Lancaster (Total: 7,377, Canadian: 450, Group 450)
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.I/III serial ME295
s/n ME295
m/d 683
P
Avro
ME 295
Merlin
Known Units: 463 Sqn;50 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I/III serial ME296
s/n ME296
m/d 683
Avro
ME 296
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I/III serial ME297
s/n ME297
m/d 683
Avro
ME 297
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I/III serial ME298
s/n ME298
m/d 683
Avro
ME 298
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I/III serial ME299
s/n ME299
m/d 683
E
Avro
ME 299
Merlin
Known Units: 44 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I/III serial ME300
s/n ME300
m/d 683
Avro
ME 300
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I/III serial ME301
s/n ME301
m/d 683
X
Avro
ME 301
Merlin
Known Units: 550 Sqn;550 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I/III serial ME302
s/n ME302
m/d 683
Avro
ME 302
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I/III serial ME303
s/n ME303
m/d 683
K
Avro
ME 303
Merlin
Known Units: 218 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I/III serial ME304
s/n ME304
m/d 683
J
Avro
ME 304
Merlin
Known Units: 405 Sqn
Operated by No. 405 Squadron, RCAF, coded LQ*J". Based at Gransden Lodge, Bedfordshire.last update: 2025-July-30
Lancaster Mk.I/III serial ME305
s/n ME305
m/d 683
N
Avro
ME 305
Merlin
Known Units: 101 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I/III serial ME306
s/n ME306
m/d 683
S
Avro
ME 306
Merlin
Known Units: 170 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I/III serial ME307
s/n ME307
m/d 683
O
Avro
ME 307
Merlin
Known Units: 170 Sqn
Delivered to No. 170 Sqn (TC-O) 4 Oct 1944. Lost on operation to Nuremberg 16/17 Mar 1945last update: 2025-July-30
Lancaster Mk.I/III serial ME308
s/n ME308
m/d 683
Avro
ME 308
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I/III serial ME309
s/n ME309
m/d 683
Y
Avro
ME 309
Merlin
Known Units: 227 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I/III serial ME310
s/n ME310
m/d 683
Z
Avro
ME 310
Merlin
Known Units: 101 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I/III serial ME311
s/n ME311
m/d 683
C
Avro
ME 311
Merlin
Known Units: 83 Sqn;83 Sqn;83 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I/III serial ME312
s/n ME312
m/d 683
A
Avro
ME 312
Merlin
Known Units: 630 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I/III serial ME313
s/n ME313
m/d 683
Avro
ME 313
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I/III serial ME314
s/n ME314
m/d 683
Avro
ME 314
Merlin
Known Units: 619
To No. 32 MU then to No. 619 Sqn Oct 1944. Missing on operation to Politz 8/9 Feb 1945.last update: 2025-July-30
Lancaster Mk.I/III serial ME315
s/n ME315
m/d 683
K
Avro
ME 315
Merlin
Known Units: 1653 HCU;405 Sqn
Operated by No. 405 Squadron, RCAF, coded LQ*K. Based at Gransden Lodge, Bedfordshire. Accidently fired on by another Lancaster during mission to Leipzig on 10 April 1945. Rear turret was shot off, rear gunner Flight Lieutenant Mellstrom is buried in Germany. Aircraft returned to Woodbridge, UK without further damage.last update: 2025-July-30
Bombing Leipzig Germany 1945-04-10 to 1945-04-10
405 (PFF) Sqn (RCAF) Gransden Lodge
405 City of Vancouver Squadron (Ducimus), RAF Gransden Lodge, Pathfinder Force, Lancaster III aircraft ME 315, had just completed it's bombing run against the target at Leipzig, Germany when it was attacked from below by a German rocket powered fighter, an Me163 Komet, which shot away the rear gun turret, elevator and rudder of Lancaster ME 315 in one burst of 30mm cannon fire while it was still in the target area
Rear gunner Flight Lieutenant ML Mellstrom DFC (RCAF) was killed and lost in the attack. His remains were located, identified and initially buried in the Ingelsdorf Gemeinde Cemetery in Germany. Flight Lieutenant Mellstrom was later exhumed and buried at the Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery
Lancaster ME 315, escorted by Mustang fighters, struggled back to England where, with only partial control of the aircraft and unsure if he could land safely, the pilot ordered most of the crew to bale out over RAF Woodbridge. The wounded mid-upper gunner was unable to bale and with the assistance of the flight engineer, Flying Officer CRG Ryan DFC (RCAF) who was instrumental in getting the stricken aircraft back, the pilot, Squadron Leader CH Mussells (RCAF) was able to make a successful emergency landing at RAF Woodbridge. Flying Officer Ryan was awarded his DFC for his efforts on this operation. All the crew members, except the missing rear gunner were able to return to their unit.
Lancaster Mk.I/III serial ME316
s/n ME316
m/d 683
V
Avro
ME 316
Merlin
Known Units: 12 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I/III serial ME317
s/n ME317
m/d 683
Avro
ME 317
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I/III serial ME318
s/n ME318
m/d 683
Avro
ME 318
Merlin
Known Units: ;166
Delivered to No. 166 Sqn from 32 MU Nov 1944. Missing on operation to Karlsruhe 4/5 Dec 1944
last update: 2025-July-30Bombing Karlsruhe Germany 1944-12-04 to 1944-12-04
(B) Sqn (RAF) Kirmington
Took off from Kirmington at 16:15 in Lancaster Mark I (Sqn code: AS-E Bomber Command) on an operation to Karlsruhe Germany.
Shot down by a night fighter and crashed near target at Worth-Hagenbach Germany.
Claim by Hptm Friedrich Karl Muller Stab I/NJG11 - Worth-Hagenbach: 2,000-3,000m at 19:35. (Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 Part 5 - Theo Boiten). The aircraft crashed approx 1.5miles south east of Bissingen.
Killed: Flight Sergeant Robert James Barr RCAF R/251406 KIA Durnbach War Cemetery grave 4. F. 24. Flying Officer Allen James Reid RCAF J/36936 KIA Durnbach War Cemetery grave 4. F. 20. Flight Sergeant Harry Ray Thyret RCAF R/224882 KIA Durnbach War Cemetery grave 4. F. 21. Flight Sergeant Jack Anthony Joyce RAF KIA Durnbach War Cemetery grave 4. F. 25. Sergeant Alexander John Taylor RAF KIA Durnbach War Cemetery grave 4. F. 23.
POW: Pilot Officer George Christopher Clewley RCAF J/87350 POW cPoW/Stalag 9C Bad Zulza/Stalag Luft 3 Sagan & Belaria /PoW Number 53693.
1944-December-04 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Robert James Barr 2024-11-09 1944-December-04 PoW RCAF Pilot Officer George Christopher Clewley 2024-10-07
1944-December-04 KIA RAAF Flight Sergeant Jack Anthony Joyce 2024-12-23 1944-December-04 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Allen James Reid 2024-12-23
1944-December-04 KIA RAFVR Sergeant Alexander John Taylor 2024-12-23 1944-December-04 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Harry Ray Thyret 2024-12-23 1944-December-04 KIA RCAF Warrant Officer Elmer Fasken Williams 2024-12-23 
Lancaster Mk.I/III serial ME319
s/n ME319
m/d 683
M
Avro
ME 319
Merlin
Known Units: 50 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I/III serial ME320
s/n ME320
m/d 683
L
Avro
ME 320
Merlin
Known Units: 170 Sqn
Delivered to No. 170 Sqn from No. 32 MU. Originally TC-U, the code was changed to TC-L. Missing from sortie to Chemnitz 5/6 Mar 1945.last update: 2025-July-30
Lancaster Mk.I/III serial ME321
s/n ME321
m/d 683
Avro
ME 321
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I/III serial ME322
s/n ME322
m/d 683
U
Avro
ME 322
Merlin
Known Units: 115 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I/III serial ME323
s/n ME323
m/d 683
P
Avro
ME 323
Merlin
Known Units: 12 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I/III serial ME324
s/n ME324
m/d 683
R
Avro
ME 324
Merlin
Known Units: 106 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I/III serial ME325
s/n ME325
m/d 683
P
Avro
ME 325
Merlin
Known Units: 1651 HCU
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I/III serial ME326
s/n ME326
m/d 683
P
Avro
ME 326
Merlin
Known Units: 460 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I/III serial ME327
s/n ME327
m/d 683
Avro
ME 327
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I/III serial ME328
s/n ME328
m/d 683
Avro
ME 328
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I/III serial ME329
s/n ME329
m/d 683
Avro
ME 329
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I/III serial ME330
s/n ME330
m/d 683
Q
Avro
ME 330
Merlin
Known Units: 12 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I/III serial ME331
s/n ME331
m/d 683
K
Avro
ME 331
Merlin
Known Units: 1653 HCU
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I/III serial ME332
s/n ME332
m/d 683
Avro
ME 332
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I/III serial ME333
s/n ME333
m/d 683
S
Avro
ME 333
Merlin
Known Units: 35 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I/III serial ME334
s/n ME334
m/d 683
Avro
ME 334
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I/III serial ME335
s/n ME335
m/d 683
O
Avro
ME 335
Merlin
Known Units: 35 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I/III serial ME336
s/n ME336
m/d 683
Avro
ME 336
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I/III serial ME337
s/n ME337
m/d 683
J
Avro
ME 337
Merlin
Known Units: 156 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I/III serial ME350
s/n ME350
m/d 683
V
Avro
ME 350
Merlin
Known Units: 218 Sqn;138 Sqn;149 Sqn;149 Sqn;149 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I/III serial ME351
s/n ME351
m/d 683
U
Avro
ME 351
Merlin
Known Units: 514 Sqn;514 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I/III serial ME352
s/n ME352
m/d 683
T
Avro
ME 352
Merlin
Known Units: 149 Sqn;149 Sqn;149 Sqn;149 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I/III serial ME353
s/n ME353
m/d 683
Avro
ME 353
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I/III serial ME354
s/n ME354
m/d 683
K
Avro
ME 354
Merlin
Known Units: 514 Sqn;83 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I/III serial ME355
s/n ME355
m/d 683
S
Avro
ME 355
Merlin
Known Units: 106 Sqn;106 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I/III serial ME356
s/n ME356
m/d 683
P
Avro
ME 356
Merlin
Known Units: 7 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I/III serial ME357
s/n ME357
m/d 683
U
Avro
ME 357
Merlin
Known Units: 49 Sqn;49 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I/III serial ME358
s/n ME358
m/d 683
M
Avro
ME 358
Merlin
Known Units: 514 Sqn;83 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I/III serial ME359
s/n ME359
m/d 683
Avro
ME 359
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I/III serial ME360
s/n ME360
m/d 683
J
Avro
ME 360
Merlin
Known Units: 7 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I/III serial ME361
s/n ME361
m/d 683
Avro
ME 361
Merlin
Known Units: 35
Delivered to No. 32 Mu Nov 1944, then to No. 35 Sqn Dec 1944. Missing on operation to Hemmingstedt 7/8 Mar 1945.last update: 2025-July-30
Lancaster Mk.I/III serial ME362
s/n ME362
m/d 683
R
Avro
ME 362
Merlin
Known Units: 97 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I/III serial ME363
s/n ME363
m/d 683
Avro
ME 363
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I/III serial ME364
s/n ME364
m/d 683
S
Avro
ME 364
Merlin
Known Units: 514 Sqn;83 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I/III serial ME365
s/n ME365
m/d 683
Avro
ME 365
Merlin
Known Units: ;514
To No. 514 Sqn. via 32 MU. Aircraft exploded on daylight operation over Salzbergen 6 Mar 1945last update: 2025-July-30
Lancaster Mk.I/III serial ME366
s/n ME366
m/d 683
Avro
ME 366
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I/III serial ME367
s/n ME367
m/d 683
Avro
ME 367
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I/III serial ME368
s/n ME368
