W Sawyers F/O C J Jones Sgt S J Webb P/O J Buckmaster F/Sgt L W Harvey Sgt F M Main Sgt M B Smith F/Sgt E M Watkins Sgt G E White F/Sgt E W Holliday Sgt D E Norgrove Sgt L G B Wartnaby F/Sgt F Wright Sgt C A DeLaveleye F/O V G Roberts Sgt R E Davies Sgt F Farney F/O K L Pedersen F/Sgt D R Jackson P/O S Walmsley W/O M Waddington P/O J S Percival Sgt E W Ward F/Sgt S E Whyte Sgt N R Knipton Sgt C J Nileman Sgt I Rees F/O M K Anderson F/O H R Whitney F/Sgt T E Hewitt F/Sgt H L Alleyne F/Sgt S W Brown F/O S D Thompson Sgt R A Wilson F/O J C Thorpe F/O W K Campbell Sgt F Roberts Sgt W Cranfield Sgt K Haub F/Sgt W G Hill F/O J B Wright F/O G Williams F/O I Levene Sgt J E Piper F/O H Quick F/O L A Doward Sgt G Buckman F/Sgt S Gall F/Sgt D Jackman Sgt J A Morgan Sgt S Pelham F/O G G Kennedy Sgt G W Soundy Sgt H Luxton Sgt H H Powell Sgt R T Wesley Sgt A Frame Sgt J Hogg F/Sgt T Fairclough Sgt J Faren F/Sgt G H Lennox F/Sgt L F Johnston F/Sgt R J Emmett F/Sgt T A Landers F/Sgt A Ingram F/O R A Tapsell F/Sgt G E Collinson F/O D E Wright Sgt W G Beney F/O F L Hern-Black Sgt J R Greening Sgt H R Young F/O J D Clark Sgt D R Gosney Sgt J G Smith Sgt R J Bryant F/Sgt C W Graham Sgt L D Gaskell Sgt E F Stratten Sgt H Summerskill Sgt W A Langshaw F/O R F Cox Sgt C E G Bream F/O J E L John Sgt D E Scuffell F/Sgt C F L Blancher F/O J Meek F/Sgt R Lee F/Sgt C A McDonald F/Sgt A J Fitzgerald F/Sgt D P Lambert Sgt C P Blackham F/Sgt C Orrell Sgt G S Miller F/Sgt C Farrington Sgt A E Boyle Sgt I Daly F/O W E Town Sgt R E Wood F/Sgt N E Reffell F/Sgt E A Francis F/Sgt L F O'Reilly F/Sgt J B Southgate F/Sgt D S Gould Sgt E G Bowman F/O E H Jones F/Sgt D M McDonnell Sgt R G Furness Sgt H Jordan F/O S G Kitson F/Sgt W R Williams F/Sgt J H F Rowe W/O F E Barrett F/O H G Cook F/Sgt G H Davidson Sgt C Lambie S/L R M Newitt S/L A P Gainsford
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NG135 |
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BQ-K2 |
According to Lancaster movement card Lancaster NG135 transferred to 550 Sqdn on 15.9.44 SOC 10 Dec 1945 |
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F/O C G K Edlund F/O C S George P/O A D Young P/O W E McDonald F/O C J Jones Sgt S J Webb P/O J Buckmaster F/Sgt L W Harvey Sgt F M Main F/Sgt T Spewart Sgt M B Smith F/Sgt V Montague F/Sgt E M Watkins Sgt C A DeLaveleye F/O H J Handley F/Sgt L J Tough Sgt H B Brier F/Sgt J Taylor Sgt R G Aldridge Sgt H Firth Sgt D Hiskins F/O A C Bothe F/Sgt J H Andrews F/Sgt A S Wiltshire F/O S W Collins Sgt B J Williams Sgt H W Barton Sgt F R Knight W/O J Groves Sgt S B Faggetter Sgt D M Buchanan Sgt J D Fellows W/O G Aylmore Sgt A J Johns Sgt C R Donoghue F/Sgt R F Pritchard Sgt S Lipfriend F/O W F Dawson Sgt P H Barber W/O J M Gorton Sgt H J Cleghorne Sgt J Carruthers Sgt J Hill F/O P J Singer Sgt C R S Daniels F/Sgt J W Pidcock Sgt C Hillsdon Sgt E Thompson F/O H Yates Sgt J O'Leary F/O G H Markes Sgt K J Brotherhood F/Sgt F W L Mann Sgt V T Wilkes Sgt F N M Petch Sgt L G Buckell Sgt D J Driscoll F/O F J A Cox P/O S J Jackson F/O A Davidson F/O P M Fletcher Sgt R Townend Sgt E J Chick Sgt H W E Gee F/O S G Kitson F/Sgt W R Williams F/Sgt J H F Rowe W/O F E Barrett F/O H G Cook F/Sgt G H Davidson Sgt W N Chew Sgt E E Okines F/Sgt J D Johnson F/Sgt G A Stecker F/Sgt T H Jeffs Sgt E W Kilby Sgt R Challoner F/Sgt C L Cochrane Sgt J Potts F/Sgt - Moore F/Sgt D G Mather Sgt D G Hammersley Sgt R H Keevil F/Sgt R G Miles F/O J Parr F/L E Keuffling F/O J P Blackie F/O L Cox F/O H Cornforth S/L T D Misselbrook S/L A P Gainsford
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F2 |
NG138 |
- |
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BQ-F2 |
This aircraft appears as "F2" in a number of the ORB records This record needs to be compared and resolved wrt NG133. According to Lancaster movement cards Lancasters NG132, NG133 and NG134 all transferred to 550 Sqdn on 13.9.44. A Lancaster NG138 was never transferred to 550 Sqdn. Lancaster movement card for NG221 shows it transferred to 550 Sqdn on 13.10.44. PA268 is also recorded in the ORB as "F2", but does not arrive, according to the movement card, until March 1945. Therefore, the many entries in the ORB battle order citing NG138 need to be resolved (perhaps to NG133 or NG221, depending on the date of the ops concerned). |
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F/L R P Stone F/Sgt C W Sawyers Sgt G E White F/Sgt E W Holliday Sgt D E Norgrove Sgt L G B Wartnaby F/Sgt F Wright Sgt W G Beney
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NG165 |
- |
- |
BQ-T |
To 166 Sqdn |
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F/O P H Spindler F/L J Harris F/L D R Parsons F/O T M Evans F/O J H Graham P/O L Brooks F/O G H Pascoe Sgt A R Gow Sgt I S Freeman F/O E B Hornsby F/Sgt R W Richardson F/Sgt P F Flux F/Sgt W H Barrett Sgt W A Bentley Sgt H Moreton Sgt G E Carter F/Sgt J Price Sgt M W Morrison F/Sgt K Robinson Sgt E Dinsley Sgt J Cooper S/L E L Pickles
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L |
NG192 |
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1 |
BQ-L |
FTR 19/20 Oct 1944, Stuttgart. Lost on first operation. Crew all KIA.
Hit by 1 & 2/schw Flak Abt 543 (Eisb). Crashed into SS Auslieferungslager at Kehl at 20:30.
