Lancaster (Total: 7,377, Canadian: 318, Group 318)
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 serial NG113
s/n NG113
m/d 683
D
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 113
Merlin
Known Units: 75 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG114
s/n NG114
m/d 683
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 114
Merlin
Known Units: 166
Delivered to No. 166 Sqn (AS-S) 3 Sep 1944. Missing on daylight operation to Harpenerweg 24 Mar 1945.last update: 2025-July-30
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG115
s/n NG115
m/d 683
W
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 115
Merlin
Known Units: 115 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG116
s/n NG116
m/d 683
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 116
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG117
s/n NG117
m/d 683
H
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 117
Merlin
Known Units: 12 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG118
s/n NG118
m/d 683
E
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 118
Merlin
Known Units: 514 Sqn;514 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG119
s/n NG119
m/d 683
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 119
Merlin
Known Units: 576 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG120
s/n NG120
m/d 683
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 120
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG121
s/n NG121
m/d 683
N
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 121
Merlin
Known Units: 514 Sqn;514 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG122
s/n NG122
m/d 683
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 122
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG123
s/n NG123
m/d 683
U
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 123
Merlin
Known Units: 630 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG124
s/n NG124
m/d 683
U
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 124
Merlin
Known Units: 115 Sqn;115 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG125
s/n NG125
m/d 683
N
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 125
Merlin
Known Units: 630 Sqn;630 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG126
s/n NG126
m/d 683
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 126
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG127
s/n NG127
m/d 683
D
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 127
Merlin
Known Units: 50 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG128
s/n NG128
m/d 683
B
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 128
Merlin
Known Units: 101 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG129
s/n NG129
m/d 683
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 129
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG130
s/n NG130
m/d 683
S
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 130
Merlin
Known Units: 195 Sqn;218 Sqn;138 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG131
s/n NG131
m/d 683
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 131
Merlin
Known Units: 101 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
SOE 1944-12-17 to 1944-12-17
(B) Sqn (RAF) Ludford Magna
Took off from Ludford Magna at 15:28 in Lancaster Mk I (Sqn code SR-W Bomber Command) on an operation Ulm Germany to on ABC duties.
101 Squadron Lancasters were in 1943 equipped with a top secret radio jamming system codenamed "Airborne Cigar" (ABC) operated by an eighth crew member who could understand German, some with German or Jewish backgrounds known as "special operators" commonly abbreviated to "spec ops" or "SO". They sat in a curtained off area towards the rear of the aircraft and located and jammed German fighter controller's broadcasts, occasionally posing as controllers to spread disinformation. The aircraft fitted with the system were distinctive due to the two large vertical antennae rising from the middle of the fuselage. Deliberately breaking the standing operating procedure of radio silence to conduct the jamming made the aircraft highly vulnerable to being tracked and attacked, which resulted in 101 Squadron having the highest casualty rate of any RAF squadron.(Source Wikipedia)
Claimed by an unkown crew 4/NJG5 - South outskirts of Ulm (CU 63): 3,300m at 19:40. (Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 Part 5 - Theo Boiten) Crashed 7km NNE of Ulm
The crew were initially buried in a collective grave at Albeck Cemetery. Reinterred 30 September 1948. (CWGC)Killed: Pilot Officer Frank Coulson RCAF J/91041 KIA Durnbach War Cemetery, Germany Coll. grave 8. E. 28-32. Pilot Officer Edmund Alfred John Davies RCAF J/95220 KIA Durnbach War Cemetery Coll. grave 8. E. 28-32. Pilot Officer George Edward Deatherage RCAF J/92211 KIA Durnbach War Cemetery Coll. grave 8. E. 28-32. Pilot Officer Raymond Ervin Hine RCAF J/91198 KIA Durnbach War Cemetery Coll. grave 8. E. 28-32. Flying Officer Donald George Henry Ireland RCAF J/88130 pilot KIA Durnbach War Cemetery Coll. grave 8. E. 28-32. Flying Officer James Cameron Munro RCAF J/36591 KIA Durnbach War Cemetery Coll. grave 8. E. 28-32. Sergeant Harold John Black RAF KIA Durnbach War Cemetery Coll. grave 8. E. 28-32. Sergeant Ernest John Hartman RAF KIA Durnbach War Cemetery Coll. grave 8. E. 28-32.