m/d 683
Avro
ME 368
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I/III serial ME369
s/n ME369
m/d 683
Avro
ME 369
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I/III serial ME370
s/n ME370
m/d 683
Avro
ME 370
Merlin
Known Units:
Operated by No. 405 Squadron, RCAF, coded LQ*K. Based at Gransden Lodge, Bedfordshire. Attacked and damaged by an Me163 over Leipzig on 9 or 10 April 1945.last update: 2025-July-30
Lancaster Mk.I/III serial ME371
s/n ME371
m/d 683
Avro
ME 371
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I/III serial ME372
s/n ME372
m/d 683
Avro
ME 372
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I/III serial ME373
s/n ME373
m/d 683
Avro
ME 373
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I/III serial ME374
s/n ME374
m/d 683
A
Avro
ME 374
Merlin
Known Units: RWE
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I/III serial ME375
s/n ME375
m/d 683
D
Avro
ME 375
Merlin
Known Units: 433 Sqn
Operated by No. 433 Squadron, RCAF, coded BM*D. Used on operations in 1945.last update: 2025-July-30
Lancaster Mk.I/III serial ME376
s/n ME376
m/d 683
H
Avro
ME 376
Merlin
Known Units: 1653 HCU;1660 HCU
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I/III serial ME377
s/n ME377
m/d 683
H
Avro
ME 377
Merlin
Known Units: 156 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I/III serial ME378
s/n ME378
m/d 683
Avro
ME 378
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I/III serial ME379
s/n ME379
m/d 683
B
Avro
ME 379
Merlin
Known Units: 207 Sqn;405 Sqn
Operated by No. 405 Squadron, RCAF, coded LQ*B. Based at Gransden Lodge, Bedfordshire.last update: 2025-July-30
Lancaster Mk.I/III serial ME380
s/n ME380
m/d 683
V
Avro
ME 380
Merlin
Known Units: 514 Sqn;38 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I/III serial ME381
s/n ME381
m/d 683
Avro
ME 381
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I/III serial ME382
s/n ME382
m/d 683
T
Avro
ME 382
Merlin
Known Units: 49 Sqn;50 Sqn;50 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I/III serial ME383
s/n ME383
m/d 683
Avro
ME 383
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I/III serial ME384
s/n ME384
m/d 683
Avro
ME 384
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I/III serial ME385
s/n ME385
m/d 683
O
Avro
ME 385
Merlin
Known Units: ;61
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I/III serial ME386
s/n ME386
m/d 683
Avro
ME 386
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I/III serial ME387
s/n ME387
m/d 683
N
Avro
ME 387
Merlin
Known Units: 83 Sqn;9 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I/III serial ME388
s/n ME388
m/d 683
H
Avro
ME 388
Merlin
Known Units: 170 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I/III serial ME389
s/n ME389
m/d 683
Avro
ME 389
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I/III serial ME390
s/n ME390
m/d 683
A
Avro
ME 390
Merlin
Known Units: 550 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I/III serial ME391
s/n ME391
m/d 683
Avro
ME 391
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I/III serial ME392
s/n ME392
m/d 683
Avro
ME 392
Merlin
Known Units: 103
From No. 32 MU to No. 103 Sqn (PM-Y). Missing on operation to Chemnitz 5/6 Mar 1945.last update: 2025-July-30
Lancaster Mk.I/III serial ME393
s/n ME393
m/d 683
D
Avro
ME 393
Merlin
Known Units: 427 Sqn
Operated by No. 427 Squadron, RCAF, coded ZL*D. Used on operations, 1945.last update: 2025-July-30
Lancaster Mk.I/III serial ME394
s/n ME394
m/d 683
Avro
ME 394
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I/III serial ME395
s/n ME395
m/d 683
S
Avro
ME 395
Merlin
Known Units: 463 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I/III serial ME417
s/n ME417
m/d 683
Q
Avro
ME 417
Merlin
Known Units: 83 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I/III serial ME418
s/n ME418
m/d 683
V
Avro
ME 418
Merlin
Known Units: 170 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I/III serial ME419
s/n ME419
m/d 683
Avro
ME 419
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I/III serial ME420
s/n ME420
m/d 683
V
Avro
ME 420
Merlin
Known Units: 1654 HCU
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I/III serial ME421
s/n ME421
m/d 683
Avro
ME 421
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I/III serial ME422
s/n ME422
m/d 683
Q
Avro
ME 422
Merlin
Known Units: 514 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I/III serial ME423
s/n ME423
m/d 683
C
Avro
ME 423
Merlin
Known Units: 83 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I/III serial ME424
s/n ME424
m/d 683
N
Avro
ME 424
Merlin
Known Units: 153 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I/III serial ME425
s/n ME425
m/d 683
L
Avro
ME 425
Merlin
Known Units: 514 Sqn;514 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I/III serial ME426
s/n ME426
m/d 683
C
Avro
ME 426
Merlin
Known Units: 427 Sqn
Operated by No. 427 Squadron, RCAF, coded ZL*C, in 1945/46. Also with No. 429 Squadron, RCAF, coded AL*C.last update: 2025-July-30
Lancaster Mk.I/III serial ME427
s/n ME427
m/d 683
Avro
ME 427
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I/III serial ME428
s/n ME428
m/d 683
O
Avro
ME 428
Merlin
Known Units: ;550
Delivered to No. 218 Sqn., then to No. 550 Sqn in Feb 1945. Missing over Dessau 7/8 Mar 1945 (Mason). Robertson has the aircraft originally in No. 166 Sqn, from No. 32 MU.last update: 2025-July-30
Bombing Dessau Germany 1945-03-07 to 1945-03-08
550 (B) Sqn (RAF) RAF North Killingholme
From 550 Operations Record Book Summary
27 aircraft took off at approximately 17:00 on operations, but not without incident. "E2" Warrant Officer Lukies proved most fractures. The starboard outer engine cut on takeoff. The aircraft swung dangerously, but the pilot by masterly handling avoided a hanger and other obstacles, proceeded to the jettison area and returned safely. The other aircraft met course on the long route to Dessau. Cloud amount was variable. Opposition was lively, both from Flak and night fighters, but the former was not so strong over the target. Some crews bombed ground markers through 3/10 cloud with a clear view of the town and River Elba; others had to rely on sky markers owing to 10/10 cloud. General opinion was that the attack was well concentrated, and that the target was well and truly a blaze. "M" Squadron Leader, Pickles had its "Gee" unserviceable from Southern England outwards, but the crew pressed on, and after some meandering found themselves near to the target. They bombed in solitary state, a healthy contribution of fires left by their comrades. Two crews reported inconclusive combats with night fighters. Three aircraft "V" Flying Officer Jones, "O" Flying Officer Harris, and "R" Flying Officer Nielsen failed to return, and it was with deepest regret that they were reported missing. Nothing was heard from any of them after takeoff.
Three aircraft and crews carried out flying training involving over 7 hours flying.
550 ORB Month End Summary 1945-March-08 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Robert Douglas Harris 2025-01-14 1945-March-08 PoW RCAF Flight Sergeant Douglas James Hicks 2025-01-14 1945-March-08 PoW RAF Sergeant Gerard Patrick Kelleher 2025-01-14 1945-March-08 PoW RCAF Flying Officer Gordon James Nicol 2025-01-14 1945-March-08 KIA RAFVR Sergeant Eric Raymond Robinson 2025-01-14 1945-March-08 KIA RAF Sergeant Kenneth John Boucher Smith 2025-01-14 1945-March-08 PoW RCAF Flight Sergeant David Johnston Yemen 2025-01-14 Lancaster Mk.I/III serial ME429
s/n ME429
m/d 683
Avro
ME 429
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I/III serial ME430
s/n ME430
m/d 683
Avro
ME 430
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I/III serial ME431
s/n ME431
m/d 683
Z
Avro
ME 431
Merlin
Known Units: 1661 HCU
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I/III serial ME432
s/n ME432
m/d 683
Avro
ME 432
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I/III serial ME433
s/n ME433
m/d 683
Avro
ME 433
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I/III serial ME434
s/n ME434
m/d 683
D
Avro
ME 434
Merlin
Known Units: 15 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I/III serial ME435
s/n ME435
m/d 683
M
Avro
ME 435
Merlin
Known Units: 1661 HCU
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I/III serial ME436
s/n ME436
m/d 683
Avro
ME 436
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I/III serial ME437
s/n ME437
m/d 683
Avro
ME 437
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I/III serial ME438
s/n ME438
m/d 683
H
Avro
ME 438
Merlin
Known Units: 218 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I/III serial ME439
s/n ME439
m/d 683
Avro
ME 439
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I/III serial ME440
s/n ME440
m/d 683
Avro
ME 440
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I/III serial ME441
s/n ME441
m/d 683
Avro
ME 441
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I/III serial ME442
s/n ME442
m/d 683
V
Avro
ME 442
Merlin
Known Units: 44 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I/III serial ME443
s/n ME443
m/d 683
Avro
ME 443
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I/III serial ME444
s/n ME444
m/d 683
F
Avro
ME 444
Merlin
Known Units: 189 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I/III serial ME445
s/n ME445
m/d 683
Avro
ME 445
Merlin
Known Units:
Operated by No. 405 Squadron, RCAF, coded LQ*U. Based at Gransden Lodge, Bedfordshire.last update: 2025-July-30
Lancaster Mk.I/III serial ME446
s/n ME446
m/d 683
Avro
ME 446
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I/III serial ME447
s/n ME447
m/d 683
Avro
ME 447
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I/III serial ME448
s/n ME448
m/d 683
Avro
ME 448
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I/III serial ME449
s/n ME449
m/d 683
Avro
ME 449
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I/III serial ME450
s/n ME450
m/d 683
Avro
ME 450
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I/III serial ME451
s/n ME451
m/d 683
D
Avro
ME 451
Merlin
Known Units: 150
Delivered to No. 150 Sqn (IQ-D) 19 Jan 1945. Missing on daylight operation to Hildesheim 22 Mar 1945.last update: 2025-July-30
Lancaster Mk.I/III serial ME452
s/n ME452
m/d 683
Avro
ME 452
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I/III serial ME453
s/n ME453
m/d 683
Avro
ME 453
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I/III serial ME454
s/n ME454
m/d 683
Avro
ME 454
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I/III serial ME455
s/n ME455
m/d 683
O
Avro
ME 455
Merlin
Known Units: 15 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I/III serial ME456
s/n ME456
m/d 683
K
Avro
ME 456
Merlin
Known Units: 424 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Bombing Dortmund Germany 1945-02-20 to 1945-02-21
(B) Sqn (RCAF) Skipton-on-Swale
514 Lancasters and 14 Mosquitoes of 1, 3, 6 and 8 Groups. 14 Lancasters lost.
The intention of this raid was to destroy the southern half of Dortmund and Bomber Command claimed that this was achieved. It appears that the Dortmund air¬raid recording service had now broken down completely; the local Stadtarchiv has no details of any kind of this raid. This was the last large Bomber Command raid of the war on Dortmund.
source: The Bomber Command War Diaries, Martin Middlebrook and Chris Everitt
Lancaster aircraft ME 456 crashed near Heinsburg, Germany whilst engaged in a night trip to Dortmund, Germany. Four Canadians bailed out at 5,000 feet and landed just inside Allied lines. Two Canadians, FSs Butler and Skett bailed out, landed behind enemy lines and were taken Prisoners of War.