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F/L A Wynne Thomas Sgt M R F Harris Sgt M Austin Sgt J E Knott Sgt J D Garland Sgt R Garrad Sgt A E Lukeman
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F2 |
NG221 |
- |
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BQ-F2 |
According to Lancaster movement card Lancaster NG221 transferred to 550 Sqdn on 13.10.44 This is around the time of the loss of NG133 "F2" (14/10/44), so this may the aircraft being listed in the ORB as NG138 "F2" in the period after the loss of NG133 "F2". Nonetheless the ORB shows NG221 as "F" and "F2" in different places! At least one log book (F/Lt J Cassidy) records NG221 as "F". Therefore, the "F2 replacement remains somewhat unclear, but at this point NG221 is assumed. SOC 26 Oct 1945 |
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F/L J Cassidy F/L D A Shaw F/O F S Adley F/O G G H Cowper F/O S P George F/L E H Luder P/O R J Moran F/O R G Screen F/O D W Summons F/Lt J Ward Sgt C C Jerman F/L R P Stone F/O R Sloggett F/O D Gear F/O S Squires F/O J H Marston F/O F M Kennedy F/L J B Barnes Sgt J W Geran F/Sgt J Stobbs F/Sgt J G Day P/O W E McDonald P/O E Lindsay F/O R Melis F/Sgt C W Sawyers F/Sgt E M Watkins Sgt F E Self Sgt G E White F/Sgt E W Holliday Sgt D E Norgrove Sgt L G B Wartnaby F/Sgt F Wright Sgt J S Wright Sgt R H Whitehead F/O R M Mills F/Sgt C H Baldwin F/Sgt S E Willis Sgt S E Morrison Sgt H R Graham F/Sgt H L Alleyne Sgt B T McGee Sgt J Carson F/Sgt T W Brown F/Sgt H P Rattenbury F/Sgt H Jacobs Sgt J J Barry P/O R H Digby Sgt J H Walker F/O A E Lewis Sgt A E McLeod Sgt D Crabtree Sgt J L Perrigo Sgt R D Hager F/Sgt G E Collinson F/L G S Nankivell F/O A Benger F/Sgt J W Arnold W/O J J Boland Sgt J F O'Halloran P/O W J Shaw Sgt J Crawford Sgt C Eardley Sgt H H Tregonning Sgt R F Jones Sgt R Murphy Sgt J O'Leary F/O K W Jeans Sgt M G Snowball Sgt G Bulman Sgt K G Thom Sgt G C Vincent W/O H O Lowe F/O K C Reeve F/O L S Johnston Sgt B C Terry F/O A C Armstrong F/O J L Oke Sgt J Jones Sgt C B Gadsby Sgt J A Wilson Sgt E G Bowman F/O E H Jones F/Sgt D M McDonnell Sgt R G Furness Sgt H Jordan F/Sgt C L Cochrane Sgt J Potts F/Sgt D G Mather Sgt D G Hammersley Sgt R H Keevil F/Sgt R G Miles F/Sgt J N Williams Sgt N Costigan S/L W F Caldow
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M2 |
NG243 |
- |
- |
BQ-M2 |
Mike Squared SOC 23 Nov 1945 |
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F/O C S George F/O G E Mearns F/O L G Michie F/O K F Sidwell F/L R E G Waite Sgt F Norris F/Sgt W G Kelly Sgt J F McKeen Sgt D O'Neil Sgt A Colin P/O J R Byrne Sgt F E Drawbridge Sgt G Evans P/O J S Percival Sgt E W Ward F/Sgt S E Whyte Sgt N R Knipton Sgt C J Nileman Sgt I Rees F/Sgt J Rodgers F/O H R Whitney F/Sgt T E Hewitt F/Sgt H L Alleyne F/Sgt S W Brown F/O S D Thompson Sgt R A Wilson F/O J C Thorpe F/O W K Campbell Sgt F Roberts Sgt W Cranfield Sgt K Haub P/O J Lukies Sgt W K Oldham F/Sgt L W Pfitzner F/Sgt R W Caples F/Sgt J W Foran P/O H K Johnson Sgt J M Craine P/O J G Smart F/Sgt C M Clayton Sgt T W Galbraith Sgt T Spicer Sgt A Rose Sgt A L Taylor W/O J Groves Sgt S B Faggetter Sgt D M Buchanan Sgt J D Fellows W/O G Aylmore Sgt A J Johns Sgt C R Donoghue Sgt J E Murray F/Sgt R R Longmire F/Sgt J R Seppelt F/Sgt F A Coombes F/Sgt R F Pritchard F/Sgt P J Robertson F/O L A Doward Sgt G Buckman F/Sgt S Gall F/Sgt D Jackman Sgt J A Morgan Sgt S Pelham Sgt J Allen F/Sgt J W Hewitt Sgt J L Banks F/Sgt J F Chapman Sgt F W Woodley Sgt D C Whitmarsh F/Sgt C W Graham Sgt L D Gaskell Sgt E F Stratten Sgt H Summerskill Sgt W A Langshaw F/O R F Cox Sgt C E G Bream F/Sgt A G Johnston F/Sgt J H Marsh F/O R G McLean Sgt G Edwards Sgt W Gray Sgt T Hume Sgt E E Okines F/Sgt J D Johnson F/Sgt G A Stecker F/Sgt T H Jeffs Sgt E W Kilby Sgt R Challoner F/O R A Marriott P/O E W Turnbull F/Sgt D O Pratt F/O J Winning F/Sgt R W Hyde Sgt J C Austin F/Sgt J A Proudfoot S/L J C Sarll
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G |
NG246 |
- |
- |
BQ-G |
SOC 23 Nov 1945 |
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F/L D A Shaw F/L V B Ansell F/L L Dale F/O J E Franklyn F/O R P Franklyn F/O G E Mearns F/O K F Sidwell P/O A D Young F/Sgt R E Martin-Smith Sgt F Norris F/Sgt W G Kelly Sgt J F McKeen Sgt D O'Neil Sgt J Chamboly Sgt A G Slater F/O L O Browning F/Sgt E M Watkins F/Sgt V B Cassapi Sgt D J McKinnon Sgt T M Cranitch F/L E R Mark W/O R J Davies Sgt V P Halliday F/Sgt J Rodgers P/O A G Elliott F/Sgt N H Lund F/Sgt R J Francis Sgt D Scully Sgt A J Cassidy F/O A C Bothe F/Sgt J H Andrews F/Sgt A S Wiltshire F/O S W Collins Sgt B J Williams Sgt H W Barton Sgt F R Knight P/O R H Digby Sgt J H Walker F/O A E Lewis Sgt A E McLeod Sgt D Crabtree Sgt J L Perrigo Sgt R D Hager Sgt J E Piper F/O R A Tapsell F/Sgt G E Collinson Sgt J Hill F/O P J Singer Sgt C R S Daniels F/Sgt J W Pidcock Sgt C Hillsdon Sgt E Thompson Sgt J Allen F/Sgt J W Hewitt Sgt J L Banks F/Sgt J F Chapman Sgt F W Woodley Sgt D C Whitmarsh F/O L S Johnston Sgt B C Terry F/O A C Armstrong F/O J L Oke Sgt J Jones Sgt C B Gadsby Sgt J A Wilson Sgt L D Dale F/Sgt W Hill Sgt W D Braham F/Sgt M Gillespie F/Sgt H J Day Sgt S G Dyer F/Sgt R H Lucas F/Sgt J A Dibley F/Sgt R J Chester Sgt K Sharp Sgt P J James Sgt H D Davies Sgt G P Sythes Sgt T D Rodgers Sgt L Trudgian F/Sgt H A Elderfield P/O GJ Horsfall Sgt S J H Adams F/Sgt J McVey
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M |
NG250 |
- |
- |
BQ-M |
To 100 Sqdn, SOC 08 Mar 1946 |
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F/O P H Spindler F/L V B Ansell F/L A W Browne F/L L Dale F/O W M Davidson F/O C G K Edlund F/O R P Franklyn F/L J Harris F/L D R Parsons F/L C A Rhude F/Sgt R E Martin-Smith F/O T M Evans F/O J H Graham P/O L Brooks F/O G H Pascoe Sgt P D Fitzgerald F/O C D Goughnour Sgt D A Blyth Sgt C G Falliur W/O R E Vietheer Sgt A R Gow Sgt D J McKinnon Sgt T M Cranitch F/L E R Mark W/O R J Davies Sgt V P Halliday F/O H J Handley F/Sgt L J Tough Sgt H B Brier F/Sgt J Taylor Sgt R G Aldridge Sgt H Firth Sgt D Hiskins F/O M K Anderson P/O J Lukies Sgt W K Oldham F/Sgt L W Pfitzner F/Sgt R W Caples F/Sgt J W Foran P/O H K Johnson Sgt J M Craine F/Sgt W J Broom F/O E G Smith F/Sgt W B Reid F/O C G Hetherington Sgt J Regan Sgt S Sorsby F/L E G Blakeway F/Sgt G B Dawkins F/L H James F/O K H Vaughan F/O G McCann F/Sgt N Gamble F/O L O Lynch Sgt F A Decker F/Sgt A V Townsend F/Sgt R J Lloyd F/Sgt W H Evans Sgt J M Watson Sgt C J Sherratt Sgt I S Freeman F/O E B Hornsby F/Sgt R W Richardson F/Sgt P F Flux F/Sgt W H Barrett Sgt W A Bentley F/Sgt W G Hill F/O H Quick Sgt S Lipfriend Sgt B S P Barby F/Sgt G E Collinson F/Sgt E T Rees Sgt R West F/Sgt J R Locke Sgt McGivering F/O B A Bishop Sgt McManus Sgt French Sgt Munro Sgt Millar F/L K B Wright F/Sgt J F Thomas Sgt R J Kemmett F/Sgt A W Scott Sgt C W Read Sgt T S Wood Sgt T J Cronin Sgt A Murphy F/Sgt M J Ball F/Sgt P Clark Sgt F M Johnstone Sgt A E Farmer Sgt W H Bailey Sgt F Law Sgt G W Butcher F/Sgt R H Lucas F/Sgt J A Dibley F/Sgt R J Chester Sgt K Sharp Sgt P J James Sgt H D Davies Sgt G P Sythes Sgt T D Rodgers Sgt L Trudgian F/Sgt H A Elderfield P/O GJ Horsfall Sgt S J H Adams Sgt C Lambie Sgt G E Carter F/Sgt J Price Sgt M W Morrison F/Sgt K Robinson Sgt E Dinsley F/L C M Irving F/Sgt G D Vine F/SO J S White F/O G A Heather P/O H C C Bontoft Sgt J H O'Leary Sgt W N Chew Sgt A J Keveren W/Cdr J C McWatters S/L E L Pickles
