Squadron Aircraft: Summary Information

Summary

Listed below is the information available for this aircraft which served in 550 Squadron.

Aircraft Details: The column headers should be fairly self-explanatory. The final column (Web links) contains, where given, links to other items on this web-site or indeed to external sources where further information or photographs, etc can be found.

Associated Aircrew: This is the list of servicemen known to have flown on this aircraft at some time or other, it is not a particular crew (that can be found on other lists available on the site such as the crew shown on a specific operation, etc).

Definitions of the abbreviations used are available: here.

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.

URI Description Other Information
https://www.lancasterbombers.net/form-78-aircraft-movement-cards/ Lancaster movement cards.
The site which can be searched for specific aircraft numbers or ranges of numbers.
An examples of use includes:
http://lancasterbombersinfo.ipage.com/Data/Form-78s/Lancaster/NG392-NG503/mobile/index.html:
Movement cards in the range NG392-NG503 ("flick" through the pages to the service number you seek).

https://www.lancasterbombers.net/abbreviations-form-78/
Abbreviations used on movement cards.
http://www.lancaster-archive.com/ For anyone wishing to locate further Lancaster histories, or to trace Lancaster losses for a raid. Website produced by Lancaster and Manchester Bomber Historian who can be reached on email at: Larry Wright
http://www.lostbombers.co.uk/ In the cases of bombers that Failed to Return (FTR) this site has been invaluable. The web-site, however, appears to have gone offline at some point in time (unclear when).

Aircraft Details

Aircraft Details Associated Aircrew
Id Service Number Name No. of Ops BQ-Code Other Information Web Links Name
Q LL748 - - BQ-Q To 1LFS, 1656CU, 1662CU, SOC 06/12/1945 - 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/L F S Steele
F/O I A Stevenson
Sgt T P Burke
W/O T A Lloyd
Sgt R L G Moore
F/Sgt T T Savas
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
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
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
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 C A Bruce
Sgt R W Harris
Sgt S Gartland
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 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 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 Elliot
F/O M DeGast
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
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
F/Sgt R Blackburn
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
F/O H Yates
F/O H A Honey
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/Lt G N Young
S/L P A Nicholas
F/L K MacAleavey
F/L A D McConnell

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The details were last updated: 06 March 2024


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