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
X ND972 - - BQ-X SOC 21/05/1947 - F/O G E Blackler
F/L A W Browne
P/O R J Moran
F/L D R Parsons
F/Lt R Thomas
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
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

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The details were last updated: 22 April 2024


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