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J |
NG251 |
- |
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BQ-J |
FTR 06/07 Dec 1944, Leuna. Crew all KIA. Crashed after being crippled by flak 12 km W from the centre of Leipzig. |
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F/L J Cassidy F/O F S Adley F/O S P George F/O J Harris P/O R J Moran F/L G T Pyke F/O R Sloggett F/O D Gear F/O S Squires F/O J H Marston F/O L O Browning F/L J P Morris Sgt A G Furber F/O A Leonard Sgt H J Bailey Sgt G C Dennis Sgt T J Hooper Sgt W Roberts F/Sgt E M Watkins Sgt F E Self Sgt D Hellings Sgt D Peters Sgt L Adams Sgt D S Eldred Sgt A T Ellement Sgt G H Simpkins F/Sgt J W Eppel W/O J C Conway F/Sgt R G Bickford Sgt W P Waddell Sgt B S P Barby F/O R A Tapsell F/Sgt G E Collinson S/L W F Caldow
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Q |
NG287 |
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1 |
BQ-Q |
FTR 15/16 Mar 1945, Misburg. Crew: 5 KIA, 2 injured. |
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F/O G E Blackler F/O J E Franklyn F/O R P Franklyn F/L G T Pyke F/L C A Rhude F/O D W Summons Sgt C C Jerman F/O R F Wallace Sgt W Field Sgt H J E Brownett F/O R W Stephens Sgt G B C Capon Sgt R H Laney Sgt I F Tait F/L E S Allen F/Sgt E T Smith F/Sgt A B Dennison F/Sgt G A Maginley F/Sgt R W Lundie Sgt R G Crump F/O J E Murray-Shirreff Sgt P D Fitzgerald F/O C D Goughnour Sgt D A Blyth Sgt C G Falliur W/O R E Vietheer Sgt W M Kennedy Sgt D Hellings Sgt D Peters Sgt L Adams Sgt D S Eldred Sgt A T Ellement Sgt H D Davies Sgt W R Ross F/Sgt H P Nichols F/Sgt J W Bold F/Sgt E Mozley Sgt J Nicholson Sgt M McCutcheon F/L G S Nankivell F/O A Benger F/Sgt J W Arnold W/O J J Boland Sgt J F O'Halloran Sgt L D Dale F/Sgt W Hill Sgt W D Braham F/Sgt M Gillespie F/Sgt H J Day Sgt S G Dyer Sgt S Dennis F/Sgt R H Lucas F/Sgt J A Dibley F/Sgt R J Chester Sgt K Sharp Sgt P J James F/L C M Irving
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U |
NG289 |
- |
- |
BQ-U |
SOC 23 Nov 1945 |
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F/O P H Spindler F/O J A Beale F/O G E Blackler F/L E H Luder F/L C A Rhude F/Lt J Ward F/O D H Grundy W/O E W King P/O R T Sowter W/O R C McLauchlan F/Sgt L F Figg Sgt E C Jarvis Sgt E J MacKenzie F/O T M Evans F/O J H Graham P/O L Brooks F/O G H Pascoe Sgt Matthews F/O A F Geen F/O G C Glover F/Sgt R A Spearing Sgt MacKenzie F/Sgt J L McKeown P/O J C Duncan Sgt P D Fitzgerald F/O C D Goughnour Sgt D A Blyth Sgt C A DeLaveleye Sgt C G Falliur W/O R E Vietheer Sgt A R Gow F/Sgt J W Hamilton P/O R H Digby Sgt J H Walker F/O A E Lewis Sgt A E McLeod Sgt D Crabtree Sgt J L Perrigo Sgt R D Hager Sgt W R Ross F/Sgt H P Nichols F/Sgt J W Bold F/Sgt E Mozley Sgt J Nicholson Sgt M McCutcheon W/O H Davies Sgt J S Preston Sgt G V Weller Sgt K P Moran Sgt R A Phillips Sgt J F Wilson Sgt J L Robson F/O L S Johnston Sgt B C Terry F/O A C Armstrong F/O J L Oke Sgt J Jones Sgt C B Gadsby Sgt J A Wilson Sgt E G Bowman F/O E H Jones F/Sgt D M McDonnell Sgt R G Furness Sgt H Jordan S/L E L Pickles
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Y |
NG290 |
- |
- |
BQ-Y |
To 166 Sqdn, FTR 08 Jan 1945, Munich |
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F/L V B Ansell F/O G G H Cowper Sgt R H Whitehead F/O R M Mills F/Sgt C H Baldwin F/Sgt S E Willis Sgt S E Morrison Sgt H R Graham Sgt H Moreton Sgt T D Rodgers Sgt L Trudgian F/Sgt H A Elderfield P/O GJ Horsfall Sgt S J H Adams
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M |
NG331 |
- |
- |
BQ-M |
FTR 5/6 Jan 1945, Hannover. Believed shot down by flak, wreckage scattered over a radius of 800m to 1km. Crew: 6 KIA, 1 PoW |
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F/L V B Ansell F/O J A Beale F/O G E Blackler F/O D D S Ferguson Sgt H Doherty F/O J C Adams Sgt W P Scott F/Sgt B Sterman F/O W R Elcoate F/Sgt F Papple F/O F S Renton Sgt K D Winstanley Sgt Matthews F/O A F Geen F/O G C Glover F/Sgt R A Spearing Sgt MacKenzie F/Sgt J L McKeown Sgt C A DeLaveleye Sgt W R Ross F/Sgt H P Nichols F/Sgt J W Bold F/Sgt E Mozley Sgt J Nicholson Sgt M McCutcheon P/O D A McLeod F/O J C Nicoll F/O F D Leith F/S D A Jones W/O M J Moran Sgt G Reading Sgt T D Rodgers Sgt L Trudgian F/Sgt H A Elderfield Sgt S J H Adams Sgt C Lambie
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B |
NG336 |
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BQ-B |
FTR 16 Mar 1945. Crew: 6 KIA, 1 PoW (F/L R.J.Liefooghe was interned in Camp 5A). |
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F/L J Cassidy F/O G G H Cowper F/O W M Davidson F/O J E Franklyn F/O S P George F/O R G Screen F/O R Sloggett F/O D Gear F/O S Squires F/O J H Marston F/L R J Liefooghe Sgt I Jones F/Sgt A E Higgins F/O R E Hughes F/Sgt V C Davidson Sgt D Anthony Sgt F E Self Sgt R H Whitehead F/O R M Mills F/Sgt C H Baldwin F/Sgt S E Willis Sgt S E Morrison Sgt H R Graham Sgt F A Decker F/Sgt A V Townsend F/Sgt R J Lloyd F/Sgt W H Evans Sgt J M Watson Sgt C J Sherratt Sgt B T McGee Sgt J Carson F/Sgt T W Brown F/Sgt H P Rattenbury F/Sgt H Jacobs Sgt J J Barry Sgt J E Piper Sgt L D Dale F/Sgt W Hill Sgt W D Braham F/Sgt M Gillespie F/Sgt H J Day Sgt S G Dyer S/L W F Caldow
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P |
NG363 |
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1 |
BQ-P |
FTR 07/08 Jan 1945, Munich. Crew: 6 KIA, 1 PoW (inj) |
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F/L D R Parsons F/O C J Clarke Sgt J T Tunstall F/Sgt H E Miell F/O A J Coldwell Sgt L O Precieux F/Sgt F W Bradley F/Sgt L A J Gauthier F/O A W L Lohrey F/Sgt V B Cassapi F/Sgt E C Westhorpe F/Sgt W G Anderson Sgt N Tinsley Sgt A James F/Sgt A Jarnell Sgt B S P Barby Sgt G E Carter F/Sgt J Price Sgt M W Morrison F/Sgt K Robinson Sgt E Dinsley
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H2 |
NG390 |
- |
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BQ-H2 |
On some pages of the ORB NG390 listed as "H2" others as "J" To 100 Sqdn, SOC 16 Mar 1946 |
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F/L D A Shaw F/O F S Adley F/L A W Browne F/O G G H Cowper F/O W M Davidson F/O G E Mearns P/O R J Moran F/O E M Smith Sgt F Norris F/Sgt W G Kelly Sgt J F McKeen Sgt D O'Neil Sgt J Chamboly Sgt A G Slater F/O L O Browning Sgt R Anderson F/Sgt E M Watkins Sgt F E Self Sgt R H Whitehead F/O R M Mills F/Sgt C H Baldwin F/Sgt S E Willis Sgt S E Morrison Sgt H R Graham F/Sgt W J Broom F/O E G Smith F/Sgt W B Reid F/O C G Hetherington Sgt J Regan Sgt S Sorsby Sgt F A Decker F/Sgt A V Townsend F/Sgt R J Lloyd F/Sgt W H Evans Sgt J M Watson Sgt C J Sherratt F/O H A Findlay F/Sgt W A Swan Sgt J B Carter F/O R Melia Sgt E Barton Sgt I Daly Sgt W Towle F/O W Wells F/Sgt G W Jamieson F/Sgt H W Burlingham F/O E A Butcher Sgt W D Riley F/Sgt J P Aucoin F/Sgt J W Hamilton F/Sgt W J Klementoski Sgt J E Piper F/O R A Tapsell F/Sgt G E Collinson Sgt R J McElroy Sgt D C Whitmarsh F/O W E Town Sgt R E Wood F/Sgt N E Reffell F/Sgt E A Francis F/Sgt L F O'Reilly F/Sgt J B Southgate F/Sgt D S Gould Sgt E Oldridge F/Sgt E Barnett F/Sgt E Evans Sgt J Moores Sgt E C Turner Sgt J Hodgkiss F/Sgt J McVey
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NG391 |
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Recorded here but no actual ops found for this service number. Movement cards to be checked for 550 Sqdn.
