Lancaster (Total: 7,377, Canadian: 157, Group 156)
Avro Lancaster
Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum
The Avro Lancaster is a British Second World War heavy bomber. It was designed and manufactured by Avro as a contemporary of the Handley Page Halifax, both bombers having been developed to the same specification, as well as the Short Stirling, all three aircraft being four-engined heavy bombers adopted by the Royal Air Force (RAF) during the same wartime era.
The Lancaster has its origins in the twin-engine Avro Manchester which had been developed during the late 1930s in response to the Air Ministry Specification P.13/36 for a capable medium bomber for "world-wide use". Originally developed as an evolution of the Manchester (which had proved troublesome in service and was retired in 1942), the Lancaster was designed by Roy Chadwick and powered by four Rolls-Royce Merlins and in one version, Bristol Hercules engines. It first saw service with RAF Bomber Command in 1942 and as the strategic bombing offensive over Europe gathered momentum, it was the main aircraft for the night-time bombing campaigns that followed. As increasing numbers of the type were produced, it became the principal heavy bomber used by the RAF, the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) and squadrons from other Commonwealth and European countries serving within the RAF, overshadowing the Halifax and Stirling. Wikipedia
Lancaster Bomber
WikipediaLancaster Mk.III serial JA672
s/n JA672
Avro
JA 672
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-June-26
Lancaster Mk.III serial JA673
s/n JA673
L
Avro
JA 673
Merlin
Known Units: 582 Sqn
last update: 2025-June-26
Lancaster Mk.III serial JA674
s/n JA674
Avro
JA 674
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-June-26
Lancaster Mk.III serial JA675
s/n JA675
F
Avro
JA 675
Merlin
Known Units: ;467
last update: 2025-June-26
Bombing Milan Italy 1943-08-15 to 1943-08-15
467 () () RAF Bottesford, Lincolnshire, England
467 Australia Squadron. Target - Milan, Italy. Lancaster aircraft JA 675 was shot down by a night fighter. Killed were RCAF Pilot Officer E.A.M. Grange; RAAF Flt. Lt. J.M. Sullivan; and RAF Sgt's. J.A.E. Newland, A.P. Power, and L. Spurr. Taken Prisoners of War were RAF Fg/O T.H.F. Entract and Sgt. K. Harvey.Lancaster Mk.III serial JA676
s/n JA676
Avro
JA 676
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-June-26
Lancaster Mk.III serial JA677
s/n JA677
H
Avro
JA 677
Merlin
Known Units: 7 Sqn;7 Sqn;83 Sqn
last update: 2025-June-26
Lancaster Mk.III serial JA678
s/n JA678
Avro
JA 678
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-June-26
Lancaster Mk.III serial JA679
s/n JA679
P
Avro
JA 679
Merlin
Known Units: 9 Sqn
Delivered to No. 9 Sqn (WS-P) 20 Jun 1943. Aircraft collided with Lancaster DV 183 from No. 207 Sqn on return from operation to Regio Emilia, Italy 15/16 Jul 1943. 71 operational hours.last update: 2025-February-05
Lancaster Mk.III serial JA680
s/n JA680
Avro
JA 680
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-June-26
Lancaster Mk.III serial JA681
s/n JA681
Avro
JA 681
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-June-26
Lancaster Mk.III serial JA682
s/n JA682
Avro
JA 682
Merlin
Known Units: ;7
last update: 2025-June-26
Lancaster Mk.III serial JA683
s/n JA683
Avro
JA 683
Merlin
Known Units: 460 Sqn
last update: 2025-June-26
Lancaster Mk.III serial JA684
s/n JA684
Q
Avro
JA 684
Merlin
Known Units: 44 Sqn
last update: 2025-June-26
Lancaster Mk.III serial JA685
s/n JA685
Z
Avro
JA 685
Merlin
Known Units: 7 Sqn
last update: 2025-June-26
Lancaster Mk.III serial JA686
s/n JA686
Avro
JA 686
Merlin
Known Units: ;83
last update: 2025-June-26
Lancaster Mk.III serial JA687
s/n JA687
Avro
JA 687
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-June-26
Lancaster Mk.III serial JA688
s/n JA688
Avro
JA 688
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-June-26
Lancaster Mk.III serial JA689
s/n JA689
Avro
JA 689
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-June-26
Lancaster Mk.III serial JA690
s/n JA690
M
Avro
JA 690
Merlin
Known Units: 9 Sqn
last update: 2025-June-26
Lancaster Mk.III serial JA691
s/n JA691
Avro
JA 691
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-June-26
Lancaster Mk.III serial JA692
s/n JA692
D
Avro
JA 692
Merlin
Known Units: 9 Sqn
last update: 2025-June-26
Lancaster Mk.III serial JA693
s/n JA693
J
Avro
JA 693
Merlin
Known Units: 7 Sqn
last update: 2025-June-26
Lancaster Mk.III serial JA694
s/n JA694
Avro
JA 694
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-June-26