Lancaster Mk.I/III serial ME457
s/n ME457
m/d 683
U
Avro
ME 457
Merlin
Known Units: 433 Sqn
Operated by No. 433 Squadron, RCAF, coded BM*U.last update: 2025-July-30
Lancaster Mk.I/III serial ME458
s/n ME458
m/d 683
T
Avro
ME 458
Merlin
Known Units: 424 Sqn
Operated by No. 424 Squadron, RCAF, in 1945, coded "QB*T".last update: 2025-July-30
Lancaster Mk.I/III serial ME470
s/n ME470
m/d 683
F
Avro
ME 470
Merlin
Known Units: 300 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I/III serial ME471
s/n ME471
m/d 683
Avro
ME 471
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I/III serial ME472
s/n ME472
m/d 683
Avro
ME 472
Merlin
Known Units: ;207
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I/III serial ME473
s/n ME473
m/d 683
Avro
ME 473
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I/III serial ME474
s/n ME474
m/d 683
Avro
ME 474
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I/III serial ME475
s/n ME475
m/d 683
L
Avro
ME 475
Merlin
Known Units: 103 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I/III serial ME476
s/n ME476
m/d 683
Avro
ME 476
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I/III serial ME477
s/n ME477
m/d 683
Avro
ME 477
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I/III serial ME478
s/n ME478
m/d 683
Avro
ME 478
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I/III serial ME479
s/n ME479
m/d 683
Avro
ME 479
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I/III serial ME480
s/n ME480
m/d 683
Avro
ME 480
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I/III serial ME481
s/n ME481
m/d 683
Avro
ME 481
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I/III serial ME482
s/n ME482
m/d 683
K
Avro
ME 482
Merlin
Known Units: 514 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I/III serial ME483
s/n ME483
m/d 683
A
Avro
ME 483
Merlin
Known Units: 50 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I/III serial ME484
s/n ME484
m/d 683
G
Avro
ME 484
Merlin
Known Units: 35 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I/III serial ME485
s/n ME485
m/d 683
A
Avro
ME 485
Merlin
Known Units: 427 Sqn
Operated by No. 427 Squadron, RCAF, coded ZL*A.last update: 2025-July-30
Lancaster Mk.I/III serial ME486
s/n ME486
m/d 683
G
Avro
ME 486
Merlin
Known Units: 150 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I/III serial ME487
s/n ME487
m/d 683
Avro
ME 487
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I/III serial ME488
s/n ME488
m/d 683
Avro
ME 488
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I/III serial ME489
s/n ME489
m/d 683
P
Avro
ME 489
Merlin
Known Units: 463 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I/III serial ME490
s/n ME490
m/d 683
Avro
ME 490
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I/III serial ME491
s/n ME491
m/d 683
P
Avro
ME 491
Merlin
Known Units: 49 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I/III serial ME492
s/n ME492
m/d 683
Avro
ME 492
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I/III serial ME493
s/n ME493
m/d 683
Avro
ME 493
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I/III serial ME494
s/n ME494
m/d 683
Avro
ME 494
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I/III serial ME495
s/n ME495
m/d 683
Avro
ME 495
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I/III serial ME496
s/n ME496
m/d 683
Avro
ME 496
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I/III serial ME497
s/n ME497
m/d 683
Avro
ME 497
Merlin
Known Units: 100 Sqn;100 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I/III serial ME498
s/n ME498
m/d 683
K
Avro
ME 498
Merlin
Known Units: 427 Sqn
Operated by No. 427 Squadron, RCAF, coded ZL*K. Used on operations, 1945.last update: 2025-July-30
Lancaster Mk.I/III serial ME499
s/n ME499
m/d 683
Avro
ME 499
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I/III serial ME500
s/n ME500
m/d 683
P
Avro
ME 500
Merlin
Known Units: 166 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I/III serial ME501
s/n ME501
m/d 683
T
Avro
ME 501
Merlin
Known Units: 427 Sqn
Operated by No. 427 Squadron, RCAF, coded ZL*T. Named "Spook N Droop".last update: 2025-July-30
Lancaster Mk.I/III serial ME502
s/n ME502
m/d 683
Avro
ME 502
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I/III serial ME503
s/n ME503
m/d 683
R
Avro
ME 503
Merlin
Known Units: 550 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I/III serial ME517
s/n ME517
m/d 683
M
Avro
ME 517
Merlin
Known Units: 101 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I/III serial ME518
s/n ME518
m/d 683
P
Avro
ME 518
Merlin
Known Units: 101 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I/III serial ME519
s/n ME519
m/d 683
Avro
ME 519
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I/III serial ME520
s/n ME520
m/d 683
Avro
ME 520
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I/III serial ME521
s/n ME521
m/d 683
Avro
ME 521
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I/III serial ME522
s/n ME522
m/d 683
Avro
ME 522
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I/III serial ME523
s/n ME523
m/d 683
G
Avro
ME 523
Merlin
Known Units: 514 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I/III serial ME524
s/n ME524
m/d 683
Avro
ME 524
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I/III serial ME525
s/n ME525
m/d 683
S
Avro
ME 525
Merlin
Known Units: 210 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I/III serial ME526
s/n ME526
m/d 683
P
Avro
ME 526
Merlin
Known Units: 12 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I/III serial ME527
s/n ME527
m/d 683
Avro
ME 527
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I/III serial ME528
s/n ME528
m/d 683
Avro
ME 528
Merlin
Known Units: 236 OCU
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I/III serial ME529
s/n ME529
m/d 683
Avro
ME 529
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I/III serial ME530
s/n ME530
m/d 683
T
Avro
ME 530
Merlin
Known Units: 514 Sqn;97 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I/III serial ME531
s/n ME531
m/d 683
Avro
ME 531
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I/III serial ME532
s/n ME532
m/d 683
Avro
ME 532
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I/III serial ME533
s/n ME533
m/d 683
Q
Avro
ME 533
Merlin
Known Units: 97 Sqn;97 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I/III serial ME534
s/n ME534
m/d 683
Avro
ME 534
Merlin
Known Units:
Operated by No. 429 Squadron, RCAF, coded AL*O.last update: 2025-July-30
Lancaster Mk.I/III serial ME535
s/n ME535
m/d 683
G
Avro
ME 535
Merlin
Known Units: 514 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I/III serial ME536
s/n ME536
m/d 683
Q
Avro
ME 536
Merlin
Known Units: 429 Sqn
Operated by No. 429 Squadron, RCAF, coded AL*Q. Used on operations, 1945.last update: 2025-July-30
Lancaster Mk.I/III serial ME537
s/n ME537
m/d 683
O
Avro
ME 537
Merlin
Known Units: 429 Sqn;429 Sqn
Operated by No. 429 Squadron, RCAF, coded AL*N.last update: 2025-July-30
Lancaster Mk.I/III serial ME538
s/n ME538
m/d 683
E
Avro
ME 538
Merlin
Known Units: 429 Sqn
Operated by No. 429 Squadron, RCAF, coded AL*E.last update: 2025-July-30
Lancaster Mk.I/III serial ME539
s/n ME539
m/d 683
A
Avro
ME 539
Merlin
Known Units: 429 Sqn
Operated by No. 429 Squadron, RCAF, coded AL*A. Used on operations, 1945.last update: 2025-July-30
Lancaster Mk.I/III serial ME540
s/n ME540
m/d 683
P
Avro
ME 540
Merlin
Known Units: 429 Sqn
Served with No. 429 Squadron, RCAF, coded "AL*P". Overshot landing at Leeming at 23:17 on 10 April 1945, ran into Gatenby Lane, striking and killing a civilian mess employee walking home from work.last update: 2025-July-30
Lancaster Mk.I/III serial ME541
s/n ME541
m/d 683
A
Avro
ME 541
Merlin
Known Units: 153 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I/III serial ME542
s/n ME542
m/d 683
Avro
ME 542
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I/III serial ME543
s/n ME543
m/d 683
B
Avro
ME 543
Merlin
Known Units: 429 Sqn
Served with No. 429 Squadron, RCAF, coded "AL*B".last update: 2025-July-30
Lancaster Mk.I/III serial ME544
s/n ME544
m/d 683
Avro
ME 544
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I/III serial ME545
s/n ME545
m/d 683
L
Avro
ME 545
Merlin
Known Units: RWE; CSE;218 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I/III serial ME546
s/n ME546
m/d 683
Avro
ME 546
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I/III serial ME547
s/n ME547
m/d 683
Avro
ME 547
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I/III serial ME548
s/n ME548
m/d 683
Q
Avro
ME 548
Merlin
Known Units: 550 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I/III serial ME549
s/n ME549
m/d 683
Avro
ME 549
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I/III serial ME550
s/n ME550
m/d 683
Avro
ME 550
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I/III serial ME551
s/n ME551
m/d 683
Y
Avro
ME 551
Merlin
Known Units: 103 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial ME554
s/n ME554
m/d 683
F
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 554
Merlin
Known Units: 617 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial ME555
s/n ME555
m/d 683
Z
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 555
Merlin
Known Units: 617 Sqn;9 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial ME556
s/n ME556
m/d 683
F
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 556
Merlin
Known Units: 550 Sqn
Delivered to No. 550 Sqn (BQ-F) Dec 1943. Missing on operation to Acheres, France 6/7 Jun 1944. 167 operational hours.last update: 2025-July-30
Lancaster Mk.I serial ME557
s/n ME557
m/d 683
S
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 557
Merlin
Known Units: 617 Sqn
Delivered to No. 617 Sqn (AJ-O) Dec 1943. Carried a 12,000 lb bomb to the Antheor Viaduct 12/13 Feb 1944; Re-coded AJ-S. Took part in operation TAXABLE, deception operation on the night preceding D-Day. Carried a Tallboy on the raid on the Saumur Tunnel 8/9 Jun 1944. 247 flying hourslast update: 2025-July-30
Bombing Rilly-la-Montagne France 1944-07-31 to 1944-07-31
617 (B) Sqn (RAF) Woodhall Spa
The aircraft (KC-S), piloted by Flight Lieutenant W Reid VC, left Woodhall Spa 
at 17:15 to attack a V1 storage depot at Rilly-la-Montagne, France . It had just released its Tallboy when it was hit by bombs dropped by an aircraft above them. These tore out one engine and severely damaged the the control lines in the fuselage. The aircraft broke up in the air and crashed about 1000 metres East of Germaine, France , 16 km South of Reims. Five of the crew died and two were taken prisoner.