To 166 Sqdn, FTR 02 Feb 1945, Ludwigshafen |
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A |
NN715 |
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BQ-A |
FTR 21/22 Feb 1945, Duisburg. Two crew killed, remainder PoWs. W/Cmdr Bell was 550 Sqdn Commander and remained a PoW until Liberation. |
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F/L J Cassidy F/O P H Spindler F/O S P George F/L G T Pyke P/O A D Young F/O R Sloggett F/O D Gear F/O S Squires F/O J H Marston F/L D E A Luger Sgt R L Gibbs F/O S R Angill Sgt R Gray Sgt G Hancock Sgt F G Jones Sgt D B Boyce F/L R J Liefooghe Sgt I Jones F/Sgt A E Higgins F/O R E Hughes F/Sgt V C Davidson Sgt R Anderson Sgt D Anthony F/O T M Evans F/O J H Graham P/O L Brooks F/O G H Pascoe F/O R M Mills Sgt A R Gow F/O S D Thompson Sgt R A Wilson F/O W K Campbell Sgt F Roberts Sgt W Cranfield Sgt K Haub Sgt D Hellings Sgt D Peters Sgt L Adams Sgt D S Eldred Sgt A T Ellement Sgt H D Davies Sgt J Hill F/O P J Singer Sgt C R S Daniels F/Sgt J W Pidcock Sgt C Hillsdon Sgt E Thompson F/O H Yates F/O R W Wright Sgt N S Neilson F/Sgt N Kelso W/O G Framlin F/Sgt J Eastwood Sgt R Adam Sgt J D Garrick F/O J Parr F/L E Keuffling F/O J P Blackie F/O L Cox F/O H Cornforth W/Cdr B Bell S/L T D Misselbrook S/L E L Pickles S/L W F Caldow
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F2 |
PA268 |
- |
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BQ-F2 |
According to Lancaster movement card Lancaster PA268 transferred to 550 Sqdn on 5.3.45 SOC 03 Sept 1946 |
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F/O F S Adley F/L E H Luder P/O R J Moran F/Lt J Ward F/O L O Browning Sgt F E Drawbridge Sgt G Evans F/Sgt E M Watkins W/O R E Vietheer P/O J S Percival Sgt E W Ward F/Sgt S E Whyte Sgt N R Knipton Sgt C J Nileman Sgt I Rees P/O J G Smart Sgt E G Blackham F/Sgt C M Clayton Sgt T W Galbraith Sgt T Spicer Sgt A Rose Sgt A L Taylor F/O R A Tapsell F/Sgt G E Collinson F/Sgt E T Rees F/O F J A Cox P/O S J Jackson F/O A Davidson F/O P M Fletcher Sgt R Townend Sgt E J Chick Sgt H W E Gee F/O L S Johnston Sgt B C Terry F/O A C Armstrong F/O J L Oke Sgt J Jones Sgt C B Gadsby Sgt J A Wilson F/O W E Town Sgt R E Wood F/Sgt N E Reffell F/Sgt E A Francis F/Sgt L F O'Reilly F/Sgt J B Southgate F/Sgt D S Gould Sgt E G Bowman F/Sgt D M McDonnell Sgt R G Furness Sgt H Jordan F/Sgt C L Cochrane Sgt J Potts F/Sgt - Moore F/Sgt D G Mather Sgt D G Hammersley Sgt R H Keevil F/Sgt R G Miles
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PA288 |
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BQ-R |
SOC 13 Mar 1948 |
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F/Sgt V B Cassapi P/O A G Elliott F/Sgt N H Lund F/Sgt R J Francis Sgt D Scully Sgt A J Cassidy Sgt R Craigs F/L F J Mitchell W/O N J Horsley Sgt M H Levy F/O B A Hulse Sgt D J Bailey F/Sgt A W W Coltman Sgt R B Nicholson F/O F L Hern-Black Sgt J R Greening Sgt H R Young F/O J D Clark Sgt D R Gosney Sgt J G Smith Sgt R J Bryant W/O H Davies Sgt J S Preston Sgt G V Weller Sgt K P Moran Sgt R A Phillips Sgt J F Wilson Sgt J L Robson
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V |
PA309 |
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BQ-V |
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F/L R E G Waite F/Sgt J R Locke Sgt McGivering F/O B A Bishop Sgt McManus Sgt French Sgt Munro Sgt Millar F/O F L Hern-Black Sgt J R Greening Sgt H R Young F/O J D Clark Sgt D R Gosney Sgt J G Smith F/O K W Jeans Sgt M G Snowball Sgt G Bulman Sgt K G Thom Sgt G C Vincent W/O H O Lowe F/O K C Reeve F/O L S Johnston F/Sgt A G Johnston F/Sgt J H Marsh F/O R G McLean Sgt G Edwards Sgt W Gray Sgt T Hume
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PA325 |
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BQ-D |
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Sgt A Finnigan F/O M K Anderson F/L H S Grimes F/Sgt H D Campbell Sgt H L Brown Sgt R A Elliott Sgt A Aitken Sgt K Higgins Sgt B Edwards S/L Findlayson F/L D J Boydon Sgt P C Polling F/L D C Miller Sgt F P Clarke F/O H S Lodge F/O S J Braithwaite P/O R Askey F/Sgt D K Martin F/Sgt C L Cochrane Sgt J Potts F/Sgt - Moore F/Sgt D G Mather Sgt D G Hammersley Sgt R H Keevil F/Sgt R G Miles F/L L H Avery
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PA991 |
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2 |
BQ-E |
FTR 28/29 Aug 1944, Wemars Cappel. Crew: 3 KIA, 4 POW. The three airmen killed are buried in Bollezeele Communal Cemetery. The Pas de Calais area was liberated by Allied troops a few days later and thus the three 550 aircrew lost were the last fatal casualties in the Bomber Command campaign against the V-1 flying bomb. |
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F/L J C Lord P/O R J Moran F/O W D Robertson F/O I A Stevenson F/O V A Thygessen F/Sgt T T Savas F/O G P Fauman F/O L J T McCarthy Sgt J D Shilcock Sgt T W Farmer F/Sgt F L J Colbourn Sgt S J Lovett Sgt L Kendrew Sgt H Doherty F/O H Dodds P/O A R Brown F/O L O Browning Sgt A Laidlaw Sgt H Lewis F/Sgt C W Beckingham F/O S C Beeson Sgt K J R Hewlett F/Sgt MacQuarrie F/Sgt F Neal Sgt J K Norgate Sgt H S Picton Sgt J A Trayhorn F/O H A T Clark Sgt W Aspinall F/Sgt G W James F/Sgt W E Reed Sgt P E Binder Sgt W E Johnson Sgt D L Marks F/O C R Cameron F/O H Jones Sgt J R Drury F/Sgt C W Sawyers Sgt F H Habgood Sgt D Hunter Sgt R B Cumberlidge Sgt I Williams F/Sgt J Hough Sgt H Hindle Sgt A W Tucker F/Sgt E Moody F/Sgt J B Lake Sgt G A Thomson Sgt E J Walsh Sgt R F Ferry Sgt G H Town Sgt G Hope F/Sgt D J T Slimming F/Sgt J H Windsor F/Sgt P D Probert P/O E C Ball F/Sgt J Teasdale Sgt W J Killick F/Sgt A E Stebner F/O M S Merevitz Sgt P E Cooksey Sgt J A Ringrow Sgt W A Drake Sgt J E Legg P/O W Dinney F/Sgt B G Todd Sgt W H Ansell Sgt N S Smart F/Sgt C J Fuller F/Sgt D M Stephens F/O L W Hussey Sgt E Elliott F/O M A de Gast F/O H S W Nelson Sgt M H Collings Sgt A G Sale F/Sgt R L Holmgren F/Sgt T Fairclough Sgt R Finlay F/O E C Packham Sgt A Pavlovitch Sgt A E Howting F/O H B Parker F/Sgt G B Smith Sgt V J Williams Sgt M L Tretheway F/O W K Mills Sgt C J Cassan Sgt R G Colban Sgt F E Dawson S/L P A Nicholas S/L K MacAleavey
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PA995 |
The Vulture Strikes |
101 |
BQ-V |
Ton-up Lanc (one of three in 550 Sqdn). FTR 7/8 March 1945, Dessau. 3 KIA, rest PoW (inc. confined in hospital due to injuries). One of three 550 Sqdn Lancasters lost on this operation. See also ME428, ME503.