Lancaster Mk.III serial JA695
s/n JA695
Avro
JA 695
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-June-26
Lancaster Mk.III serial JA696
s/n JA696
J
Avro
JA 696
Merlin
Known Units: 57 Sqn
last update: 2025-June-26
Lancaster Mk.III serial JA697
s/n JA697
Avro
JA 697
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-June-26
Lancaster Mk.III serial JA698
s/n JA698
Avro
JA 698
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-June-26
Lancaster Mk.III serial JA699
s/n JA699
Avro
JA 699
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-June-26
Lancaster Mk.III serial JA700
s/n JA700
P
Avro
JA 700
Merlin
Known Units: 44 Sqn
last update: 2025-June-26
Lancaster Mk.III serial JA701
s/n JA701
Avro
JA 701
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-June-26
Lancaster Mk.III serial JA702
s/n JA702
Avro
JA 702
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-June-26
Lancaster Mk.III serial JA703
s/n JA703
W
Avro
JA 703
Merlin
Known Units: 44 Sqn
Delivered to No. 44 Sqn (KM-W) 28 Jun 1943. It was briefly loaned to No. 617 Sqn, but retaining the 44 Sqn code letters. It was returned to No. 44 Sqn in late July 1943. Missing on operation to Mannheim 5/6 Sep 1943. 194 operational hours.last update: 2025-February-05
Lancaster Mk.III serial JA704
s/n JA704
A
Avro
JA 704
Merlin
Known Units: 166 Sqn
last update: 2025-June-26
Lancaster Mk.III serial JA705
s/n JA705
M
Avro
JA 705
Merlin
Known Units: 83 Sqn
last update: 2025-June-26
Lancaster Mk.III serial JA706
s/n JA706
C
Avro
JA 706
Merlin
Known Units: 7 Sqn
last update: 2025-June-26
Lancaster Mk.III serial JA707
s/n JA707
Avro
JA 707
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-June-26
Lancaster Mk.III serial JA708
s/n JA708
Z
Avro
JA 708
Merlin
Known Units: 97 Sqn
last update: 2025-June-26
Lancaster Mk.III serial JA709
s/n JA709
Avro
JA 709
Merlin
Known Units: ;156
last update: 2025-June-26
Lancaster Mk.III serial JA710
s/n JA710
Avro
JA 710
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-June-26
Lancaster Mk.III serial JA711
s/n JA711
A
Avro
JA 711
Merlin
Known Units: 97 Sqn;9 Sqn
last update: 2025-June-26
Lancaster Mk.III serial JA712
s/n JA712
O
Avro
JA 712
Merlin
Known Units: 550 Sqn;550 Sqn
Delivered to No. 7 Sqn (no raids). Transferred to No. 83 Sqn (OL-B) Jul 1943, then to No. 166 Sqn Nov 1943, then to No. 550 Sqn (BQ-H) Feb 1944. Missing on operation to Aachen 27/28 May 1944. 385 operational hours.last update: 2025-February-05
Lancaster Mk.III serial JA713
s/n JA713
Avro
JA 713
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-June-26
Lancaster Mk.III serial JA714
s/n JA714
R
Avro
JA 714
Merlin
Known Units: 7;156;625
Originally delivered to No. 7 Sqn, then to No, 156 Sqn, then to No. 625 Sqn (CF-R). Missing on operation to Leipzig 20 Oct 1943. 189 operational hours.last update: 2025-February-05
Lancaster Mk.III serial JA715
s/n JA715
Avro
JA 715
Merlin
Known Units: 101 Sqn;101 Sqn;576 Sqn
last update: 2025-June-26
Lancaster Mk.III serial JA716
s/n JA716
V
Avro
JA 716
Merlin
Known Units: 97
With No. 97 Sqn (OF-V). Missing on operation to Nuremberg 10/11 Aug 1943.last update: 2025-February-05
Lancaster Mk.III serial JA717
s/n JA717
Avro
JA 717
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-June-26
Lancaster Mk.III serial JA718
s/n JA718
T
Avro
JA 718
Merlin
Known Units: 7 Sqn
last update: 2025-June-26
Lancaster Mk.III serial JA843
s/n JA843
O
Avro
JA 843
Merlin
Known Units: 44 Sqn
last update: 2025-June-26
Lancaster Mk.III serial JA844
s/n JA844
Avro
JA 844
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-June-26
Lancaster Mk.III serial JA845
s/n JA845
Avro
JA 845
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-June-26
Lancaster Mk.III serial JA846
s/n JA846
M
Avro
JA 846
Merlin
Known Units: 97 Sqn
last update: 2025-June-26
Lancaster Mk.III serial JA847
s/n JA847
C
Avro
JA 847
Merlin
Lancaster Mk.III serial JA848
s/n JA848
Avro
JA 848
Merlin
Known Units: ;619
Delivered to No. 619 Sqn 7 Jul 1943. Missing on operation to Berlin 31 Aug/1 Sep 1943. 131 operational hours.last update: 2025-February-05
Lancaster Mk.III serial JA849
s/n JA849
F
Avro
JA 849
Merlin
Known Units: ;7
last update: 2025-June-26
Lancaster Mk.III serial JA850
s/n JA850
Avro
JA 850
Merlin
Known Units: ;7
last update: 2025-June-26
Lancaster Mk.III serial JA851
s/n JA851
Avro
JA 851
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-June-26
Lancaster Mk.III serial JA852
s/n JA852
L
Avro
JA 852
Merlin
Known Units: 9 Sqn
last update: 2025-June-26
Lancaster Mk.III serial JA853
s/n JA853
R
Avro
JA 853
Merlin
Known Units: 7 Sqn;7 Sqn
last update: 2025-June-26