There was one Canadian in the crew, Flying Officer JO Peltier, who was killed. All of the remaining crew members were in the RAF. Flight Lieutenant Reid VC and Flying Officer D Luker were taken prisoner. Pilot Officer LG Rolton DFC,Warrant Officer JW Hutton DFC, and Flight Sergeants DGW Stewart and AA Holt were killed.
Lancaster Mk.I serial ME558
s/n ME558
m/d 683
Q
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 558
Merlin
Known Units: 101 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial ME559
s/n ME559
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 559
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial ME560
s/n ME560
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 560
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial ME561
s/n ME561
m/d 683
T
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 561
Merlin
Known Units: 617 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial ME562
s/n ME562
m/d 683
K
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 562
Merlin
Known Units: 617 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial ME563
s/n ME563
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 563
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial ME564
s/n ME564
m/d 683
J
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 564
Merlin
Known Units: 101
Delivered to No. 101 Sqn (SR-J) from No. 32 MU 6 Jan 1944. Equipped with ABC jamming equipment. Missing on the successful, although disastrous in terms of aircraft losses, operation to Mailly-le-Camp 3/4 May 1944.last update: 2025-July-30
Lancaster Mk.I serial ME565
s/n ME565
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 565
Merlin
Known Units: ;101
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial ME566
s/n ME566
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 566
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial ME567
s/n ME567
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 567
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial ME568
s/n ME568
m/d 683
F
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 568
Merlin
Known Units: 619 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial ME569
s/n ME569
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 569
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial ME570
s/n ME570
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 570
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial ME571
s/n ME571
m/d 683
P
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 571
Merlin
Known Units: 44 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial ME572
s/n ME572
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 572
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial ME573
s/n ME573
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 573
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial ME574
s/n ME574
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 574
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial ME575
s/n ME575
m/d 683
C
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 575
Merlin
Known Units: 467
Delivered to No. 467 (Australian) Sqn (PO-C) 24 Dec 1943. Missing on operation to Berlin 27/28 Jan 1944. 59 operational hours.last update: 2025-July-30
Bombing Berlin Germany 1944-01-27 to 1944-01-27
467 (B) Sqn (RAAF) RAF Waddington, Lincolnshire, England
Delivered 24 Dec 1943 to 467 Australia Squadron. Lancaster aircraft ME 575 went missing while engaged in the first of 3 night bombing operations over Berlin, Germany. Lancaster ME 575 was probably hit by flak as nothing was heard from the aircraft after departing Waddington, and no night fighters claimed this Lancaster. Killed were FS K.E. Schiedel (RCAF), FS A. Bryce (RAF), Sergeants K. Molyneux (RAF), D. McKechnie (RAF), D.A. Taylor (RAF), and W.A. Taylor (RAF). Also killed was P/O. S.C. Grugeon (RAAF).Lancaster Mk.I serial ME576
s/n ME576
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 576
Merlin
Known Units: 626 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial ME577
s/n ME577
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 577
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial ME578
s/n ME578
m/d 683
K
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 578
Merlin
Known Units: ;50
Uncertain re variant: RAF Commands lists as Mk. III; other sources show as Mk. I, including manufacturer.last update: 2025-July-30
Lancaster Mk.I serial ME579
s/n ME579
m/d 683
A
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 579
Merlin
Known Units: 9 Sqn
With No. 9 Sqn (WS-A). Crashed at Belvoir Castle while descending through cloud on return from operation to Argentan 6/7 Jan 1944.last update: 2025-July-30
1944-June-07 KIA RAFVR Sergeant Norman Marshall Hannah 2022-05-13 1944-June-07 KIA RAFVR Sergeant Frank Norman Harder 2022-05-13 1944-June-07 KIA RAFVR Sergeant Rubin Iain Hood 2022-05-13 1944-June-07 KIA RAFVR Pilot Officer Clifford Roy King 2022-05-13 1944-June-07 KIA RCAF Sergeant William Frederick Smith 2022-05-13
1944-June-07 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer James Morton Stevenson 2022-05-13 Lancaster Mk.I serial ME580
s/n ME580
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 580
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial ME581
s/n ME581
m/d 683
D
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 581
Merlin
Known Units: ;550
Delivered to No. 550 Sqn (BQ-D) 4 Jan 1944. Missing on operation to Dusseldorf 24/25 Mar 1944. 125 operational hours.last update: 2025-July-30
Lancaster Mk.I serial ME582
s/n ME582
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 582
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial ME583
s/n ME583
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 583
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial ME584
s/n ME584
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 584
Merlin
Known Units: 626 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial ME585
s/n ME585
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 585
Merlin
Known Units: 576 Sqn
Delivered to No. 576 Sqn (UL-H2) Jan 1944. Missing on operation to Brunswick 14/15 Jan 1944. 7 operational hours.last update: 2025-July-30
Lancaster Mk.I serial ME586
s/n ME586
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 586
Merlin
Known Units: 576 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial ME587
s/n ME587
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 587
Merlin
Known Units: 626 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial ME588
s/n ME588
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 588
Merlin
Known Units: 625
Delivered to No. 625 Sqn Jan 1944. Missing on operation to Leipzig 19/20 Feb 1944. 50 operational hours. (Mason gives the last mission being to Berlin on 15/16 Jan 1944).last update: 2025-July-30
Lancaster Mk.I serial ME589
s/n ME589
m/d 683
P
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 589
Merlin
Known Units: 626
Delivered to No. 626 Sqn (UM-P) Jan 1944. Missing on operation to Leipzig 19/20 Feb 1944. 50 operational hours.last update: 2025-July-30
Lancaster Mk.I serial ME590
s/n ME590
m/d 683
C
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 590
Merlin
Known Units: 101 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial ME591
s/n ME591
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 591
Merlin
Known Units: ;61
Delivered to No. 61 Sqn. 14 Jan 1944. Lost on raid on Leipzig 19/20 Feb 1944. 56 hours of service (source: Robertson). Mason has no record of this aircraft.last update: 2025-July-30
Lancaster Mk.I serial ME592
s/n ME592
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 592
Merlin
Known Units: 101
RAF Commands and Air Crews Remembered show as Mk. III; Aviation Safety shows as Mk. I. Both Mason and Robertson Give Mk. I.Delivered to No. 106 Sqn (SR-T, later SR-D) from No. 32 MU 31 Jan 1944. Equipped with ABC radio jamming equipment. Missing on operation to Stettin 29/30 Aug 1944. 256 operational hours.
last update: 2025-July-30
Lancaster Mk.I serial ME593
s/n ME593
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 593
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial ME594
s/n ME594
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 594
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial ME595
s/n ME595
m/d 683
R
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 595
Merlin
Known Units: 61 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial ME596
s/n ME596
m/d 683
H
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 596
Merlin
Known Units: 61 Sqn
Delivered to No. 61 Sqn (QR-H) 14 Jan 1944. Missing on operation to Russelsheim 12/13 Aug 1944.last update: 2025-July-30
Lancaster Mk.I serial ME613
s/n ME613
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 613
Merlin
Known Units: 101
Delivered to No. 101 Sqn (SR-L2) from No. 32 MU 20 Jan 1944. Aircraft was equipped with ABC jamming equipment. Missing on operation to Wesseling 21/22 Jun 1944.last update: 2025-July-30
Lancaster Mk.I serial ME614
s/n ME614
m/d 683
K
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 614
Merlin
Known Units: 463 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial ME615
s/n ME615
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 615
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial ME616
s/n ME616
m/d 683
B
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 616
Merlin
Known Units: 101 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial ME617
s/n ME617
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 617
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial ME618
s/n ME618
m/d 683
J
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 618
Merlin
Known Units: ;101
Delivered to No. 101 Sqn from No. 32 MU Feb 1944. Equipped with ABC radio jamming equipment. Missing on operation to Nuremberg 30/31 Mar 1944. This was the infamous raid where the RAF suffered its worst loss of the bomber war, 108 aircraft being shot down or crashed. This aircraft was the 66th destroyed, shot down by Bf 110 of Lt. Seuss of IV/NJG5. The crew were on their 6th operationlast update: 2025-July-30
1944-March-31 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Nicholas Baker 2024-11-05 1944-March-31 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Clyde Roderick Harnish 2024-12-04 1944-March-31 PoW RCAF Pilot Officer Michael Grattan McGeer 2024-12-04 1944-March-31 KIA RCAF Sergeant Donald Van Norman McIntyre 2024-12-04 1944-March-31 PoW RCAF Pilot Officer George Douglas Robertson 2024-12-04 Lancaster Mk.I serial ME619
s/n ME619
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 619
Merlin
Known Units: 101
Delivered to No. 101 Sqn (SR-U) from No. 32 MU Feb 1944. Equipped with ABC jamming equipment. Missing on operation to Dusseldorf 22/23 Apr 1944.last update: 2025-July-30
Lancaster Mk.I serial ME620
s/n ME620
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 620
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial ME621
s/n ME621
m/d 683
R
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 621
Merlin
Known Units: 635 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial ME622
s/n ME622
m/d 683
H
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 622
Merlin
Known Units: ;405
Manufactured as Mk. I, then Modified to Mk. III at No. 32 MU Jan 1944. Then to Signals Intelligence Unit for fitting H2S and Tinsel, Feb 1944. Served with No. 405 Squadron, RCAF, coded "LQ*H". Failed to return from mission to Stuttgart on 16 March 1944.last update: 2025-July-30
Bombing Stuttgart Germany 1944-03-15 to 1944-03-15
405 (PFF) Sqn (RCAF) Gransden Lodge
Battle of Berlin