F/O G Blackler in the cockpit of Lancaster PA995/BQ-V - "The Vulture Strikes"
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BQ-V - Victor, 100th Operation, March 1945 |
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F/O F S Adley F/O G W Bell F/O G E Blackler F/O W F Cox F/O M L Dubois F/O R G Fink F/O R P Franklyn F/L J Harris F/O G E Mearns F/L F S Steele Sgt H Tulip F/O G P Fauman F/O K Bowen-Bravery P/O G E Thomas F/Sgt J P Fyffe Sgt R R Thompson Sgt L G Thompson F/L R P Stone Sgt F Norris F/Sgt W G Kelly Sgt J F McKeen Sgt D O'Neil Sgt J Chamboly Sgt A G Slater F/O L J T McCarthy Sgt J D Shilcock Sgt T W Farmer F/Sgt F L J Colbourn Sgt S J Lovett Sgt L Kendrew Sgt H Doherty F/O A Abrams Sgt K W Nettleton F/Sgt J W Brown F/Sgt R F Veness Sgt P L Brooker Sgt A P Soper F/Sgt K R Salton F/O H Dodds Sgt P E Binder F/O R D Harris Sgt K J B Smith F/Sgt D J Yemen F/O G J Nicol Sgt G P Kelleher Sgt D J Hicks F/O R F Wallace F/L E S Allen F/Sgt E T Smith F/Sgt A B Dennison F/Sgt G A Maginley F/Sgt R W Lundie Sgt R G Crump F/O J E Murray-Shirreff F/O C J Jones Sgt S J Webb P/O J Buckmaster F/Sgt L W Harvey Sgt F M Main Sgt M B Smith Sgt P J Sculley Sgt G E White Sgt R F Ferry F/Sgt E W Holliday Sgt D E Norgrove Sgt L G B Wartnaby F/Sgt F Wright Sgt G H Town Sgt G Hope F/Sgt D J T Slimming F/Sgt J H Windsor F/Sgt P D Probert P/O E C Ball F/Sgt J Teasdale Sgt W J Killick F/Sgt A E Stebner F/O M S Merevitz Sgt P E Cooksey Sgt J A Ringrow Sgt W A Drake Sgt J E Legg P/O W Dinney Sgt F C Wilkinson Sgt W H Ansell Sgt N S Smart F/Sgt C J Fuller Sgt W Towle Sgt I S Freeman F/O E B Hornsby F/Sgt R W Richardson F/Sgt P F Flux Sgt S Pelham F/O G G Kennedy Sgt G W Soundy Sgt H Luxton Sgt H H Powell Sgt R T Wesley Sgt A Frame Sgt J Hogg F/O L W Hussey Sgt E Elliott F/O M A de Gast F/O H S W Nelson Sgt A G Sale F/Sgt R L Holmgren Sgt W R Ross F/Sgt H P Nichols F/Sgt J W Bold F/Sgt E Mozley Sgt J Nicholson Sgt M McCutcheon F/O R A Tapsell F/O D J K White F/O H Black F/Sgt G E Collinson Sgt J P Sheridan F/Sgt E T Rees F/O J J W Dawson Sgt E W C Edmunds F/Sgt F W Willmer F/Sgt K P Brady Sgt J M Palmer Sgt J Earnshaw F/Sgt W H Harkness F/Sgt R H Whitticar Sgt A W E Walters Sgt B St. J Railton-Jones Sgt W G Merills Sgt W G Roberts Sgt R Smith F/O H Yates F/O J C Young Sgt H Wood Sgt R Eves Sgt L R R Haynes Sgt A R Blackburn Sgt A Cleghorn Sgt R J McElroy F/O D C R Hills F/O B H Lowen Sgt J F Noonan Sgt D E Hookham Sgt R West Sgt F E Dawson Sgt S Dennis F/Sgt R H Lucas F/Sgt J A Dibley F/Sgt R J Chester Sgt K Sharp Sgt P J James F/O J Parr F/L E Keuffling F/O J P Blackie F/O L Cox F/O H Cornforth S/L P A Nicholas S/L T D Misselbrook F/L A R Tippett
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PB514 |
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BQ-E |
Flown by P/O Beale crew among others. SOC 04 Oct 1945
PB514 (transferred to 550 Sqdn 28.9.44) see: http://lancasterbombersinfo.ipage.com/Data/Form-78s/Lancaster/PB474-PB560/mobile/index.html
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F/L D A Shaw F/O J A Beale F/O W M Davidson F/O D D S Ferguson F/L J Harris F/L G T Pyke P/O A D Young F/L J B Barnes Sgt Matthews F/O A F Geen F/O G C Glover F/Sgt R A Spearing Sgt MacKenzie F/Sgt J L McKeown W/O R E Vietheer Sgt V P Halliday F/O H J Handley F/Sgt L J Tough Sgt H B Brier F/Sgt J Taylor Sgt R G Aldridge Sgt H Firth Sgt D Hiskins P/O J S Percival Sgt E W Ward F/Sgt S E Whyte Sgt N R Knipton Sgt C J Nileman Sgt I Rees Sgt F A Decker F/Sgt A V Townsend F/Sgt R J Lloyd F/Sgt W H Evans Sgt J M Watson Sgt C J Sherratt F/O A C Bothe F/Sgt J H Andrews F/Sgt A S Wiltshire F/O S W Collins Sgt B J Williams Sgt H W Barton Sgt F R Knight Sgt I S Freeman F/O E B Hornsby F/Sgt R W Richardson F/Sgt P F Flux F/Sgt W H Barrett Sgt W A Bentley Sgt H D Iddles-White Sgt D Hellings Sgt D Peters Sgt L Adams Sgt D S Eldred Sgt A T Ellement Sgt H D Davies P/O R H Digby Sgt J H Walker F/O A E Lewis Sgt A E McLeod Sgt D Crabtree Sgt J L Perrigo Sgt R D Hager Sgt J Hill F/O P J Singer Sgt C R S Daniels F/Sgt J W Pidcock Sgt C Hillsdon Sgt E Thompson P/O D A McLeod F/O J C Nicoll F/O F D Leith F/S D A Jones W/O M J Moran Sgt G Reading F/Sgt J D P Banahan W/O H Davies F/O L S Johnston Sgt B C Terry F/O A C Armstrong F/O J L Oke Sgt J Jones Sgt C B Gadsby Sgt J A Wilson
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PB532 |
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BQ-N |
To 100 Sqdn, TFU, TCDU Scrapped 03 July 1951 |
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F/O G W Bell F/O G E Blackler F/L J Harris F/O J Harris P/O R J Moran F/L D R Parsons F/O W D Robertson F/O V A Thygessen P/O A D Young P/O R Hopman F/O H Dodds P/O A R Brown F/O L O Browning Sgt A Laidlaw Sgt H Lewis F/Sgt C W Beckingham F/O C Stocks F/L E S Allen Sgt A R Gow F/Sgt J K Sharpe F/Sgt G R Martin F/Sgt F G Ferguson F/Sgt R E Sloan F/Sgt R E McKenzie Sgt J Kenny Sgt I S Freeman F/O E B Hornsby F/Sgt R W Richardson F/Sgt P F Flux F/Sgt W H Barrett Sgt W A Bentley Sgt G H Simpkins F/Sgt J W Eppel W/O J C Conway F/Sgt R G Bickford Sgt W P Waddell Sgt B S P Barby Sgt W R Ross F/Sgt H P Nichols F/Sgt J W Bold F/Sgt E Mozley Sgt J Nicholson Sgt M McCutcheon Sgt R Finlay F/O E C Packham Sgt A Pavlovitch Sgt A E Howting F/O H B Parker Sgt J Hill F/O P J Singer Sgt C R S Daniels F/Sgt J W Pidcock Sgt C Hillsdon Sgt E Thompson Sgt H Wood Sgt R J McElroy F/O D C R Hills F/O B H Lowen Sgt J F Noonan Sgt D E Hookham Sgt R West Sgt G E Carter F/Sgt J Price Sgt M W Morrison F/Sgt K Robinson Sgt E Dinsley Sgt J Cooper
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PB562 |
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1 |
BQ-M |
FTR 6 Nov 1944, Gelsenkirchen. McCarthy crew all KIA.
