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
C2 ME776 - - BQ-C2 SOC 04 Oct 1945 - F/L D A Shaw
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
F/O V G Roberts
P/O S Walmsley
F/Sgt R E Sloan
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/O L W Hussey
Sgt E Elliot
F/O M DeGast
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 E Thompson
Sgt C Hillsdon
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/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
Sgt C F L Blancher
F/O J Meek
Sgt R Lee
Sgt C A McDonald
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 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

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The details were last updated: 13 April 2024


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