Lancaster Mk.III serial JA854
s/n JA854
Avro
JA 854
Merlin
Known Units: ;7
last update: 2025-June-26
Lancaster Mk.III serial JA855
s/n JA855
Avro
JA 855
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-June-26
Lancaster Mk.III serial JA856
s/n JA856
C
Avro
JA 856
Merlin
Known Units: 460
Delivered to No. 460 (Australian) Sqn Jul 1943. Missing on operation to Munich 2/3 Oct 1943. 160 operational hours.last update: 2025-February-05
Bombing Munich Germany 1943-10-02 to 1943-10-02
460 () Sqn (RAAF) RAF Binbrook, Lincolnshire, England
460 Australia Squadron (Strike And Return). Lancaster JA856 took off form RAF Binbrook at 1852 hours on 2 October 1943 to attack Munich, Germany. Nothing was heard from the aircraft after take off and it did not return to base. It was later established post-war that the aircraft crashed at Deisenhofen, 13 miles south south east of the centre of Munich. All of the crew members were killed: RCAF Flt. Sgt. F. Sheehan (air gunner); RAAF P/O's F.L.R. Lloyd (DFM) (pilot) and A.S. Mitchell (bomb aimer); RAF Sgt's. G. Douglas (flight engineer), L.A. Sim (air gunner), and R.E. Woodford (wireless operator / air gunner); and RAF Flt. Sgt. R. Hurrell (navigator).Lancaster Mk.III serial JA857
s/n JA857
G
Avro
JA 857
Merlin
Known Units: 97 Sqn
last update: 2025-June-26
Lancaster Mk.III serial JA858
s/n JA858
Avro
JA 858
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-June-26
Lancaster Mk.III serial JA859
s/n JA859
Avro
JA 859
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-June-26
Lancaster Mk.III serial JA860
s/n JA860
Avro
JA 860
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-June-26
Lancaster Mk.III serial JA861
s/n JA861
Avro
JA 861
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-June-26
Lancaster Mk.III serial JA862
s/n JA862
T
Avro
JA 862
Merlin
Known Units: 625 Sqn
last update: 2025-June-26
Lancaster Mk.III serial JA863
s/n JA863
Avro
JA 863
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-June-26
Lancaster Mk.III serial JA864
s/n JA864
Avro
JA 864
Merlin
Known Units: 12 Sqn;12 Sqn;626 Sqn
last update: 2025-June-26
Lancaster Mk.III serial JA865
s/n JA865
U
Avro
JA 865
Merlin
Known Units: 12 Sqn
last update: 2025-June-26
Lancaster Mk.III serial JA866
s/n JA866
Avro
JA 866
Merlin
Known Units: 103
Delivered to No. 103 Sqn 7 Jul 1943. Missing on operation to Hamburg 24/25 Jul 1943. 23 operational hours. This was on the first night of the Battle of Hamburg, Jul/Aug 1943. The aircraft was one of 13 bombers lost that night (the first night that Window was used). It was shot down by the Me 110 of Oblt Drunkler of I/NJG5. It was the 2nd aircraft shot down in the night. The crew were on their 17th operation (Middlebrook)last update: 2025-February-05
Lancaster Mk.III serial JA867
s/n JA867
X
Avro
JA 867
Merlin
Known Units: 619 Sqn
last update: 2025-June-26
Lancaster Mk.III serial JA868
s/n JA868
Avro
JA 868
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-June-26
Lancaster Mk.III serial JA869
s/n JA869
H
Avro
JA 869
Merlin
Known Units: 9 Sqn
last update: 2025-June-26
Lancaster Mk.III serial JA870
s/n JA870
Avro
JA 870
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-June-26
Lancaster Mk.III serial JA871
s/n JA871
Avro
JA 871
Merlin
Known Units: ;106
last update: 2025-June-26
Lancaster Mk.III serial JA872
s/n JA872
K
Avro
JA 872
Merlin
Known Units: 630 Sqn;61 Sqn
last update: 2025-June-26
Lancaster Mk.III serial JA873
s/n JA873
Avro
JA 873
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-June-26
Lancaster Mk.III serial JA874
s/n JA874
E
Avro
JA 874
Merlin
Known Units: 617 Sqn;61 Sqn
Delivered to No. 61 Sqn (QR-E) in July 1943. It took part in 3 of the raids of the Battle of Hamburg 24/25 and 27/28 July and 2/3 August 1943. It also participated in the Peenemunde raid 17/18 August 1943. It was transferred to No. 617 Sqn (KC-E) in September 1943. The aircraft had 159 flying hours when it was shot down on 16 September.last update: 2025-February-05
Bombing Dortmund-Ems Canal Germany 1943-09-15 to 1943-09-16
617 (B) Sqn (RAF) Coningsby
The aircraft (KC-E) took off 00:04 16 Sept 1944 from Coningsby, piloted by Pilot Officer WG Divall, to bomb the Dortmund-Ems Canal at Ladbergen, Germany 
using 12,000 lb high-capacity bombs. It is believed shot down by light Flak, crashing near Bramsche some 7 km SSE of Lingen (Ems), with the loss of all crew.
Pilot Officer DW Warwick was the only Canadian on board. The remaining 7 crew (Pilot Officer WG Divall, Flight Sergeants R McArthur, J Simpson, and Sergeants E Blake, A Williams, A Miles, D Allatson) were all RAF.