405 City of Vancouver Squadron (Ducimus), Pathfinder Force, RAF Gransden Lodge. Lancaster I aircraft ME 622 LQ-H was shot down by two night fighters one mile south of Kayh, near Monchberg, Germany during operations against targets in Stuttgart. The Lancaster crashed near Kayh, Herrenberg, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany
Flying Officer KA Cole (RCAF), Pilot Officer JH Dempsey (RAFVR), Flight Lieutenant AB Fyfe (RCAF), Pilot Officer BE Galbraith (RCAF) were all killed in action
Flying Officer WS Edwards (RCAF), Flight Lieutenant DB Quayle (RCAF) and Warrant Officer Class 2 HB Searles (RCAF) survived and all were taken as Prisoners of War
1944-March-16 Failed to Return Failed to return from mission to Stuttgart 2019-08-20
1944-March-15 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Kenneth Arthur Cole 2024-06-10 1944-March-15 PoW RCAF Flying Officer Walter Snelson Edwards 2024-06-10 1944-March-15 KIA RCAF Flight Lieutenant Allan Blake Fyfe 2025-05-24 1944-March-15 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Bernard Edwin Galbraith 2024-06-10 1944-March-15 PoW RCAF Pilot Officer Harold Burton Searles 2024-06-11 Lancaster Mk.I serial ME623
s/n ME623
m/d 683
C
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 623
Merlin
Known Units: 97 Sqn;582 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial ME624
s/n ME624
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 624
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial ME625
s/n ME625
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 625
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial ME626
s/n ME626
m/d 683
J
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 626
Merlin
Known Units: 57 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial ME627
s/n ME627
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 627
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial ME628
s/n ME628
m/d 683
V
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 628
Merlin
Known Units: 44 Sqn
Delivered to No. 44 Sqn (KM-H) Feb 1944. Re-coded KM-V. Missing on operation to Pommerval, France24/25 Jun 1944. 236 operational hours.last update: 2025-July-30
Lancaster Mk.I serial ME629
s/n ME629
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 629
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial ME630
s/n ME630
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 630
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial ME631
s/n ME631
m/d 683
K
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 631
Merlin
Known Units: 207 Sqn
Mk. I per CASPIR & Lancaster File reference text; Mk. III per RAF Commands. Mk. I per Mason and Robertson. Delivered to No. 207 Sqn (EM-K) Feb 1944. Missing on operation to Schweinfurt 26/27 Apr 1944.last update: 2025-July-30
Lancaster Mk.I serial ME632
s/n ME632
m/d 683
P
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 632
Merlin
Known Units: 12 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial ME633
s/n ME633
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 633
Merlin
Known Units: 207
Delivered to No. 207 Sqn Feb 1944. Missing on operation to Leipzig 19/20 Feb 1944. 10 operational hours.last update: 2025-July-30
Lancaster Mk.I serial ME634
s/n ME634
m/d 683
P
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 634
Merlin
Known Units: 44 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial ME635
s/n ME635
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 635
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial ME636
s/n ME636
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 636
Merlin
Known Units: 166
Delivered to No. 166 Sqn 5 Feb 1944. Missing on operation to Berlin 15/16 Feb 1944.last update: 2025-July-30
Lancaster Mk.I serial ME637
s/n ME637
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 637
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial ME638
s/n ME638
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 638
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial ME639
s/n ME639
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 639
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial ME640
s/n ME640
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 640
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial ME641
s/n ME641
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 641
Merlin
Known Units: ;166
Collided mid-air with Lancaster JB 547, 5 mi S of Binbrook, Lincolnshire, England.last update: 2025-July-30
Lancaster Mk.I serial ME642
s/n ME642
m/d 683
W
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 642
Merlin
Known Units: 12 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial ME643
s/n ME643
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 643
Merlin
Known Units: 166
Delivered to No. 166 Sqn 10 Feb 1944. Missing on operation to Mailly-le-Camp, France 3/4 May 1944. 136 operational hours.last update: 2025-July-30
Lancaster Mk.I serial ME644
s/n ME644
m/d 683
E
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 644
Merlin
Known Units: 12 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial ME645
s/n ME645
m/d 683
V
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 645
Merlin
Known Units: 12 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial ME646
s/n ME646
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 646
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial ME647
s/n ME647
m/d 683
J
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 647
Merlin
Known Units: 166 Sqn
Delivered to No. 166 Sqn. (AS-J) Feb 1944. Missing on operation to Osterfeld 31 Dec/1 Jan 1943/44last update: 2025-July-30
Bombing Osterfeld Germany 1944-12-31 to 1944-12-31
166 (B) Sqn (RAF) Kirmington
149 Lancasters and 17 Mosquitoes of 1 and 8 Groups to attack the railway yards. The only details available are Bomber Command's estimates that the railway sidings ·were 35 percent damaged and the 'facilities' 20 per cent damaged. 2 Lancasters lost.source: The Bomber Command War Diaries, Martin Middlebrook and Chris Everitt
Claim by Hptm Johannes Hager 6/NJG1 at 19:00. (Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1945 Part 5 - Theo Boiten)
Aircraft came down at Eygelshoven, inside of the Rimburgerweg, near Heerlen, 26 Km east-north-east of Maastricht, just inside Dutch territory and in the already liberated Province of Zuid-Limburg The area had been under Allied control since mid-September 1944. (Aviation Safety Network)
The crew were initially buried in Margraten US Military Cemetery. Fg Off Sherry was reinterred on 24 March 1947. (CWGC). The remaing crew members were reinterred on 20 November 1946. (CWGC) source: John Jones
Thank you to Wargraves Foundation Nederweert, The Netherlands, for their contribution of the individual crew's images
1944-December-31 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Donald Howard Bennett 2024-10-06 1944-December-31 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Michael Bernyk 2024-10-06 1944-December-31 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant John Cletus Daze 2024-10-06 1944-December-31 KIA RAFVR Pilot Officer Alexander Martin 2025-04-09 1944-December-31 KIA RCAF Flight Lieutenant James Anthony Sherry 2025-04-09 1944-December-31 KIA RAFVR Flight Sergeant Kenneth Surman 2025-04-09 1944-December-31 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Clarence Young 2024-10-06 Lancaster Mk.I serial ME648
s/n ME648
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 648
Merlin
Known Units: 100;300;166
Started with No. 100 Sqn; transferred to No. 300 (Polish) Sqn, then to No. 166 Sqn in Aug 1944. Missing on operation to Ludwigshafen 1/2 Feb 1945.last update: 2025-July-30
Lancaster Mk.I serial ME649
s/n ME649
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 649
Merlin
Known Units: 460 Sqn
Delivered to 460 Sqn (AR-J2) in Feb 1944, then to No. 103 Sqn in Sep 1944. Missing on operation to Essen 12/13 Dec 1944last update: 2025-July-30
Lancaster Mk.I serial ME650
s/n ME650
m/d 683
B
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 650
Merlin
Known Units: 630 Sqn
Delivered to No. 630 Sqn (LE-B) Feb 1944. Missing on operation to Konigsberg 26/27 Aug 1944.last update: 2025-July-30
Lancaster Mk.I serial ME663
s/n ME663
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 663
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial ME664
s/n ME664
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 664
Merlin
Known Units: ;630
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial ME665
s/n ME665
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 665
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial ME666
s/n ME666
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 666
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial ME667
s/n ME667
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 667
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial ME668
s/n ME668
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 668
Merlin
Known Units: 106
Delivered to No. 106 Sqn (ZN-L) Feb 1944. Missing on operation to St. Leu d'Esserent, France 7/8 Jul 1944. 204 operational hours.last update: 2025-July-30
Lancaster Mk.I serial ME669
s/n ME669
m/d 683
O
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 669
Merlin
Known Units: 106 Sqn
Delivered to No. 106 Sqn (ZN-O) Feb 1944. Missing on operation to Schweinfurt 26/27 Apr 1944. Flight Sergeant Norman Jackson was awarded the VC for trying to extinguish the flames.last update: 2025-July-30
Bombing Schweinfurt Germany 1944-04-26 to 1944-04-27
106 (B) Sqn (RAF) RAF Thornaby
106 Squadron (Pro Libertate). Lancaster aircraft missing during a raid against Schweinfurt, Germany. Flying Officer Mifflin maintained control of the aircraft and sacrificed himself so that his crew could bail out to safety; this was his thirtieth operation.Warrant Officer N. Jackson, the RAF flight engineer, tried to put out a fire in the starboard wing, bailed out, was taken Prisoner of War and was awarded the Victoria Cross for his action in fighting the fire. source:They Shall Grow Not Old, BCATP Museum, Brandon MB
Story of 30 Missions
This is the true story of an RAF aircrew and their 30 missions. Flying Officer Mifflin (from Newfoundland) and his crew were RAF and so the crew are not part of this Canadian dataset (only Mifflin). Mifflin's story of he and his crew is gripping and is told in this video.
Lancaster Mk.I serial ME670
s/n ME670
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 670
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial ME671
s/n ME671
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 671
Merlin
Known Units: 576 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial ME672
s/n ME672
m/d 683
A
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 672
Merlin
Known Units: 44
Delivered to No. 44 Sqn (KM-A) Mar 1944. Missing on operation to Berlin 24/25 Mar 1944. 31 operational hours.last update: 2025-July-30
Bombing Berlin Germany 1944-03-24 to 1944-03-25
44 (B) Sqn (RAF) RAF Dunholme Lodge
44 Rhodesia Squadron (Fulmina Regis lusta) RAF Dunholme Lodge. Lancaster BI aircraft ME 672 KM-A was Homeward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Josef Nabrich of the 3/NJG 1, who was flying a Heinkel He 219 from Venlo airfield, Netherlands while engaged in an operation against targets in Berlin, Germany. The Lancaster crashed in the De Flaes Swamp, Lage Mierde, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
Sergeant KL Radcliffe (RCAF), Sergeant JM Ella (RAFVR), Pilot Officer BM Hayes (RAFVR), Sergeant WG Perrie (RAFVR), Sergeant WK Walker (RAFVR) and Sergeant RHJ Wellfare (RAFVR) were all killed in action
FS M Fedoruk (RCAF survived and became an Evader, sheltering in Holland until Liberated by Canadian troops 1944-04-09
44 Squadron Lancaster I ME672 KM-A P/O. Hayes, RAF Dunholme Lodge...
Lancaster III ME672 [Royal Air Force Aircraft Serial and Image Database]...