Sgt. Kendrew (of the McCarthy crew) was originally buried in Gelsenkirchen-Hullen cemetery (no other members of the crew were recovered). This perhaps indicates that the aircraft came down somewhere in the target area. |
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F/O F S Adley F/L L O Williams F/O L J T McCarthy Sgt J D Shilcock Sgt T W Farmer F/Sgt F L J Colbourn Sgt S J Lovett Sgt L Kendrew Sgt H Doherty F/O F M Kennedy F/O A Abrams Sgt K W Nettleton F/Sgt J W Brown F/Sgt R F Veness Sgt P L Brooker Sgt A P Soper F/Sgt K R Salton F/Sgt E M Watkins F/O R A Tapsell F/O D J K White F/O H Black F/Sgt G E Collinson Sgt J P Sheridan Sgt J McVey
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L2 |
PB707 |
- |
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BQ-L2 |
SOC 21 May 1947 In places ORB has this as PD707 (L2). |
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F/O J A Beale F/L A W Browne F/L E H Luder F/Lt J Ward F/L E G Fleming F/Sgt G F Groom F/Sgt K W Derwent F/Sgt A R Morgan Sgt J Ward Sgt A Colin Sgt W L Howell F/O D H Grundy W/O E W King P/O R T Sowter W/O R C McLauchlan F/Sgt L F Figg Sgt E C Jarvis Sgt E J MacKenzie Sgt Matthews F/O A F Geen F/O G C Glover F/Sgt R A Spearing Sgt MacKenzie F/Sgt J L McKeown W/O R E Vietheer P/O J S Percival Sgt E W Ward F/Sgt S E Whyte Sgt N R Knipton Sgt C J Nileman Sgt I Rees F/O S D Thompson Sgt R A Wilson F/O J C Thorpe F/O W K Campbell Sgt F Roberts Sgt W Cranfield Sgt K Haub P/O J Lukies Sgt W K Oldham F/Sgt L W Pfitzner F/Sgt R W Caples F/Sgt J W Foran P/O H K Johnson Sgt J M Craine F/Sgt W J Broom F/O E G Smith F/Sgt W B Reid F/O C G Hetherington Sgt J Regan Sgt S Sorsby P/O R H Digby Sgt J H Walker F/O A E Lewis Sgt A E McLeod Sgt D Crabtree Sgt J L Perrigo Sgt R D Hager F/L F J Mitchell W/O N J Horsley Sgt M H Levy F/O B A Hulse Sgt D J Bailey F/Sgt A W W Coltman Sgt R B Nicholson Sgt F W Woodley F/Sgt J H Vance Sgt J S Kennedy Sgt R J Lester Sgt R J Harris Sgt D H Hope Sgt A M Gardner Sgt R A Stockwell F/O G H Markes Sgt K J Brotherhood F/Sgt F W L Mann Sgt V T Wilkes Sgt F N M Petch Sgt L G Buckell Sgt D J Driscoll P/O R M Harris Sgt D A Dryburgh F/Sgt E Shelley F/O G E Dunkley Sgt B G Hooker Sgt E J Hill F/Sgt D Laurie F/O L S Johnston Sgt B C Terry F/O A C Armstrong F/O J L Oke Sgt J Jones Sgt C B Gadsby Sgt J A Wilson W/O F H Hansen Sgt E G Bowman F/O E H Jones F/Sgt D M McDonnell Sgt R G Furness Sgt H Jordan F/Sgt E Ashley
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PB843 |
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BQ-N |
To 1660CU, SOC 28 Mar 1946 |
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F/L J Harris F/L D R Parsons F/O R D Harris Sgt K J B Smith F/Sgt D J Yemen F/O G J Nicol Sgt G P Kelleher Sgt D J Hicks Sgt E R Robinson F/O A W L Lohrey F/Sgt V B Cassapi F/Sgt E C Westhorpe F/Sgt W G Anderson Sgt N Tinsley Sgt A James F/Sgt A Jarnell F/Sgt J P Tasker Sgt I S Freeman F/O E B Hornsby F/Sgt R W Richardson F/Sgt P F Flux F/Sgt E T Rees Sgt R West Sgt G E Carter F/Sgt J Price Sgt M W Morrison F/Sgt K Robinson Sgt E Dinsley Sgt J Cooper F/L C M Irving F/Sgt G D Vine F/SO J S White F/O G A Heather P/O H C C Bontoft Sgt J H O'Leary Sgt W N Chew
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PB864 |
Yokel |
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BQ-Y |
Flown by P/O Beale crew among others. To 1660CU, Crashed St Claire Eglise 31 May 1945 |
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F/O P H Spindler F/O F S Adley F/O J A Beale P/O R J Moran F/L D R Parsons F/O L O Browning F/Sgt E M Watkins Sgt F E Self F/O T M Evans F/O J H Graham P/O L Brooks F/O G H Pascoe Sgt Matthews F/O A F Geen F/O G C Glover F/Sgt R A Spearing Sgt MacKenzie F/Sgt J L McKeown Sgt A R Gow F/O R A Tapsell F/Sgt G E Collinson Sgt G E Carter F/Sgt J Price Sgt M W Morrison F/Sgt K Robinson Sgt E Dinsley Sgt J Cooper S/L E L Pickles
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V |
PD208 |
- |
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BQ-V |
Crashed at Wansford ex Fontaine-le-Pin 15 Aug 1944 |
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F/O G P Fauman F/Sgt J Hough Sgt H Hindle Sgt A W Tucker F/Sgt E Moody F/Sgt J B Lake Sgt G A Thomson Sgt E J Walsh P/O H S Vaughan Sgt R W Metcalfe P/O L C Davies F/Sgt D Porter Sgt T Elliott Sgt W J Watson Sgt L D Purser Sgt G H Town Sgt G Hope F/Sgt D J T Slimming F/Sgt J H Windsor F/Sgt P D Probert P/O E C Ball F/Sgt J Teasdale Sgt W J Killick F/Sgt A E Stebner F/O M S Merevitz Sgt P E Cooksey Sgt J A Ringrow Sgt W A Drake
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R |
PD221 |
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BQ-R |
FTR 3/4 Feb 1945, Bottrop. Crew all KIA. At 18, Sgt Taerum was amongst the youngest airmen killed on Bomber Command operations. |
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F/O P H Spindler F/O J A Beale F/O G W Bell F/O L B Cameron F/O W F Cox F/O M L Dubois F/O R P Franklyn F/L J Harris F/L O A Hardy P/O J R Rigby F/O W D Robertson F/O V A Thygessen F/Sgt T T Savas Sgt H Tulip F/O G P Fauman Sgt D Eldridge Sgt G A Sutherland F/Sgt J W White Sgt J F Piertney Sgt F P Popple Sgt J G Hill F/O R G Nye Sgt C Stuart Sgt J Holding Sgt J F Moyle W/O W J Howson F/Sgt W H Cook F/Sgt L C Taerum Sgt A J Schomberg Sgt A H Bowers F/O T M Evans F/O J H Graham P/O L Brooks F/O G H Pascoe F/O A W L Lohrey Sgt W J Killick F/Sgt A E Stebner F/O M S Merevitz Sgt P E Cooksey Sgt J A Ringrow Sgt W A Drake Sgt A R Gow Sgt I S Freeman F/O E B Hornsby F/Sgt R W Richardson F/Sgt P F Flux F/Sgt W H Barrett Sgt W A Bentley Sgt H Moreton F/Sgt D M Stephens Sgt R Finlay F/O E C Packham Sgt A Pavlovitch Sgt A E Howting F/O H B Parker F/Sgt G B Smith Sgt V J Williams Sgt M L Tretheway F/O W K Mills Sgt C J Cassan Sgt R G Colban F/O G S Devereau F/O H G Manley Sgt D R Hughes F/O R G George F/Sgt R Hill F/O G T Brown Sgt G B Ward P/O J K McDonald F/O J C Young Sgt H Wood Sgt R Eves Sgt L R R Haynes Sgt G L Grant F/Sgt J H Elliott Sgt R J McElroy F/O D C R Hills F/O B H Lowen Sgt J F Noonan Sgt D E Hookham Sgt R West Sgt S Dennis F/Sgt R H Lucas F/Sgt J A Dibley F/Sgt R J Chester Sgt K Sharp Sgt P J James G/C R V McIntyre S/L B J Redmond S/L E L Pickles
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PD255 |
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BQ-T |
FTR 2 Nov 1944, Duesseldorf. Cause of loss not established. Crew all KIA. The air-gunner on this flight (Sgt Ted Morgan) was standing in for usual F/Lt Foster crew air-gunner for who was ill. |
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F/O I A Stevenson F/O D W Summons P/O A D Young F/L D J Foster Sgt F P Newcombe Sgt S Pick F/O H A G Gadd Sgt P R Kingman Sgt J Leonard Sgt V C Morgan Sgt W Smith P/O H S Vaughan Sgt R W Metcalfe P/O L C Davies F/Sgt D Porter Sgt T Elliott Sgt W J Watson Sgt L D Purser F/O G G Kennedy Sgt G W Soundy Sgt H Luxton Sgt H H Powell Sgt R T Wesley Sgt A Frame Sgt J Hogg Sgt J Hill F/O P J Singer Sgt C R S Daniels F/Sgt J W Pidcock Sgt C Hillsdon Sgt E Thompson F/O G H Markes Sgt W T Woodhams F/Sgt D T Morrison F/Sgt W W Fitch F/Sgt E N Pearson F/Sgt M O Olsen Sgt C Cowperthwaite
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PD313 |
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BQ-P |
SOC 26 Oct 1945 |