Lancaster Mk.III serial JA875
s/n JA875
Avro
JA 875
Merlin
Known Units: ;57
last update: 2025-June-26
Lancaster Mk.III serial JA876
s/n JA876
E
Avro
JA 876
Merlin
Known Units: 622 Sqn
last update: 2025-June-26
Lancaster Mk.III serial JA892
s/n JA892
Avro
JA 892
Merlin
Known Units: ;69
Delivered to No. 49 Sqn 11 Jul 1943. Missing on the raid to Peenemunde 17/18 Aug 1943.last update: 2025-February-05
Lancaster Mk.III serial JA893
s/n JA893
Avro
JA 893
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-June-26
Lancaster Mk.III serial JA894
s/n JA894
T
Avro
JA 894
Merlin
Known Units: 49 Sqn;617 Sqn
last update: 2025-June-26
Lancaster Mk.III serial JA895
s/n JA895
H
Avro
JA 895
Merlin
Known Units: 44 Sqn
last update: 2025-June-26
Lancaster Mk.III serial JA896
s/n JA896
Avro
JA 896
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-June-26
Lancaster Mk.III serial JA897
s/n JA897
Avro
JA 897
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-June-26
Lancaster Mk.III serial JA898
s/n JA898
X
Avro
JA 898
Merlin
Known Units: 619;617
Delivered to No. 619 Sqn July 1943 (operated on the Hamburg raid of 24/25 July 1943), then transferred to No. 617 Sqn (AJ-X) September 1943. Missing on operation to Dortmund-Ems Canal 15/16 Sep 1943. 26 operational hours.last update: 2025-February-05
Bombing Dortmund-Ems Canal Germany 1943-09-15 to 1943-09-16
617 (B) Sqn (RAF) Coningsby
The aircraft, piloted by Flight Lieutenant HS Wilson, took off from Coningsby at 23:59 on September 15, heading for the Dortmund-Ems Canal near Ladbergen, Germany . It was shot down by light flak in the target area, and made a belly landing at the Mittelland Canal between the villages of Recke and Obersteinbeck , about 9 km NE of Hoerstel, Germany . After about 15 minutes the 12,000 lb bomb exploded, killing all of the crew.
There were two Canadians in the crew, Flying Officer GH Coles and Warrant Oficer 1st Class L Mieyette. The other 6 crew members (Flight Lieutenant HS Wilson, Flying Officer TW Johnson, Flying Officer JA Rodger, Flight Sergeant TH Payne, Flight Sergeant E Hornby and Sergeant CM Knox) were with the RAF.
Lancaster Mk. III serial JA899
s/n JA899
A.V. Roe & Co. Ltd.
JA 899
Known Units: ;50
With 50 Squadron from July 1943. Survived many trips in the Battle of Berlin. Finally Missing at Prouville, Francelast update: 2025-February-05
Lancaster Mk.III serial JA899
s/n JA899
D
Avro
JA 899
Merlin
Known Units: ;50
Delivered to No. 50 Sqn (VN-D) Jun/Jul 1943. Missing on operation to Prouville, France 24/25 Jun 1944. 545 operational hours.last update: 2025-February-05
Lancaster Mk.III serial JA900
s/n JA900
Avro
JA 900
Merlin
Known Units: ;61
Delivered to No. 61 Sqn July 1943. Lost on the Peenemunde raid 17/18 Aug 1943. 95 flying hours.last update: 2025-February-05
Lancaster Mk.III serial JA901
s/n JA901
Avro
JA 901
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-June-26
Lancaster Mk.III serial JA902
s/n JA902
Avro
JA 902
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-June-26
Lancaster Mk.III serial JA903
s/n JA903
Avro
JA 903
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-June-26
Lancaster Mk.III serial JA904
s/n JA904
Avro
JA 904
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-June-26
Lancaster Mk.III serial JA905
s/n JA905
V
Avro
JA 905
Merlin
Known Units: 7 Sqn
last update: 2025-June-26
Lancaster Mk.III serial JA906
s/n JA906
Avro
JA 906
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-June-26
Lancaster Mk.III serial JA907
s/n JA907
Avro
JA 907
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-June-26
Lancaster Mk.III serial JA908
s/n JA908
W
Avro
JA 908
Merlin
Known Units: 97 Sqn
last update: 2025-June-26
Lancaster Mk.III serial JA909
s/n JA909
O
Avro
JA 909
Merlin
Known Units: 156 Sqn;1661 HCU;405 Sqn
First delivered to No. 156 Squadron, RAF. Then to No. 405 Squadron, RCAF, coded "LQ*O". Later to No. 467 Squadron, RAAF. Crashed on 4 June 1945 while with 467 Squadron.last update: 2025-February-05
Lancaster Mk.III serial JA910
s/n JA910
H
Avro
JA 910
Merlin
Known Units: 57
Delivered to No. 57 Sqn (DX-H) 17 Jul 1943. Missing on operation to Bochum 29/30 Sep 1943. 135 operational hours.last update: 2025-February-05
Lancaster Mk.III serial JA911
s/n JA911
U
Avro
JA 911
Merlin
Known Units: 7 Sqn;7 Sqn;7 Sqn
last update: 2025-June-26
Lancaster Mk.III serial JA912
s/n JA912
Avro
JA 912
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-June-26
Lancaster Mk.III serial JA913
s/n JA913
G
Avro
JA 913
Merlin
Known Units: 83
Delivered to No. 83 Sqn (OL-G) Jul 1943. Missing on operation to Berlin 26/27 Nov 1943. 200 operational hours.last update: 2025-February-05
Lancaster Mk.III serial JA914
s/n JA914
Avro
JA 914
Merlin
Known Units: 57 Sqn
Delivered to No. 57 Sqn (DX-Obar) Jul 1943. Missing on operation to Berlin 3/4 Sep 1943.last update: 2025-February-05