The crew were initially buried in a collective grave at Albeck Cemetery. Reinterred 30 September 1948. (CWGC)
1944-December-17 KIA RAF Sergeant Harold John Black 2024-11-25
1944-December-17 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Frank Coulson 2024-11-25 1944-December-17 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Edmund Alfred John Davies 2024-11-25 1944-December-17 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer George Edward Deatherage 2024-11-25 1944-December-17 KIA RAF Sergeant Ernest John Hartman 2024-11-25 1944-December-17 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Raymond Ervin Hine 2024-11-25 1944-December-17 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Donald George Henry Ireland 2024-11-25 1944-December-17 KIA RCAF Flying Officer James Cameron Munro 2024-11-25 Lancaster Mk.I serial NG132
s/n NG132
m/d 683
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 132
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG133
s/n NG133
m/d 683
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 133
Merlin
Known Units: 550 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Bombing Duisburg Germany 1944-10-14 to 1944-10-14
550 (B) Sqn (RAF) RAF North Killingholme
550 Squadron (Per Ignem Vincimus) RAF North Killingholme. Lancaster BI aircraft NG 133 BQ-F2 was struck by heavy flak and exploded, crashing near Baerl, Germany on the River Rhine during a daylight operation against targets in Duisburg, Germany
The pilot, Flying Officer A Abrams (RCAF) was thrown clear in the explosion and survived to become a Prisoner of War
Pilot Officer JW Brown (RCAF), Flight Sergeant PL Brooker (RAFVR), Sergeant KW Nettleton (RAFVR), Sergeant KR Salton (RAFVR), Sergeant AP Soper (RAFVR) and Flight Sergeant RF Veness (RAFVR) were all killed action
550 Squadron Lancaster bomber PD 319 BQ-G and the entire crew was also lost on this operation
1944-October-14 PoW RCAF Flying Officer Alec Abrams 2024-07-28 1944-October-14 KIA RAFVR Flight Sergeant Philip Leonard Brooker 2024-07-28 1944-October-14 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer John William Brown 2024-07-28 1944-October-14 KIA RAFVR Sergeant Kenneth William Nettleton 2024-07-28 1944-October-14 KIA RAFVR Sergeant Kenneth Ronald Salton 2024-07-28 1944-October-14 KIA RAFVR Sergeant Albert Percy Soper 2024-07-28 1944-October-14 KIA RAFVR Flight Sergeant Raymond Frank Veness 2024-07-28 Lancaster Mk.I serial NG134
s/n NG134
m/d 683
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 134
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG135
s/n NG135
m/d 683
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 135
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG136
s/n NG136
m/d 683
Z
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 136
Merlin
Known Units: 166 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG137
s/n NG137
m/d 683
D
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 137
Merlin
Known Units: 189 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG138
s/n NG138
m/d 683
U
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 138
Merlin
Known Units: 90 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG139
s/n NG139
m/d 683
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 139
Merlin
Known Units: 101 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG140
s/n NG140
m/d 683
U
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 140
Merlin
Known Units: 149 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG141
s/n NG141
m/d 683
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 141
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG142
s/n NG142
m/d 683
J
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 142
Merlin
Known Units: 514 Sqn;514 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG143
s/n NG143
m/d 683
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 143
Merlin
Known Units: ;207
Delivered to No. 207 Sqn 16 Sep 1944. Lost on mining operation 16 Oct 1944.57 Operational hourslast update: 2025-July-30
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG144
s/n NG144
m/d 683
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 144
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG145
s/n NG145
m/d 683
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 145
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG146
s/n NG146
m/d 683
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 146
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG147
s/n NG147
m/d 683
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 147
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG148
s/n NG148
m/d 683
B
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 148
Merlin
Known Units: 189 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG149
s/n NG149
m/d 683
D
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 149
Merlin
Known Units: 189 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG162
s/n NG162
m/d 683
W
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 162
Merlin
Known Units: 195 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG163
s/n NG163
m/d 683
C
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 163
Merlin
Known Units: 150 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG164
s/n NG164
m/d 683
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 164
Merlin
Known Units: ;150
Claim by Oblt Fritz E Krause 3/NJG11 - Over target. Muhlheim-Oberhausen: 5,400m at 18:50. (Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1945 Part 5 - Theo Boiten)
Those who perished were initially buried in isolated collective grave near Eschenbrueck. Reinterred 2 December 1947. (CWGC) (Source John Jones)
last update: 2025-July-30Lancaster Mk.I serial NG165
s/n NG165
m/d 683
J
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 165
Merlin
Known Units: 166 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG166
s/n NG166
m/d 683
H
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 166
Merlin
Known Units: 195 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG167
s/n NG167
m/d 683
Y
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 167
Merlin
Known Units: 153 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG168
s/n NG168
m/d 683
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 168
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG169
s/n NG169
m/d 683
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 169
Merlin
Known Units: 625 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG170
s/n NG170
m/d 683
S
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 170
Merlin
Known Units: 227 Sqn
Delivered to No. 227 Sqn (9J-S) 23 Nov 1944. Missing on operation to Ladbergen 3/4 Mar 1945.last update: 2025-July-30
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG171
s/n NG171
m/d 683
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 171
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG172
s/n NG172
m/d 683
G
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 172
Merlin
Known Units: ASWDU
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG173
s/n NG173
m/d 683
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 173
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG174
s/n NG174
m/d 683
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 174
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG175
s/n NG175
m/d 683
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 175
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG176
s/n NG176
m/d 683
H
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 176
Merlin
Known Units: 189 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG177
s/n NG177
m/d 683
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 177
Merlin
Known Units: ;50;49
Delivered to No. 50 Sqn 27 Sep 1944. Missing on operation to Lutzkendorf 14/15 Mar 1945.