1944-March-25 KIA RAFVR Sergeant James Maurice Ella 2022-10-17 1944-March-25 Evader RCAF Flight Sergeant Michael Fedoruk 2022-10-17 1944-March-25 KIA RAFVR Pilot Officer Bernard Michael Hayes 2022-10-17 1944-March-25 KIA RAFVR Sergeant William Griffin Perrie 2022-10-17 1944-March-25 KIA RCAF Sergeant Kenneth Lloyd Radcliffe 2022-10-17 1944-March-25 KIA RAFVR Sergeant Wilfred Keith Walker 2022-10-17 1944-March-25 KIA RAFVR Sergeant Richard Henry John Wellfare 2022-10-17 Lancaster Mk.I serial ME673
s/n ME673
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 673
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial ME674
s/n ME674
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 674
Merlin
Known Units: 103
Delivered to No. 103 Sqn Mar 1944. Missing on operation to Revigny, France 12/13 Jul 1944. 245 operational hours.last update: 2025-July-30
Lancaster Mk.I serial ME675
s/n ME675
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 675
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial ME676
s/n ME676
m/d 683
F
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 676
Merlin
Known Units: 625 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial ME677
s/n ME677
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 677
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial ME678
s/n ME678
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 678
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial ME679
s/n ME679
m/d 683
K
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 679
Merlin
Known Units: 57 Sqn
Delivered to No. 57 Sqn (DX-K) 3 Mar 1944. Missing on operation to Schweinfurt 26/27 April 1944. 125 flying hours.last update: 2025-July-30
Lancaster Mk.I serial ME680
s/n ME680
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 680
Merlin
Known Units: ;207
Delivered to No. 207 Sqn Mar 1944. Lost on mission to Berlin 24/25 Mar 1944last update: 2025-July-30
Lancaster Mk.I serial ME681
s/n ME681
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 681
Merlin
Known Units: ;207
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial ME682
s/n ME682
m/d 683
H
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 682
Merlin
Known Units: 625 Sqn;1667 HCU
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial ME683
s/n ME683
m/d 683
W
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 683
Merlin
Known Units: 207 Sqn
Delivered to No. 207 Sqn EM-W) 4 Mar 1944. Missing on operation to Wesseling 21/22 Jun 1944. 225 operational hours.last update: 2025-July-30
Lancaster Mk.I serial ME684
s/n ME684
m/d 683
V
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 684
Merlin
Known Units: 625
Delivered to No. 625 Sqn (CF-V) 3 Mar 1944. Missing on operation to Berlin 24/25 Mar 1944. 12 operational hours.last update: 2025-July-30
Lancaster Mk.I serial ME685
s/n ME685
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 685
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial ME686
s/n ME686
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 686
Merlin
Known Units: ;166
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial ME687
s/n ME687
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 687
Merlin
Known Units: 550;576
Delivered to No. 550 Sqn (BQ-X) Mar 1944. Transferred to No. 576 Sqn (UL-S2) Apr 1944. Missing on operation to Dortmund 22/23 May 1944. 126 operational hours.last update: 2025-July-30
Lancaster Mk.I serial ME688
s/n ME688
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 688
Merlin
Known Units: 207
Delivered to No. 207 Sqn 11 Mar 1944. Missing on Gardening sortie 9/10 Apr 1944. 32 operational hours.last update: 2025-July-30
Lancaster Mk.I serial ME689
s/n ME689
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 689
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial ME690
s/n ME690
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 690
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial ME691
s/n ME691
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 691
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial ME692
s/n ME692
m/d 683
G
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 692
Merlin
Known Units: 115 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial ME693
s/n ME693
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 693
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial ME694
s/n ME694
m/d 683
L
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 694
Merlin
Known Units: 44 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial ME695
s/n ME695
m/d 683
R
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 695
Merlin
Known Units: 1653 HCU;15 Sqn
Delivered to No. 15 Sqn (LS-R) Mar 1944. Crashed after colliding with another aircraft at Ford on return from mission to Villiers-Bocage, 30 Jun 1944. Repaired and transferred to No. 1653 HCU (H4-Y) Nov 1944. SOC 29-Aug 1946.last update: 2025-July-30
Lancaster Mk.I serial ME696
s/n ME696
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 696
Merlin
Known Units: ;460
last update: 2025-August-13
Bombing Acheres France 1944-06-11 to 1944-06-11
460 (B) Sqn (RAAF) RAF Binsbrook, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom
460 Australia Squadron (Strike And Return). Lancaster aircraft ME696 hit high tension wires during night operations on the railway facilities at Acheres, France. Casualties included RCAF P/O's W.L. Arksey (air gunner and A.J. Collett (air gunner); RAAF Flt. Sgt. K.L. King (bomb aimer) and Pilot Officer R.L. Nicholson (pilot); and RAFVR Sgt's. C.A. Cunningham (flight engineer), A. Fisher (navigator), and J.P. Murray (wireless operator / air gunner).Lancaster Mk.I serial ME697
s/n ME697
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 697
Merlin
Known Units: ;625
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial ME698
s/n ME698
m/d 683
U
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 698
Merlin
Known Units: 103 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial ME699
s/n ME699
m/d 683
T
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 699
Merlin
Known Units: 44 Sqn
Delivered to No. 44 Sqm (KM-T) 15 Mar 1944. Missing on operation to Creil 4/5 Jul 1944.last update: 2025-July-30
Lancaster Mk.I serial ME700
s/n ME700
m/d 683
V
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 700
Merlin
Known Units: ;50
RAF Commands notes variant as Mk. III. Other websites (BackToNormandy, others) note as Mk. I. Manufacturer serial range indicates Mk. I.last update: 2025-July-30
Bombing Ladbergen Germany 1944-09-23 to 1944-09-23
50 (B) Sqn (RAF) RAF Skellingthorpe
50 Squadron (From Defence To Attack) RAF Skellingthorpe. Lancaster I aircraft ME 700 VN-V was intercepted on the return flight from a night operation to bomb targets in Ladbergen, Germany and shot down at 23:31 by night fighter pilot Hauptman Dietrich Schmidt of 8/NJG1. The bomber crashed at Welsum near Dalfsen in Overijssel, Netherlands with the loss of four aircrew members
Flying Officer John Murray Dunsmuir (RCAF), Flying Officer Angus Beverley Harvey (RCAF), Flight Sergeant Raymond Larcome (RAFVR) and Flight Sergeant Eric Henry Tunnell (RAFVR) were all killed in action
Flying Officer Oliver George Korpela (RCAF), Flying Officer Charles Dallyn Lucas (RAFVR) and Sergeant Henry Harrison MacFarlane (RAFVR) all survived and avoided capture as Evaders
Addendum 2: According to the pilot, Flying Officer Korpela (RCAF), they had dropped their bombs and were on the way home when they realized they were off course. They were attacked by a German fighter and the Lancaster burst into flames. The pilot soon realized the aircraft was beyond saving: the plane was burning and full of smoke; the navigator and wireless operator were dead; the intercom was out of order and the air-gunners could not be reached either physically nor by intercom. The order was given to abandon the aircraft, the flight engineer and the bomb aimer complied and shortly after Flying Officer Korpela also jumped. Flying Officer O. Korpela (RCAF), Sgt. H. MacFarlane (RAF), and Sergeant C. Lucas (RAF) were Evaders. Detail provided by N. Murphy, Windsor, Ontario
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 Part 4 24 July - 15 October by Theo Boiten, page 86
1944-September-23 KIA RCAF Flying Officer John Murray Dunsmuir 2025-04-13 1944-September-23 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Angus Beverley Harvey 2025-04-13 1944-September-23 KIA RAFVR Flight Sergeant Raymond Larcome 2025-04-13 1944-September-23 Evader RAFVR Flying Officer Charles Dallyn Lucas 2025-04-13 1944-September-23 Evader RAFVR Sergeant Henry Harrison MacFarlane 2025-04-13 1944-September-23 KIA RAFVR Flight Sergeant Eric Henry Tunnell 2025-04-13 1944-September-24 Evader RCAF Flight Lieutenant Oliver George Korpela 2025-04-13 Lancaster Mk.I serial ME701
s/n ME701
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 701
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial ME702
s/n ME702
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 702
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial ME703
s/n ME703
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 703
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial ME704
s/n ME704
m/d 683
B
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 704
Merlin
Known Units: 9 Sqn
Delivered to No. 9 Sqn (WS-B) 25 Mar 1944. Missing on operation to Gelsenkirchen 21/22 Jun 1944.last update: 2025-July-30
1944-June-22 PoW RCAF Flying Officer Adam Barr Berry 2025-01-17 1944-June-22 KIA RAFVR Sergeant Philip Bowen-Chennell 2024-11-16 1944-June-22 PoW RAF Sergeant Cyril Aubrey Glew 2025-01-17 1944-June-22 PoW RAF Sergeant Robert Saltoun Hardie 2025-01-17 1944-June-22 KIA RAFVR Flying Officer Alfred Kidd 2025-01-17 1944-June-22 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Lorne Sinclair McMurchy 2025-01-17 1944-June-22 KIA RCAF Sergeant Donald Andrew Harvey Redshaw 2025-01-17 1944-June-22 PoW RCAF Flying Officer William Raymond Sheppard 2025-01-17 Lancaster Mk.I serial ME717
s/n ME717
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 717
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial ME718
s/n ME718
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 718
Merlin
Known Units: ;115
Delivered to No. 115 Sqn 24 Mar 1944. Missing on operation to Stettin 29/30 Aug 1944. 244 operational hours.last update: 2025-July-30
Lancaster Mk.I serial ME719
s/n ME719
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 719
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial ME720
s/n ME720
m/d 683
X
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 720
Merlin
Known Units: 166
Delivered to No. 166 Sqn Mar 1944. Missing on operation to Friedrichshafen 27/28 Apr 1944. 59 operational hours.last update: 2025-July-30
Lancaster Mk.I serial ME721
s/n ME721
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 721
Merlin
Known Units: ;103
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial ME722
s/n ME722
m/d 683
E
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 722
Merlin
Known Units: 103
Delivered to No. 103 Sqn (PM-E) Mar 1944. Missing on operation to Duisburg 21/22 May 1944. 111 operational hours.last update: 2025-July-30
Lancaster Mk.I serial ME723
s/n ME723
m/d 683
X
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 723
Merlin
Known Units: 619 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial ME724
s/n ME724
m/d 683
O
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 724
Merlin
Known Units: 9 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial ME725
s/n ME725
m/d 683
G
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 725
Merlin
Known Units: 61 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial ME726
s/n ME726
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 726
Merlin
Known Units: 576 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial ME727
s/n ME727
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 727
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial ME728
s/n ME728
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 728
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial ME729
s/n ME729
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 729
Merlin
Known Units: ;630
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial ME730
s/n ME730
m/d 683
R
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 730
Merlin
Known Units: 44 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial ME731
s/n ME731
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 731
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial ME732
s/n ME732
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 732
Merlin
Known Units: ;61
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial ME733
s/n ME733
m/d 683
P
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 733
Merlin
Known Units: 61 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial ME734
s/n ME734
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 734
Merlin
Known Units: ;625
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial ME735
s/n ME735
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 735
Merlin
Known Units: 576
Delivered to No. 576 Sqn (UL-P2) Apr 1944. Later as UL-B2. Aircraft was repaired 3 times in the course of its operational life. Missing on operation to Duisburg 21/22 Feb 1945.last update: 2025-July-30
Lancaster Mk.I serial ME736
s/n ME736
m/d 683
J
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 736
Merlin
Known Units: 622 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial ME737
s/n ME737
m/d 683
S
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 737
