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.

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Aircraft Details

Aircraft Details Associated Aircrew
Id Service Number Name No. of Ops BQ-Code Other Information Web Links Name
V 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.

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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 R Blackburn
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 H Dodds
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 Elliot
F/O M A de Gast
F/O H S W Watson
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/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 J C Young
Sgt H Wood
Sgt R Eves
Sgt L R R Haynes
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
S/L P A Nicholas
F/L A R Tippett

This aircraft is one of the 550 Squadron aircraft that was lost on operations.
The details of those air-crew who lost their lives while on operations in this aircraft are listed on the 550 Squadron Roll of Honour, see: PA995.

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The details were last updated: 11 October 2024


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