Lancaster Mk.III serial JA915
s/n JA915
U
Avro
JA 915
Merlin
Known Units: 156
With No. 156 Sqn (GT-U). Participated in the raid on Peenemunde 17/18 Aug 1943. Crashed while on an air gunnery exercise near East Wretham, Norfolk 3 Sep 1943.last update: 2025-February-05
1943-September-03 KIFA RCAF Flying Officer Clifford Foderingham DFC 2025-06-09 1943-September-03 KIFA RCAF Flying Officer William Campbell Gordon DFC 2025-06-09
1943-September-03 KIFA RAAF Flying Officer Robert Thomas Hood DFM 2025-06-09 1943-September-03 KIFA RCAF Flight Sergeant Horace Robert Ross 2025-06-09 1943-September-03 KIFA RCAF Flying Officer Angus William Stewart DFM 2025-06-09
1943-September-03 KIFA RAFVR Flight Lieutenant Kenneth Bernard Watkins 2025-06-09 Lancaster Mk.III serial JA916
s/n JA916
L
Avro
JA 916
Merlin
Known Units: 97
Delivered from No. 32 MU to No. 97 Sqn (OF-L). Missing on operation to Berlin 31 Aug/1 Sep 1944. 64 operational hours.last update: 2025-February-05
Lancaster Mk.III serial JA917
s/n JA917
Avro
JA 917
Merlin
Known Units: ;7
last update: 2025-June-26
Lancaster Mk.III serial JA918
s/n JA918
W
Avro
JA 918
Merlin
Known Units: 550 Sqn
last update: 2025-June-26
Lancaster Mk.III serial JA919
s/n JA919
Avro
JA 919
Merlin
Known Units: 156
To No. 32 MU then to No. 156 Sqn. Missing on operation to Hanover 27/28 Sep 1943.last update: 2025-February-05
Lancaster Mk.III serial JA920
s/n JA920
Avro
JA 920
Merlin
Known Units:
Used by No. 405 Squadron, RCAF, coded "LQ*E". Crashed on landing at Gransden Lodge, UK on 3 September 1943.last update: 2025-February-05
Lancaster Mk.III serial JA921
s/n JA921
Q
Avro
JA 921
Merlin
Known Units: ;156
last update: 2025-June-26
Lancaster Mk.III serial JA922
s/n JA922
Avro
JA 922
Merlin
Known Units: 300 Sqn;12 Sqn
last update: 2025-June-26
Lancaster Mk.III serial JA923
s/n JA923
H
Avro
JA 923
Merlin
Known Units: 97 Sqn
last update: 2025-June-26
Lancaster Mk.III serial JA924
s/n JA924
O
Avro
JA 924
Merlin
Known Units: ;405
Used by No. 405 Squadron, RCAF, coded "LQ*R". Failed to return from operation over Berlin on 31 January 1944.last update: 2025-February-05
Bombing Berlin Germany 1944-01-30 to 1944-01-30
405 (PFF) Sqn (RCAF) RAF Gransden Lodge
Battle of Berlin
405 City of Vancouver Squadron (Ducimus), Pathfinder Force, RAF Gransden Lodge. Lancaster III aircraft JA 924 LQ-R was lost during an operation against targets in Berlin, Germany. The bomber was shot down near Berlin by a night fighter, having exploded at 20,000 feet shortly after the bomb load had been dropped over target
Flying Officer Albert Henry Ashford (RAFVR)(Can), Sergeant Robert Charles Gibson (RAFVR), Sergeant Thomas Newton (RAFVR), Sergeant William Reginald Palmer (RAFVR) and Sergeant John William Walker (RAFVR) were all killed in action
Flight Lieutenant Henry Leslie Shackleton (RAFVR) and Sergeant Hughie Williams (RAFVR) were thrown clear of the explosion and survived to become Prisoners of War
Two other 405 Squadron Lancaster aircraft were lost on this operation. Please see aircraft serials ND 462 LQ-J and ND 493 LQ-S for additional information on these aircraft and crews
1944-January-31 Failed to Return failed to return from operation over Berlin 2019-08-20
1944-January-30 KIA RAFVR Flying Officer Albert Henry Ashford 2024-07-30 1944-January-30 KIA RAFVR Sergeant Robert Charles Gibson 2024-07-29 1944-January-30 KIA RAFVR Sergeant Thomas Newton 2024-07-29 1944-January-30 KIA RAFVR Sergeant William Reginald Palmer 2024-07-29 1944-January-30 PoW RAFVR Flight Lieutenant Henry Leslie Shackleton 2024-07-29 1944-January-30 KIA RAFVR Sergeant John William Walker 2024-07-29 1944-January-30 PoW RAFVR Sergeant Hughie Williams 2024-07-29 Lancaster Mk.III serial JA925
s/n JA925
Avro
JA 925
Merlin
Known Units: ;156
last update: 2025-June-26
Lancaster Mk.III serial JA926
s/n JA926
Avro
JA 926
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-June-26
Lancaster Mk.III serial JA927
s/n JA927
Avro
JA 927
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-June-26
Lancaster Mk.III serial JA928
s/n JA928
Avro
JA 928
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-June-26
Lancaster Mk.III serial JA929
s/n JA929
Avro
JA 929
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-June-26
Lancaster Mk.III serial JA930
s/n JA930
Avro
JA 930
Merlin
Known Units: ;100
last update: 2025-June-26
Lancaster Mk.III serial JA931
s/n JA931
Avro
JA 931
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-June-26
Lancaster Mk.III serial JA932
s/n JA932
Avro
JA 932
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-June-26
Lancaster Mk.III serial JA933
s/n JA933
R
Avro
JA 933
Merlin
Known Units: 7 Sqn
last update: 2025-June-26
Lancaster Mk.III serial JA934
s/n JA934
H
Avro
JA 934
Merlin
Known Units: 100;550