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F/O J A Beale F/O J E Franklyn F/O G E Mearns P/O R J Moran F/L D R Parsons F/O D W Summons P/O A D Young Sgt C C Jerman Sgt F Norris F/Sgt W G Kelly Sgt J F McKeen Sgt D O'Neil Sgt A Colin F/O H Dodds P/O A R Brown F/O L O Browning Sgt A Laidlaw Sgt H Lewis F/Sgt C W Beckingham F/O C J Clarke Sgt J T Tunstall F/Sgt H E Miell F/O A J Coldwell Sgt L O Precieux F/Sgt F W Bradley F/Sgt L A J Gauthier F/L D J Foster Sgt F P Newcombe Sgt S Pick F/O H A G Gadd Sgt P R Kingman Sgt J Leonard Sgt W Smith P/O S W Nielson Sgt Matthews F/O A F Geen F/O G C Glover F/Sgt R A Spearing Sgt MacKenzie F/Sgt J L McKeown F/O A W L Lohrey F/Sgt V B Cassapi F/Sgt E C Westhorpe F/Sgt W G Anderson Sgt N Tinsley Sgt A James F/Sgt A Jarnell F/Sgt D T Williams Sgt V Rose Sgt D H Shaw Sgt A M McCreight Sgt R O Smith F/Sgt A W Robinson Sgt J E Lindsay P/O R H Digby Sgt J H Walker F/O A E Lewis Sgt A E McLeod Sgt D Crabtree Sgt J L Perrigo Sgt R D Hager Sgt J Hill F/O P J Singer Sgt C R S Daniels F/Sgt J W Pidcock Sgt C Hillsdon Sgt E Thompson F/L G S Nankivell F/O A Benger F/Sgt J W Arnold W/O J J Boland Sgt J F O'Halloran F/Sgt J F Thomas Sgt R J Kemmett F/Sgt A W Scott Sgt C W Read Sgt T S Wood Sgt T J Cronin Sgt A Murphy Sgt G E Carter F/Sgt J Price Sgt M W Morrison F/Sgt K Robinson Sgt E Dinsley Sgt J Cooper F/L C M Irving F/Sgt G D Vine F/SO J S White F/O G A Heather P/O H C C Bontoft Sgt J H O'Leary Sgt W N Chew W/Cdr B Bell
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PD319 |
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BQ-G |
FTR 14 Oct 1944, Duisburg. One of two 550 Sqdn Lancasters lost on this operation. See also NG133. Crew all KIA. All buried in Holland at Venray War Cemetery |
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F/O F S Adley F/L J C Lord P/O R J Moran F/L G T Pyke F/O H Dodds P/O A R Brown F/O L O Browning Sgt A Laidlaw Sgt H Lewis F/Sgt C W Beckingham Sgt K W C Down F/Sgt R Sebaski Sgt A A A Vass P/O J Elliott Sgt A J Schomberg Sgt P J Sculley F/Sgt E M Watkins Sgt F E Self Sgt H D Iddles-White Sgt D Hellings Sgt D Peters Sgt L Adams Sgt D S Eldred Sgt A T Ellement F/O R A Tapsell F/O D J K White F/O H Black F/Sgt G E Collinson F/O J J W Dawson Sgt E W C Edmunds F/Sgt F W Willmer Sgt J M Palmer Sgt J Earnshaw F/Sgt W H Harkness F/Sgt R H Whitticar F/Sgt W Horlor F/Sgt F Hutchinson P/O W P F Daniels Sgt J G Woodhall Sgt R G Roberts Sgt R Wright F/Sgt F R Easton Sgt A E Baker Sgt W F Baker
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PD320 |
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BQ-H |
FTR 24 Mar 1945, Dortmund. Crew all KIA. All buried in the Reichswald Forest War Cemetery. |
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F/O G G H Cowper F/L L Dale F/O D D S Ferguson F/O J Harris P/O R J Moran F/O R G Screen F/Sgt R E Martin-Smith F/L J B Barnes Sgt J W Geran F/Sgt J Stobbs F/Sgt D F Reid F/Sgt J G Day P/O W E McDonald P/O E Lindsay Sgt R H Whitehead F/O R M Mills F/Sgt C H Baldwin F/Sgt S E Willis Sgt S E Morrison Sgt H R Graham Sgt D J McKinnon Sgt T M Cranitch F/L E R Mark W/O R J Davies Sgt V P Halliday F/O J C Thorpe Sgt W D Riley F/O F E Bond Sgt D C Mortimer F/O H A Leight Sgt B Roome-Smith F/Sgt R C Bowling Sgt H F Sullivan Sgt J H Udink Sgt G H Simpkins F/Sgt J W Eppel W/O J C Conway F/Sgt R G Bickford Sgt W P Waddell Sgt B S P Barby F/O J J W Dawson Sgt E W C Edmunds F/Sgt F W Willmer Sgt J M Palmer Sgt J Earnshaw F/Sgt W H Harkness F/Sgt R H Whitticar F/O H Yates P/O D A McLeod F/O J C Nicoll F/O F D Leith F/S D A Jones W/O M J Moran Sgt G Reading F/Sgt C L Cochrane Sgt J Potts F/Sgt - Moore F/Sgt D G Mather Sgt D G Hammersley Sgt R H Keevil F/Sgt R G Miles F/O J Parr F/L E Keuffling F/O J P Blackie F/O L Cox F/O H Cornforth S/L T D Misselbrook
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PD321 |
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BQ-K |
ORB states PD321 "N" in various places. Elsewhere PD321 is noted as "K". Some uncertainty therefore ...] SOC 22 May 1947 |
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F/L D A Shaw F/O F S Adley F/L V B Ansell F/O J A Beale F/O W M Davidson F/O R G Screen F/O C J Wearmouth Sgt H Doherty P/O H L Davies F/Sgt E M Watkins Sgt Matthews F/O A F Geen F/O G C Glover F/Sgt R A Spearing Sgt MacKenzie F/Sgt J L McKeown Sgt F A Decker F/Sgt A V Townsend F/Sgt R J Lloyd F/Sgt W H Evans Sgt J M Watson Sgt C J Sherratt F/O H A Findlay F/Sgt W A Swan Sgt J B Carter F/O R Melia Sgt E Barton Sgt I Daly Sgt W Towle Sgt B T McGee Sgt J Carson F/Sgt T W Brown F/Sgt H P Rattenbury F/Sgt H Jacobs Sgt J J Barry P/O R H Digby Sgt J H Walker F/O A E Lewis Sgt A E McLeod Sgt D Crabtree Sgt J L Perrigo Sgt R D Hager F/O R A Tapsell F/O D J K White F/O H Black F/Sgt G E Collinson Sgt J P Sheridan Sgt J McVey F/L H S Grimes Sgt H L Brown Sgt R A Elliott Sgt A Aitken Sgt K Higgins Sgt B Edwards F/L K B Wright F/L D J Boydon Sgt P C Polling F/L D C Miller Sgt F P Clarke F/O H S Lodge F/O S J Braithwaite P/O R Askey F/Sgt M J Ball F/Sgt P Clark Sgt F M Johnstone Sgt A E Farmer Sgt W H Bailey Sgt F Law Sgt G W Butcher P/O W P F Daniels Sgt J G Woodhall Sgt R G Roberts Sgt R Wright F/Sgt F R Easton Sgt A E Baker Sgt W F Baker Sgt T D Rodgers Sgt L Trudgian F/Sgt H A Elderfield P/O GJ Horsfall Sgt S J H Adams Sgt C Lambie
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PD343 |
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BQ-B |
Missing in transit (Italy - UK) 29 Sep 1945
The complete list of army service personnel (name, rank, service number) now available (thanks to IBCC record). |
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F/Sgt R E Martin-Smith P/O R R Matthews F/Sgt R Henderson F/Sgt A O Chapman F/Sgt D A Isley F/Sgt D Gosling Sgt J H Peckham F/O H A Findlay F/Sgt W A Swan Sgt J B Carter F/O R Melia Sgt E Barton Sgt I Daly Sgt W Towle F/Sgt G W Jamieson F/Sgt H W Burlingham F/O E A Butcher Sgt W D Riley F/Sgt J P Aucoin F/Sgt J W Hamilton F/L D J Boydon Sgt P C Polling F/L D C Miller Sgt F P Clarke F/O H S Lodge F/O S J Braithwaite P/O R Askey F/Sgt D P Lambert
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L |
PD382 |
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BQ-L |
SOC 23 Nov 1945 |
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F/O D D S Ferguson F/O H A Shenker F/L R E G Waite F/O L O Browning F/Sgt E M Watkins F/Sgt J Rodgers F/Sgt K F Wilson Sgt H McKelvie F/Sgt E H Waller F/Sgt E C Eminson F/Sgt D Evans F/Sgt A H Clothier F/Sgt E J Davey Sgt J E Piper Sgt J Faren F/Sgt G H Lennox F/Sgt L F Johnston F/Sgt R J Emmett F/Sgt T A Landers F/Sgt A Ingram F/O R A Tapsell F/Sgt G E Collinson P/O D A McLeod F/O J C Nicoll F/O F D Leith F/S D A Jones W/O M J Moran Sgt G Reading F/L D J Boydon Sgt P C Polling F/L D C Miller Sgt F P Clarke F/O H S Lodge F/O S J Braithwaite P/O R Askey F/Sgt A G Johnston F/Sgt J H Marsh F/O R G McLean Sgt G Edwards Sgt W Gray Sgt T Hume P/O W P F Daniels Sgt J G Woodhall Sgt R G Roberts Sgt R Wright F/Sgt F R Easton Sgt A E Baker Sgt W F Baker F/Sgt C L Cochrane Sgt J Potts F/Sgt D G Mather Sgt D G Hammersley Sgt R H Keevil F/Sgt R G Miles F/Sgt J N Williams F/Sgt J McVey
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RA502 |
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1 |
BQ-Z |
Collided with 170 Sqn Lanc. Crashed at Fleville, (France) 1 February 1945. See Fleville memorial page (link to original web-site) |
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F/O A W L Lohrey F/Sgt V B Cassapi F/Sgt E C Westhorpe F/Sgt W G Anderson Sgt N Tinsley Sgt A James F/Sgt A Jarnell
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C |
RA503 |
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BQ-C |
SOC 23/11/1945 |
