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
H2 LM182 - - BQ-H2 SOC 06 Nov 1946 - 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/Sgt T T Savas
Sgt H Tulip
F/L R P Stone
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
F/O M K Anderson
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
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
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/Lt J Ward
F/Sgt D M McDonnell
Sgt R G Furness
Sgt H Jordan

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The details were last updated: 06 March 2024


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