Delivered to No. 100 Sq (HW-F) Jul 1943. Transferred to No. 550 Sqn Oct 1943. Missing on operation to Berlin 15/16 Feb 1944.last update: 2025-February-05
Bombing Berlin Germany 1944-02-15 to 1944-02-15
550 (B) Sqn (RAF) RAF North Killingholme
550 Squadron (Per Ignem Vincimus) RAF North Killingholme. Lancaster III aircraft JA 934 BQ-H was missing from an operation against targets in Berlin, Germany, most likely shot down by flak. The Lancaster crashed near Tribohm, south-east of Ribnitz-Damgarten, Germany
Pilot Officer JD McIntosh (RCAF), Pilot Officer AH Stockton (RCAF), Sergeant VH Mate (RAFVR), Sergeant D Willsdon (RAFVR) and Sergeant RWJ Wivell (RAFVR) were all killed in action
Sergeant DL Jones (RAFVR) and FS RW Woodger (RAF) were missing believed killed in action
The missing have no known grave and are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial
1944-February-15 KIA RAFVR Sergeant David Lynn Jones 2022-11-09 1944-February-15 KIA RAFVR Sergeant Victor Hugo Mate 2024-04-22 1944-February-15 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer John David McIntosh 2024-04-22 1944-February-15 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Andrew Hunter Stockton 2024-05-03 1944-February-15 KIA RAFVR Sergeant Donald Willsdon 2024-05-03 1944-February-15 KIA RAFVR Sergeant Richard Walter John Wivell 2024-05-03 1944-February-15 KIA RAF Flight Sergeant Robert Edward Woodger 2022-11-09 Lancaster Mk.III serial JA935
s/n JA935
O
Avro
JA 935
Merlin
Known Units: 7 Sqn
last update: 2025-June-26
Lancaster Mk.III serial JA936
s/n JA936
J
Avro
JA 936
Merlin
Known Units: 7
Delivered to No. 7 Sqn (MG-J) Jul 18943. Missing on mission to Munchen-Gladbach 30/31 Aug 1943. 64 operational hours.last update: 2025-February-05
Lancaster Mk.III serial JA937
s/n JA937
Avro
JA 937
Merlin
Known Units: ;7
last update: 2025-June-26
Lancaster Mk.III serial JA938
s/n JA938
Avro
JA 938
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-June-26
Lancaster Mk.III serial JA939
s/n JA939
C
Avro
JA 939
Merlin
Known Units: ;405
Used by No. 405 Squadron, RCAF, coded "LQ*C". Shot down by a night fighter on 23 November 1943 at 18:50 German time. Came down near Lorup, Germany.last update: 2025-February-05
1943-November-23 KIA RCAF Flight Lieutenant Raymond Arthur Gardiner DFC 2022-08-27 1943-November-23 KIA RCAF Warrant Officer 2nd Class Joseph Garnet Stewart Kavanaugh 2022-07-27 1943-November-23 KIA RCAF Flying Officer William John Lawrence 2022-07-27 1943-November-23 KIA RCAF Flight Lieutenant Henry Keith Lefroy DFC 2022-07-27 1943-November-23 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer James Gilmour Odell 2022-07-27 Lancaster Mk.III serial JA940
s/n JA940
E
Avro
JA 940
Merlin
Known Units: 83 Sqn
last update: 2025-June-26
Lancaster Mk.III serial JA941
s/n JA941
Avro
JA 941
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-June-26
Lancaster Mk.III serial JA957
s/n JA957
D
Avro
JA 957
Merlin
Known Units: 576 Sqn;9 Sqn
Originally with No. 103 Sqn then transferred to No. 576 Sqn (UL-X2), then to No. 9 Sqn (WS-D). Missing on operation to St Leu d'Esserent 7/8 Jul 1944.last update: 2025-February-05
1944-July-08 KIA RAFVR Flying Officer Peter Douglas Blackham 2025-01-22 1944-July-08 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Douglas Elphick 2025-01-22 1944-July-08 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer James Martin Hickey 2025-01-22 1944-July-08 KIA RAFVR Sergeant Victor Clement Arthur Stokes 2025-01-22 1944-July-08 KIA RCAF Flying Officer John Wenger 2025-01-22 1944-July-08 KIA RCAF Flying Officer George Albert White 2025-01-22 Lancaster Mk.III serial JA958
s/n JA958
K
Avro
JA 958
Merlin
Known Units: 97
Delivered to No. 97 Sqn 26 Jul 1943. Missing on operation to Nuremberg 27/28 Aug 1943. 24 operational hourslast update: 2025-February-05
Bombing Nuremberg Germany 1943-08-27 to 1943-08-28
97 (PFF) Sqn (RAF) RAF Bourn
97 Squadron RAF (Achieve Your Aim), Pathfinder Force, RAF Bourn. Lancaster BIII aircraft JA 958 OF-K was likely shot down by night fighter pilot Oblt Otto Ertel of 5/JG300, four miles north of Erlangen, Germany during an operation against targets in Nuremberg, Germany. The Lancaster crashed at Bubenreuth near Erlangen
Flight Lieutenant O B Robertson DFC (RCAF), Flight Lieutenant E G Crockett (RCAF), Flying Officer J C Frizzell (RCAF), Warrant Officer 2nd Class W S Hebb (RCAF) and Flight Sergeant W I L Wilkes (RAFVR were all killed in action
Warrant Officer P Scott (RAFVR) and Sergeant W G Peel (RAFVR) survived and were taken as Prisoners of War
Addendum: FS. W.I.L. Wilkes (RAF) was also killed and two members of the crew, not Canadians, were taken Prisoners Of War. 1943-August-28 KIA RCAF Flight Lieutenant Earle Grant Crockett 2024-05-25 1943-August-28 KIA RCAF Flying Officer James Clifford Frizzell 2024-05-26 1943-August-28 KIA RCAF Warrant Officer 2nd Class Warren St Clair Hebb 2024-06-22 1943-August-28 PoW RAFVR Sergeant William Gething Peel 2023-11-30 1943-August-28 KIA RCAF Flight Lieutenant Oliver Brock Robertson DFC 2024-06-28 1943-August-28 PoW RAFVR Warrant Officer Peter Scott 2023-11-30 1943-August-28 KIA RAFVR Flight Sergeant Walter Ian Leslie Wilkes 2023-11-30 Lancaster Mk.III serial JA959