Merlin
Known Units: 630 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial ME738
s/n ME738
m/d 683
S
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 738
Merlin
Known Units: 103
Shown as Mk III in RAF Commands. Both Mason and Robertson give Mk. I. Delivered to No. 103 Sqn Apr 1944. Missing on operation to Friedrichshafen 27/28 Apr 1944. 34 operational hours.last update: 2025-July-30
Lancaster Mk.I serial ME739
s/n ME739
m/d 683
T
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 739
Merlin
Known Units: 630 Sqn;630 Sqn
Uncertainty re Mk: RAF Commands shows as Mk. III, Lancaster File text as Mk. I.last update: 2025-July-30
Lancaster Mk.I serial ME740
s/n ME740
m/d 683
E
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 740
Merlin
Known Units: ;460
Delivered to 460 Sqn Apr 1944. Missing from operation to Mailly-le-Camp 3/4 May 1944. 46 Operational hourslast update: 2025-July-30
Bombing Mailly-le-Camp France 1944-05-04 to 1944-05-05
460 () Sqn (RAAF) RAF Binbrook, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom
460 Australia Squadron (Strike And Return). Lancaster aircraft ME 740 was delivered to 460 Squadron in April 1944. It was lost while engaged in operations against MaiIly-le-Camp, France, with only 46 operational hours. Casualties included: RCAF Pilot Officer T.S. Winstanley (air gunner); RAAF Flt. Sgt's. W.R. Elgar and H.J.G. Fry; RAFVR Sgt's. K. Applegarth (wireless operator / air gunner), C.G. Graham (air gunner), and J.H. Holloway (flight engineer); and RAFVR Flying Officer L. Sumner (pilot).Lancaster Mk.I serial ME741
s/n ME741
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 741
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial ME742
s/n ME742
m/d 683
O
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 742
Merlin
Known Units: 12 Sqn
variant Mk. I per Lancaster File reference text. Delivered to No. 12 Sqn (PH-O) Apr 1944, then to No. 626 Sqn Jun 1944. Missing on operation to Stettin 29/30 Aug 1944.last update: 2025-July-30
1944-August-28 Interned RCAF Flight Sergeant Harold D Charles Allison 2023-11-06 1944-August-28 Interned RCAF Flying Officer Lyle Milton Bovee 2024-11-16 1944-August-28 Interned RCAF Flying Officer Robert Campbell Hawkes 2025-02-04 1944-August-28 Interned RCAF Flying Officer Hugh Duncan McPhail 2025-02-04 Lancaster Mk.I serial ME743
s/n ME743
m/d 683
G
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 743
Merlin
Known Units: 44 Sqn
Delivered to No. 44 Sqn (KM-G) April 1944. Missing on operation to Mimoyecques27/28 Jun 1944. 181 flying hourslast update: 2025-July-30
Lancaster Mk.I serial ME744
s/n ME744
m/d 683
P
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 744
Merlin
Known Units: 300 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial ME745
s/n ME745
m/d 683
L
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 745
Merlin
Known Units: 619 Sqn
Delivered to No. 619 Sqn (PG-L) Apr 1944. Missing on operation to St. Leu d'Esserent 7/8 Jul 1944.last update: 2025-July-30
Lancaster Mk.I serial ME746
s/n ME746
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 746
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial ME747
s/n ME747
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 747
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial ME748
s/n ME748
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 748
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial ME749
s/n ME749
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 749
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial ME750
s/n ME750
m/d 683
T
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 750
Merlin
Known Units: 526;1666CU;1660CU;1664
Delivered to No. 626 Sqn Apr 1944. Transferred to No. 1666 CU in Nov 1944, then to No. 1660 CU. The pilot was unable to control a spin and the aircraft broke up in the air 10 Feb 1945.last update: 2025-July-30
Conversion 1945-02-10 to 1945-02-10
1666 (OT) HCU (RAF) RAF Wombleton
1666 Heavy Conversion Unit, RAF Wombleton. Lancaster I aircraft ME-750 QY-T was engaged in a daylight navigation training exercise when it came spinning out of the clouds, on fire. The aircraft crashed one mile west of South Cerney, Gloucestershire, England with no survivors. Icing conditions were suspected as a cause of the crash but oddly, all four engines had feathered propellers which baffled the accident investigators
Flying Officer Herbert George Christie DFC & Bar (RCAF), Sergeant Alvin Walter Heard (RCAF), Flying Officer William Henry Matheson (RCAF), Flying Officer Kenneth Mark Pridham (RCAF), Flight Leutenant Arnold Joseph Snetsinger (RCAF), Flying Officer Earl Douglas Tait (RCAF) and Sergeant Donald Gordon MacKenzie (RAFVR) were all killed in this training flying accident
1945-February-10 KIFA RCAF Flying Officer Herbert George Christie DFC & Bar 2025-02-12 1945-February-10 KIFA RCAF Sergeant Alvin Walter Heard 2025-02-12 1945-February-10 KIFA RAFVR Sergeant Donald Gordon MacKenzie 2025-02-12 1945-February-10 KIFA RCAF Flying Officer William Henry Matheson 2025-02-12 1945-February-10 KIFA RCAF Flying Officer Kenneth Mark Pridham 2025-02-12 1945-February-10 KIFA RCAF Flight Lieutenant Arnold Joseph Snetsinger 2025-02-12 1945-February-10 KIFA RCAF Flying Officer Earl Douglas Tait 2025-02-12 Lancaster Mk.I serial ME751
s/n ME751
m/d 683
R
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 751
Merlin
Known Units: 75 Sqn;138 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial ME752
s/n ME752
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 752
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial ME753
s/n ME753
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 753
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial ME754
s/n ME754
m/d 683
A
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 754
Merlin
Known Units: 75 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial ME755
s/n ME755
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 755
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial ME756
s/n ME756
m/d 683
U
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 756
Merlin
Known Units: 115 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial ME757
s/n ME757
m/d 683
O
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 757
Merlin
Known Units: 9 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial ME758
s/n ME758
m/d 683
N
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 758
Merlin
Known Units: 12 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial ME759
s/n ME759
m/d 683
P
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 759
Merlin
Known Units: 227 Sqn;9 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial ME773
s/n ME773
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 773
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial ME774
s/n ME774
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 774
Merlin
Known Units: 626 Sqn
Delivered to No. 626 Sqn (UM-L2) Apr 1944. Missing on operation to railway junction at Vierzon 30 Jun/1 Jul 1944.last update: 2025-July-30
1944-July-01 KIA RCAF Sergeant Alfred Cyril Seymour Barker 2024-11-07 1944-July-01 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Ladimer Jacob Bernaski 2024-11-11 1944-July-01 KIA RCAF Sergeant James Neil Gordon 2024-12-17 1944-July-01 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer William Francis Pocock 2024-12-17 1944-July-01 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Jack Ogilvie Smith 2024-12-17 Lancaster Mk.I serial ME775
s/n ME775
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 775
Merlin
Known Units: ;166
Discrepancy: RAF Commands shows as Mk III; 166 Squadron website shows as Mk. I.last update: 2025-July-30
Lancaster Mk.I serial ME776
s/n ME776
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 776
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial ME777
s/n ME777
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 777
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial ME778
s/n ME778
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 778
Merlin
Lancaster Mk.I serial ME779
s/n ME779
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 779
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial ME780
s/n ME780
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 780
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial ME781
s/n ME781
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 781
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial ME782
s/n ME782
m/d 683
N
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 782
Merlin
Known Units: 630 Sqn
Delivered to No. 630 Sqn (LE-N) 1 May 1944. Missing on operation to Wesseling 12/22 Jun 1944.last update: 2025-July-30
Lancaster Mk.I serial ME783
s/n ME783
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 783
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial ME784
s/n ME784
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 784
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial ME785
s/n ME785
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 785
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial ME786
s/n ME786
m/d 683
R
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 786
Merlin
Known Units: 12 Sqn;12 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial ME787
s/n ME787
m/d 683
J
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 787
Merlin
Known Units: 619 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial ME788
s/n ME788
m/d 683
Q
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 788
Merlin
Known Units: 12 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial ME789
s/n ME789
m/d 683
B
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 789
Merlin
Known Units: ;106
Delivered to No. 106 Sqn 9 May 1944. Missing on operation to St. Leu d'Esserent 7/8 Jul 1944.last update: 2025-July-30
Bombing Saint-Leu-de-Esserent 1944-07-07 to 1944-07-08
106 (B) Sqn (RAF) RAF Metheringham
106 Squadron (Pro Libertate) RAF Metheringham. Lancaster Mk I ME 789 ZN-B was lost during an attack on the V-1 flying-bomb storage site at Saint-Leu-d-Esserent, France. The Lancaster was shot down by flak and abandoned by the crew near Gournay-en-Bray, France
Flying Officer Gordon Stanley Mather (RCAF), Flying Officer John Sargent Kingston (RCAF) and Flight Sergeant William Stewart (RAFVR) all survived and were captured to become Prisoners of War
Pilot Officer John Crawford (RCAF)(USA), Sergeant William Arthur Waldram (RCAF) and Sergeant Leslie John Lucas (RAFVR) all evaded for a time but all were captured and all three were among 168 Allied Airmen deported to Buchenwald Concentration Camp in Germany. The three were eventually sent to Prisoner of War Camps after the German Luftwaffe intervened
Flying Officer Donald Angus Evans (RCAF) survived and avoided capture as an Evader
Royal Air Force Serial and Image Database
07/08 07 1944 106 Squadron Lancaster I ME789 ZN-B Flying Officer Gordon S Mather
1944-July-08 PoW RCAF Pilot Officer John Crawford 2024-10-09 1944-July-08 Evader RCAF Flying Officer Donald Angus Evans 2024-07-10 1944-July-08 PoW RCAF Flying Officer John Sargent Kingston 2024-07-10 1944-July-08 PoW RAFVR Sergeant Leslie John Lucas 2024-07-10 1944-July-08 PoW RCAF Flying Officer Gordon Stanley Mather 2024-07-10 1944-July-08 PoW RAFVR Flight Sergeant William Stewart 2024-07-10 1944-July-08 PoW RCAF Pilot Officer William Arthur Waldram 2024-10-09 Lancaster Mk.I serial ME790
s/n ME790
m/d 683
U
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 790
Merlin
Known Units: 106
Delivered to No. 106 Sqn 9 May 1944. Missing on operation to Dortmund 22/23 May 1944.last update: 2025-July-30
Lancaster Mk.I serial ME791
s/n ME791
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 791
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial ME792
s/n ME792
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 792
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial ME793
s/n ME793
m/d 683
G
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 793
Merlin
Known Units: ;460
last update: 2025-August-13
Bombing Vaires-sur-Marne France 1944-06-27 to 1944-06-28
460 (B) Sqn (RAAF) RAF Binbrook, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom
460 Australia Squadron (Strike And Return). Lancaster aircraft ME 793 failed to return from night operations over Vaires, France. Nothing further was heard from the aircraft after take-off and it did not return. Casualties included RCAF Pilot Officer T. Krynski (air gunner); RAAF Flt. Sgt. G.H. Hunkin (bomb aimer) and RAAF Pilot Officer J.L. Israel (pilot); RAFVR Sgt's. F.W.W. Beckwith (wireless operator / air gunner), A.E.J. Rouse (air gunner) and L.G. White (flight engineer), and RAFVR Flt. Sgt. L.E.G. Pester (navigator).Lancaster Mk.I serial ME794
s/n ME794
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 794
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial ME795
s/n ME795
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 795
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial ME796
s/n ME796
m/d 683
S
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 796
Merlin
Known Units: 630 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial ME797
s/n ME797
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 797
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial ME798
s/n ME798
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 798
Merlin
Known Units: ;50
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial ME799
s/n ME799
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 799