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F/O F S Adley F/O D D S Ferguson F/L A J D MacLachlan F/O L G Michie P/O R J Moran F/L R E G Waite F/O L O Browning Sgt G Evans F/Sgt E M Watkins Sgt F E Self P/O J S Percival Sgt E W Ward F/Sgt S E Whyte Sgt N R Knipton Sgt C J Nileman Sgt I Rees P/O R H Digby Sgt J H Walker F/O A E Lewis Sgt A E McLeod Sgt D Crabtree Sgt J L Perrigo Sgt R D Hager W/O D J Kettell F/O J G Barcley F/O F Parkinson Sgt H D Lloyd Sgt D Drake W/O R Lazzell F/Sgt G E Collinson P/O D A McLeod F/O J C Nicoll F/O F D Leith F/S D A Jones W/O M J Moran Sgt G Reading F/O F J A Cox P/O S J Jackson F/O A Davidson F/O P M Fletcher Sgt R Townend Sgt E J Chick Sgt H W E Gee F/Sgt A G Johnston F/Sgt J H Marsh F/O R G McLean Sgt G Edwards Sgt W Gray Sgt T Hume F/L C M Irving F/Sgt G D Vine F/SO J S White F/O G A Heather P/O H C C Bontoft Sgt J H O'Leary Sgt W N Chew F/Sgt C L Cochrane Sgt J Potts F/Sgt - Moore F/Sgt D G Mather Sgt D G Hammersley Sgt R H Keevil F/Sgt R G Miles
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RA547 |
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BQ-D |
SOC 03 Sept 1947. RA547 sustained 7 hits by 20mm calibre ammo following fighter attack (TBC) on Nuernburg raid of 16/17 Mar 1945. Landed at Manston with the R/AG seriously wounded. On original listing had RA547, operations log is blurred but RA547 appears correct. |
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F/Sgt G W Jamieson F/Sgt H W Burlingham F/O E A Butcher Sgt W D Riley F/Sgt J P Aucoin F/Sgt J W Hamilton F/Sgt W J Klementoski F/Lt H G Johnston F/Sgt A L Dickens Sgt B B Wakeford F/O P B Beddoes Sgt J E Jennings Sgt N Nicoll Sgt G P Simpson F/Sgt C L Cochrane Sgt J Potts F/Sgt - Moore F/Sgt D G Mather Sgt D G Hammersley Sgt R H Keevil F/Sgt R G Miles
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N |
RF135 |
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BQ-N |
SOC 19 Feb 1946 |
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F/O J A Beale F/O C G K Edlund F/L D R Parsons F/L C A Rhude F/O D W Summons Sgt C C Jerman Sgt W L Howell F/O G H Pascoe Sgt Matthews F/O A F Geen F/O G C Glover F/Sgt R A Spearing Sgt MacKenzie F/Sgt J L McKeown Sgt P D Fitzgerald F/O C D Goughnour Sgt D A Blyth Sgt C G Falliur Sgt A R Gow P/O A G Elliott F/Sgt J R Morley F/Sgt N H Lund F/Sgt R J Francis Sgt D Scully Sgt A J Cassidy Sgt R Craigs F/L E G Blakeway F/Sgt G B Dawkins F/L H James F/O K H Vaughan F/O G McCann F/Sgt N Gamble F/O L O Lynch F/Sgt J P Tasker F/O A C Bothe F/Sgt J H Andrews F/Sgt A S Wiltshire F/O S W Collins Sgt B J Williams Sgt H W Barton Sgt F R Knight Sgt S Lipfriend F/O W F Dawson Sgt P H Barber W/O J M Gorton Sgt H J Cleghorne Sgt J Carruthers F/L G S Nankivell F/O A Benger F/Sgt J W Arnold W/O J J Boland Sgt J F O'Halloran F/Sgt J R Locke Sgt McGivering F/O B A Bishop Sgt McManus Sgt French Sgt Munro Sgt Millar F/Lt H G Johnston F/Sgt J F Thomas Sgt R J Kemmett F/Sgt A W Scott Sgt C W Read Sgt T S Wood Sgt T J Cronin Sgt A Murphy W/O T B Lees Sgt G E Carter F/Sgt J Price Sgt M W Morrison F/Sgt K Robinson Sgt E Dinsley
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RF136 |
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BQ-B2 |
Overshoot Pomigliano (Italy), Crashed 06 Oct 1945 |
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F/L A W Browne F/O L G Michie P/O R J Moran Sgt F E Drawbridge F/O A W L Lohrey F/Sgt V B Cassapi F/Sgt W G Anderson F/Sgt A Jarnell F/Sgt J Rodgers F/O M K Anderson F/O H R Whitney F/Sgt T E Hewitt F/Sgt H L Alleyne F/Sgt S W Brown F/Sgt W J Broom F/O E G Smith F/Sgt W B Reid F/O C G Hetherington Sgt J Regan Sgt S Sorsby P/O J G Smart F/Sgt C M Clayton Sgt T W Galbraith Sgt T Spicer Sgt A Rose Sgt A L Taylor Sgt F W Woodley F/Sgt C W Graham Sgt C E G Bream Sgt L D A Planel W/O H Davies Sgt J S Preston Sgt G V Weller Sgt K P Moran Sgt R A Phillips Sgt J F Wilson Sgt J L Robson F/Sgt D P Lambert F/O F J A Cox P/O S J Jackson F/O A Davidson F/O P M Fletcher Sgt R Townend Sgt E J Chick Sgt H W E Gee F/Sgt D S Gould F/Sgt J McVey
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RF214 |
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BQ-Q |
Scrapped 12 Apr 1951 |
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F/Sgt V B Cassapi F/Sgt W G Anderson P/O A G Elliott F/Sgt N H Lund F/Sgt R J Francis Sgt D Scully Sgt A J Cassidy Sgt R Craigs F/Sgt D T Williams Sgt V Rose Sgt D H Shaw Sgt A M McCreight Sgt R O Smith F/Sgt A W Robinson Sgt J E Lindsay P/O R H Digby Sgt J H Walker F/O A E Lewis Sgt A E McLeod Sgt D Crabtree Sgt R D Hager F/Sgt M J Ball F/Sgt P Clark Sgt F M Johnstone Sgt A E Farmer Sgt W H Bailey Sgt F Law Sgt G W Butcher
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RF237 |
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BQ-H |
Scrapped 07 May 1947 |
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F/O F S Adley F/O R G Screen F/O L O Browning F/Sgt E M Watkins Sgt B T McGee Sgt J Carson F/Sgt T W Brown F/Sgt H P Rattenbury F/Sgt H Jacobs Sgt J J Barry F/Sgt J P Tasker Sgt J E Piper F/O R A Tapsell F/Sgt G E Collinson F/L D J Boydon Sgt P C Polling F/L D C Miller Sgt F P Clarke F/O H S Lodge F/O S J Braithwaite P/O R Askey F/Sgt J McVey
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W5005 |
SS-Nan |
94 |
BQ-N |
On ops to Kiel ditched in Humber estuary approx. one mile off Killingholme Haven 26/27 Aug 1944. No injuries [At some stage this aircraft was fitted with a mid-under gunner position, in an attempt to counter night-fighters, and several crews flew with an 8th man in this position.]
Prior to 550 Sqdn W5005 was with RAAF Squadron 460.
See the movement card for W5005 by selecting the range (W4986-W5012) as shown below:
http://lancasterbombersinfo.ipage.com/Data/Form-78s/Lancaster/W4986-W5012/mobile/index.html
The BBMF Lancaster PA474 was painted up in the guise of 460 Squadron Avro Lancaster W5005 "AR-L".
The nose art replicated on BBMF Lancaster PA474 was with 30 "ops" recorded on the bomb log (as at 9th September 1943).
See: https://www.memorialflightclub.com/blog/daughter-wartime-460-squadron-artist-vic-watts-visits-bbmf-australia.
W5005 Movement Card
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W5005 460Sqdn "AR-L"
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P/O W N H Brawn F/O M A Buchanan F/L O A Hardy F/O W D Robertson F/O V A Thygessen P/O E C W Bull F/Sgt T T Savas P/O R Hopman P/O E C Purney Sgt J L Sheahan Sgt T E Flanagan Sgt E J Molnar Sgt T G P Cruickshank Sgt D Yardley Sgt K H F de Lengerke Sgt J R Penton Sgt J D Naunton F/O N Nunns Sgt J T Kermack Sgt C J Watson P/O T M J Shervington Sgt A Small W/O J R Mawhinney Sgt K R Ansell Sgt E R Hall Sgt A C Griffiths Sgt R G Dennett Sgt A H Bowers P/O H S Vaughan Sgt R W Metcalfe P/O L C Davies F/Sgt D Porter Sgt T Elliott Sgt W J Watson Sgt L D Purser Sgt A R Gow F/Sgt J K Sharpe F/Sgt G R Martin F/Sgt F G Ferguson F/Sgt R E Sloan F/Sgt R E McKenzie P/O R A Jones Sgt S G Conrath F/O A H Crich F/O D J Bremner Sgt J C Johnson Sgt W C T Freeman Sgt A W E Walters Sgt R Finlay F/O E C Packham Sgt A Pavlovitch Sgt A E Howting F/O H B Parker F/Sgt G B Smith Sgt V J Williams Sgt M L Tretheway F/O W K Mills Sgt C J Cassan Sgt R G Colban F/O L N B Cann Sgt C Shaw Sgt R V Fisher Sgt N I E Ostrom F/Sgt J Lyons F/O H Yates Sgt J L R Remilard Sgt E A Johnson F/O H B Snelgrove Sgt E Clarke P/O A E Sutton Sgt L E Updike Sgt W G Beney Sgt A R Blackburn Sgt G L Grant Sgt J E Roberts Sgt E W Kendall W/O C A Sowden Sgt P Pindar Sgt F E Dawson Sgt R A Caley Sgt W J Jones S/L B J Redmond F/L D M Clark
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