s/n JA959
C
Avro
JA 959
Merlin
Known Units: 49 Sqn
last update: 2025-June-26
Lancaster Mk.III serial JA960
s/n JA960
E
Avro
JA 960
Merlin
Known Units: 97 Sqn
last update: 2025-June-26
Lancaster Mk.III serial JA961
s/n JA961
Avro
JA 961
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-June-26
Lancaster Mk.III serial JA962
s/n JA962
Q
Avro
JA 962
Merlin
Known Units: 7 Sqn
last update: 2025-June-26
Lancaster Mk.III serial JA963
s/n JA963
Q
Avro
JA 963
Merlin
Known Units: 97 Sqn
last update: 2025-June-26
Lancaster Mk.III serial JA964
s/n JA964
P
Avro
JA 964
Merlin
Known Units: 7 Sqn;7 Sqn
last update: 2025-June-26
Lancaster Mk.III serial JA965
s/n JA965
Avro
JA 965
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-June-26
Lancaster Mk.III serial JA966
s/n JA966
S
Avro
JA 966
Merlin
Known Units: 97 Sqn
last update: 2025-June-26
Lancaster Mk.III serial JA967
s/n JA967
S
Avro
JA 967
Merlin
Known Units: 83 Sqn
last update: 2025-June-26
Lancaster Mk.III serial JA968
s/n JA968
Avro
JA 968
Merlin
Known Units: 576 Sqn
With No. 7 Sqn from Aug/Sep 1943. Transferred to No. 576 Sqn (UL_Y2) Mar 1944. Missing on operation to Montdidier, France 3/4 May 1944. 392 operational hours.last update: 2025-February-05
Lancaster Mk.III serial JA969
s/n JA969
N
Avro
JA 969
Merlin
Known Units: 100 Sqn
last update: 2025-June-26
Lancaster Mk.III serial JA970
s/n JA970
N
Avro
JA 970
Merlin
Known Units: 97;7
First to No. 97 Sqn, then to No. 7 Sqn (MG-N) Aug 1943. Missing on operation to Mannheim 18/19 Nov 1943. 96 operational hours.last update: 2025-February-05
Lancaster Mk.III serial JA971
s/n JA971
Avro
JA 971
Merlin
Known Units: 7 Sqn
last update: 2025-June-26
Lancaster Mk.III serial JA972
s/n JA972
Avro
JA 972
Merlin
Known Units: 83
Delivered to No. 83 Sqn (OL-D) Aug 1943. Missing on operation to Frankfurt 3/4 October 1943last update: 2025-February-05
Lancaster Mk.III serial JA973
s/n JA973
Avro
JA 973
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-June-26
Lancaster Mk.III serial JA974
s/n JA974
V
Avro
JA 974
Merlin
Known Units: ;405
Used by No. 405 Squadron, RCAF, coded "LQ*V". Failed to return from operation over Brunswick on 15 January 1944, one of 3 squadron losses on this mission. All crew killed, reported as first all Canadian crew lost by Bomber Command. Had 233 hours logged when struck off.last update: 2025-February-05
Bombing Brunswick Germany 1944-01-14 to 1944-01-14
405 (PFF) Sqn (RCAF) Gransden lodge
Battle of Berlin
Used by No. 405 Squadron, RCAF, coded "LQ*V". Lancaster aircraft JA 974 took a direct hit by flak and blew up during a night attack against Brunswick, Germany. One of 3 squadron losses on this mission. All crew killed, reported as first all Canadian crew lost by Bomber Command. Had 233 hours logged when struck off.1944-January-15 Failed to Return failed to return from operation over Brunswick 2019-08-20
1944-January-14 KIA RCAF Warrant Officer 2 Lloyd Dyer Annis 2024-11-02 1944-January-14 KIA RCAF Flying Officer John William Astbury 2024-11-03 1944-January-14 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Harold Arthur Floren 2022-07-27 1944-January-14 KIA RCAF Sergeant Ellwood Campbell Houlding 2022-07-27 1944-January-14 KIA RCAF Warrant Officer 2nd Class Nuncie Leone 2022-07-27 1944-January-14 KIA RCAF Flight Lieutenant Joseph Jules Henri Olivier Souaillard 2022-07-27 1944-January-14 KIA RCAF Flight Lieutenant William Thatcher 2022-07-27 Lancaster Mk.III serial JA975
s/n JA975
Avro
JA 975
Merlin
Known Units: 156
Delivered to No. 156 Sqn Aug 1943. Missing on operation to Brunswick 14/15 Jan 1944.last update: 2025-February-05
Lancaster Mk.III serial JA976
s/n JA976
S
Avro
JA 976
Merlin
Known Units: ;405
Used by No. 405 Squadron, RCAF, coded "LQ*S". Failed to return from operation over Montzen on 28 April 1944. Only survivor was pilot Squadron Leader E.W. Blenkinsop, who evaded capture for several days and joined the Belgium resistance. Later captured and spent time in St. Gilles Prison in Brussels and died in Neuengamme concentration camp on 23 January 1945.last update: 2025-February-05
Bombing Montzen Belgium 1944-04-27 to 1944-04-28
405 (PFF) Sqn (RCAF) Gransden Lodge
Aircraft JA976 LQ-S was shot down by a German night fighter while on an operation to the Marshalling Yards at Montzen, Belgium
One Who Almost Made it Back, The Remarkable Story of one of World War Two's Unsung Heroes, Sqn Ldr Edward Teddy Blenkinsop, DFC CdeG (Belge), RCAF by Peter Celis
Lancaster at Webbekom I Aviationhistory.be I History Aircraft...