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial ME800
s/n ME800
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 800
Merlin
Known Units: 576 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial ME801
s/n ME801
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 801
Merlin
Known Units: 576 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial ME802
s/n ME802
m/d 683
S
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 802
Merlin
Known Units: 90 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial ME803
s/n ME803
m/d 683
B
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 803
Merlin
Known Units: 115 Sqn;115 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial ME804
s/n ME804
m/d 683
O
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 804
Merlin
Known Units: 44
Delivered to No. 44 Sqn May 1944. Missing on operation to Wesseling 21/22 Jun 1944. 67 operational hours.last update: 2025-July-30
Lancaster Mk.I serial ME805
s/n ME805
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 805
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial ME806
s/n ME806
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 806
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial ME807
s/n ME807
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 807
Merlin
Known Units: ;207
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial ME808
s/n ME808
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 808
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial ME809
s/n ME809
m/d 683
X
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 809
Merlin
Known Units: 9 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial ME810
s/n ME810
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 810
Merlin
Known Units: 576 Sqn
Delivered to No. 576 Sqn (UL-K2) 27 May 1944. Missing on operation to Sterkrade 16/17 Jun 1944. 43 operational hours.last update: 2025-July-30
Lancaster Mk.I serial ME811
s/n ME811
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 811
Merlin
Known Units: ;576
Delivered to No. 576 Sqn 26 May 1944. Missing on operation to Vire 6/7 Jun 1944. 21 flying hours.last update: 2025-July-30
Lancaster Mk.I serial ME812
s/n ME812
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 812
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial ME813
s/n ME813
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 813
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial ME814
s/n ME814
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 814
Merlin
Known Units: ;207
Delivered to No. 207 Sqn 29 May 1944. Missing from operation to Revigny 18/19 Jul 1944. 86 flying hours.last update: 2025-July-30
Lancaster Mk.I serial ME827
s/n ME827
m/d 683
I
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 827
Merlin
Known Units: 207
Delivered to No. 207 Sqn 29 May 1944. Missing on operation to Wesseling 21/22 Jun 1944. 43 operational hours.last update: 2025-July-30
Lancaster Mk.I serial ME828
s/n ME828
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 828
Merlin
Known Units: ;100
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial ME829
s/n ME829
m/d 683
G
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 829
Merlin
Known Units: 166
Delivered to No. 166 Sqn (AS-G) 30 May 1944. Missing on operation to Neuss, Germany 23/24 Sep 1944.last update: 2025-July-30
Lancaster Mk.I serial ME830
s/n ME830
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 830
Merlin
Known Units: 626 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial ME831
s/n ME831
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 831
Merlin
Known Units: ;106
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial ME832
s/n ME832
m/d 683
J
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 832
Merlin
Known Units: 106
Delivered to No. 106 Sqn (ZN-J) Jun 1944. Missing on operation to St Leu d'Esserent 4/5 Jul 1944. 61 operational hours.last update: 2025-July-30
Lancaster Mk.I serial ME833
s/n ME833
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 833
Merlin
Known Units: 9
Delivered to No. 9 Sqn 6 Jun 1944. Missing on operation to Revigny, France 18/19 Jul 1944.last update: 2025-July-30
Lancaster Mk.I serial ME834
s/n ME834
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 834
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial ME835
s/n ME835
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 835
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial ME836
s/n ME836
m/d 683
C
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 836
Merlin
Known Units: 115 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial ME837
s/n ME837
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 837
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial ME838
s/n ME838
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 838
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial ME839
s/n ME839
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 839
Merlin
Known Units: 166
Delivered to No. 116 Sqn Jun 1944. Missing on daylight operation to Trossy St. Maximin, France 3 Aug 1944. 138 operational hours.last update: 2025-July-30
Lancaster Mk.I serial ME840
s/n ME840
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 840
Merlin
Known Units: ;550
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial ME841
s/n ME841
m/d 683
I
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 841
Merlin
Known Units: 514 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial ME842
s/n ME842
m/d 683
R
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 842
Merlin
Known Units: 218 Sqn;218 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial ME843
s/n ME843
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 843
Merlin
Known Units: 630
Delivered to No. 630 Sqn 11 Jun 1944. Missing on operation to Wesseling 22 Jun 1944. 16 operational hours.last update: 2025-July-30
Lancaster Mk.I serial ME844
s/n ME844
m/d 683
W
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 844
Merlin
Known Units: 15 Sqn;15 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial ME845
s/n ME845
m/d 683
Q
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 845
Merlin
Known Units: 57 Sqn;630 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial ME846
s/n ME846
m/d 683
C
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 846
Merlin
Known Units: 619 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial ME847
s/n ME847
m/d 683
R
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 847
Merlin
Known Units: 57 Sqn;103 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial ME848
s/n ME848
m/d 683
N
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 848
Merlin
Known Units: 15 Sqn
Delivered to No. 15 Sqn (LS-N) Jun 1944. Transferred to No. 103 Sqn Feb (PM-E) 1945. Missing on operation to Nuremberg 16/17 Mar 1945.last update: 2025-July-30
Lancaster Mk.I serial ME849
s/n ME849
m/d 683
L
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 849
Merlin
Known Units: 15 Sqn;15 Sqn;15 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial ME850
s/n ME850
m/d 683
O
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 850
Merlin
Known Units: 15 Sqn;15 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial ME851
s/n ME851
m/d 683
B
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 851
Merlin
Known Units: 467
Delivered to No. 467 (Australian) Sqn 17 Jun 1944. Missing on operation to Nevers, France 15/16 Jul 1944. RAF Commands website says that it was in collision with Lancaster ME 807 of No. 207 Sqn. [Mason gives Sqn as No. 90; Richardson gives aircraft SOC Jun 1947]last update: 2025-July-30
Bombing Nevers France 1944-07-16 to 1944-07-16
467 (B) Sqn (RAAF) RAF Waddington, Lincolnshire, England
Delivered 17 June 1944 to 467 Australia Squadron. Lancaster aircraft ME 851 went missing during a night raid against the Marshalling Yards at Nevers, France. Bomber Commands operational plans called for simultaneous raids on Nevers, 130 miles south of Paris, and on Chalons du Marne 90 miles to the east. Lancaster ME 851 was believed to have collided with Lancaster ME 807 from 207 Squadron. Killed were F/Lt. W.J.B. Murphy (RCAF); Flying Officer F.A. Ewen (RAAF); FSs. A.H. Jenkins (RAAF), D.A. Paterson (RAAF), and W. Paul (RAAF); Pilot Officer W.H.E. Wright (RAAF); and Sgt. E.C.W. Goode (RAF).Lancaster Mk.I serial ME852
s/n ME852
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 852
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial ME853
s/n ME853
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 853
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial ME854
s/n ME854
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 854
Merlin
Known Units: 576
Delivered to No. 576 Sqn 18 Jun 1944. Missing on operation to Frankfurt 12/13 Sep 1944. 246 operational hours.last update: 2025-July-30
Lancaster Mk.I serial ME855
s/n ME855
m/d 683
X
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 855
Merlin
Known Units: 619 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial ME856
s/n ME856
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 856
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial ME857
s/n ME857
m/d 683
C
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 857
Merlin
Known Units: 101
Delivered to No. 101 Sqn (SR-C) 18 Jun 1944. Equipped with ABC radio jamming equipment. Missing from operation to Russelsheim 20 Aug 1944. 127 operational hours.last update: 2025-July-30
1944-August-25 KIA RCAF Flying Officer David Richard Jones 2023-09-27 1944-August-25 PoW RCAF Flying Officer C J McLeod 2024-11-01 1944-August-25 KIA RCAF Flight Lieutenant John Edward Porter 2023-09-27 1944-August-25 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Chester Owen Powell 2023-09-27 1944-August-25 Evader RCAF Flight Sergeant D F Rycroft 2021-04-18 Lancaster Mk.I serial ME858
s/n ME858
m/d 683
J
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 858
Merlin
Known Units: 514 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial ME859
s/n ME859
m/d 683
S
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 859
Merlin
Known Units: 44 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial ME860
s/n ME860
m/d 683
G
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 860
Merlin
Known Units: 218 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial ME861
s/n ME861
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 861
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial ME862
s/n ME862
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 862
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial ME863
s/n ME863
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 863
Merlin
Known Units: ;101
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial ME864
s/n ME864
m/d 683
E
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 864
Merlin
Known Units: 57 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial ME865
s/n ME865
m/d 683
K
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 865
Merlin
Known Units: ;101
last update: 2025-August-13
Bombing Bochum Germany 1944-11-04 to 1944-11-04
(B) Sqn (RCAF) RAF Ludford Magna
Delivered to No. 101 Sqn (SR-X) 24 Jun 1944. Aircraft was equipped with ABC jamming device. Took off from RAF Ludford Magna at 17:38. Missing from mission to Bochum 4/5 Nov 1944
Claim by Hptm Heinz Rokker 2/NJG2 - North of Dortmund (KP): 5,000m at 19:36. (Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 Part 5 - Theo Boiten).Crashed at Speck near Neukirchen.
The crew were initially buried in a communal grave at Holsten Cemetery Row 11 Grave 3. Reinterred 29 July 1947. (CWGC)
This crew had nearly completed their first tour when shot down
Pilot Officer Joseph Lloyd Gallant RCAF J/95287 KIA Rheinberg War Cemetery Coll. grave 17. D. 1-8. Pilot Officer Albert Norman Gould RCAF J/95288 KIA Rheinberg War Cemetery Coll. grave 17. D. 1-8. Flying Officer Walter Franklin Moran RCAF J/38717 KIA Rheinberg War Cemetery Coll. grave 17. D. 1-8. Flying Officer John Harvey Quirt RCAF J/21394 KIA Rheinberg War Cemetery Coll. grave 17. D. 1-8. Flying Officer Gordon Thomas Weiss RCAF J/35610 pilot KIA Rheinberg War Cemetery Coll. grave 17. D. 1-8. Sergeant Douglas Frederick Gordon Day RAF KIA Rheinberg War Cemetery Coll. grave 17. D. 1-8. Sergeant George Kesten RAF KIA Rheinberg War Cemetery Coll. grave 17. D. 1-8.
1944-November-04 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Walter Joseph Commins 2024-10-06 1944-November-04 KIA RAFVR Sergeant Douglas Frederick Gordon Day 2024-10-06 1944-November-04 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Joseph Lloyd Gallant 2024-10-06 1944-November-04 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Albert Norman Gould 2024-10-06 1944-November-04 KIA RAFVR Sergeant George Kesten 2024-10-06 1944-November-04 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Walter Franklin Moran 2024-10-06 1944-November-04 KIA RCAF Flying Officer John Harvey Quirt 2024-10-06 1944-November-04 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Gordon Thomas Weiss 2024-10-06 Lancaster Mk.I serial ME866
s/n ME866
m/d 683
W
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 866
Merlin
Known Units: 619 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial ME867
s/n ME867
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 867
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial ME868
s/n ME868
m/d 683
K
Metropolitan-Vickers
ME 868
Merlin
Known Units: 57
Delivered to No. 57 Sqn Jun 1944. Missing on operation to St. Leu d'Esserent 7/8 Jul 1944. 12 operational hours.last update: 2025-July-30