"Belgians Remember Them": Places of RAF aircraft's crashes: Webbecom
1944-April-28 KIA RCAF Flight Lieutenant Lawrence Arnold Allen DFC, CDGB 2024-11-02 1944-April-28 PoW Died RCAF Squadron Leader Edward Weyman Blenkinsop DFC, CDGB 2024-11-13 1944-April-28 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Robert Alexander Booth CDGB 2025-01-30 1944-April-28 KIA RAFVR Flight Sergeant James Sydney Bradley 2024-11-16 1944-April-28 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Nicholas Hugh Clifford 2024-03-05 1944-April-28 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Leslie Arthur Foster 2025-01-25 1944-April-28 KIA RCAF Flight Lieutenant David Ramsay DFC, CDGB 2025-01-25 1944-April-28 KIA RCAF Flight Lieutenant George John Smith DFC, CDGB 2022-07-29 Lancaster Mk.III serial JA977
s/n JA977
Avro
JA 977
Merlin
Known Units: ;101
last update: 2025-June-26
Lancaster Mk.III serial JA978
s/n JA978
Avro
JA 978
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-June-26
Lancaster Mk.III serial JA979
s/n JA979
T
Avro
JA 979
Merlin
Known Units: ;405
Used by No. 405 (B) Squadron, RCAF, coded "LQ*T". Crashed while attempting three engine approach at Gransden Lodge on training flight, 5 November 1943. Pilot Flying Officer Pringle was only reported fatality.last update: 2025-February-05
Operational 1943-11-05 to 1943-11-05
405 (PFF) Sqn (RCAF) Gransden lodge
Battle of Berlin
05 City of Vancouver Squadron (Ducimus), Pathfinder Force. The pilot attempted a three-engine landing with his Lancaster aircraft JA 979 and overshot. He was unable to pull out of a bank to port and crashed 100 yards off the aerodrome at RAF Station, Gransden Lodge, Cambridge. Flying Officer Pringle was the only casualty.Lancaster Mk.III serial JA980
s/n JA980
Avro
JA 980
Merlin
Known Units: ;405
Used by No. 405 Squadron, RCAF, coded "LQ*Z". Failed to return from operation over Hannover on 9 October 1943.last update: 2025-February-05
Bombing Hanover Germany 1943-10-08 to 1943-10-09
405 (PFF) Sqn (RCAF) Gransden lodge
Battle of Berlin
#405 Vancouver Squadron (Ducimus) Pathfinder Force, RAF Gransden Lodge. Lancaster III aircraft JA 980 LQ-Z was shot down by a night fighter over Steinbergen, Germany during an operation against targets in Hanover, Germany and crashed on the east bank of the River Weser, near Engern, Germany with the loss of five of the seven aircrew
Squadron Leader MSF Schneider (RCAF), Warrant Officer Class 2 JAN Hucker (RCAF), Flight Lieutenant RT Botkin MiD (RCAF)(USA), Flying Officer FW Bilson (RAFVR) and Flying Officer JG Taylor (RNZAF) were killed in action
Pilot Officer CA Farnum (RCAF) and Sergeant J Connolly (RAF) survived and were taken as Prisoners of War
405 Squadron Lancaster III JA980 LQ-Z Sq/Ldr. Schneider, Hanover...
1943-October-09 KIA RAFVR Flying Officer Frederick William Bilson 2024-11-12
1943-October-09 KIA RCAF Flight Lieutenant Richard Trent Botkin MiD 2024-11-15 1943-October-09 PoW RAF Sergeant Joseph Connolly 2024-03-26 1943-October-09 PoW RCAF Flight Lieutenant Cecil Ambrose Farnum 2022-10-23 1943-October-09 KIA RCAF Warrant Officer 2 John Alfred Nelson Hucker 2025-01-19 1943-October-09 KIA RCAF Squadron Leader Murray Stanley Fuller Schneider 2022-10-27 1943-October-09 KIA RNZAF Flying Officer Joseph Greig Taylor 2025-01-14 Lancaster Mk.III serial JA981
s/n JA981
Avro
JA 981
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-June-26