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s/n NG178
m/d 683
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 178
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG179
s/n NG179
m/d 683
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 179
Merlin
Known Units: ;61
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG180
s/n NG180
m/d 683
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 180
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG181
s/n NG181
m/d 683
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 181
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG182
s/n NG182
m/d 683
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 182
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG183
s/n NG183
m/d 683
C
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 183
Merlin
Known Units: 90 Sqn
Delivered to No. 166 Sqn 15 Oct 1944. Missing on operation to Dortmund 20/21 Feb 1945. Mason states that the aircraft was with No. 576 Sqn before No. 166.last update: 2025-July-30
1945-February-21 KIA RCAF Flt. Sergeant William Joseph Doherty 2024-10-24 1945-February-21 KIA RCAF Flight Lieutenant David Walter Hill 2021-08-10 1945-February-21 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Robert Emmett Kearney 2021-08-12 1945-February-21 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Harold Allan Neal 2021-08-17 1945-February-21 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Sydney Alexander Tafler 2021-07-20 Lancaster Mk.I serial NG184
s/n NG184
m/d 683
U
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 184
Merlin
Known Units: 153 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG185
s/n NG185
m/d 683
A
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 185
Merlin
Known Units: 153 Sqn
Originally with No. 166 Sqn, then transferred to No. 153 Sqn (P4-A) 7 Oct 1944. Missing on operation to Duisburg 21/22 Jan 1945.last update: 2025-July-30
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG186
s/n NG186
m/d 683
O
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 186
Merlin
Known Units: 195 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG187
s/n NG187
m/d 683
L
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 187
Merlin
Known Units: 138 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG188
s/n NG188
m/d 683
U
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 188
Merlin
Known Units: 115 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG189
s/n NG189
m/d 683
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 189
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG190
s/n NG190
m/d 683
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 190
Merlin
Known Units: ;153
Delivered to No. 153 Sqn Oct 1944. Missing on daylight operation to Duisburg 14 Oct 1944.last update: 2025-July-30
1944-October-14 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Glenn Crawford Bellamy 2025-01-13 1944-October-14 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Joseph Ross Eugene Brouillette 2023-10-20 1944-October-14 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant William Greene 2025-01-13 1944-October-14 KIA RCAF Flying Officer James Lindsay 2025-01-13 1944-October-14 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Alfred Alexander Picard 2025-01-13 Lancaster Mk.I serial NG191
s/n NG191
m/d 683
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 191
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG192
s/n NG192
m/d 683
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 192
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG193
s/n NG193
m/d 683
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 193
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG194
s/n NG194
m/d 683
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 194
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG195
s/n NG195
m/d 683
C
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 195
Merlin
Known Units: 44 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG196
s/n NG196
m/d 683
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 196
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG197
s/n NG197
m/d 683
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 197
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG198
s/n NG198
m/d 683
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 198
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG199
s/n NG199
m/d 683
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 199
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG200
s/n NG200
m/d 683
V
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 200
Merlin
Known Units: 166 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG201
s/n NG201
m/d 683
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 201
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG202
s/n NG202
m/d 683
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 202
Merlin
Known Units: ;170
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG203
s/n NG203
m/d 683
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 203
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG204
s/n NG204
m/d 683
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 204
Merlin
Known Units: 207
Delivered to No. 207 Sqn 18 Oct 1944. Missing on operation to Ladbergen 3/4 Mar 1945.last update: 2025-July-30
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG205
s/n NG205
m/d 683
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 205
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG206
s/n NG206
m/d 683
J
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 206
Merlin
Known Units: 9 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG218
s/n NG218
m/d 683
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 218
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG219
s/n NG219
m/d 683
T
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 219
Merlin
Known Units: 195 Sqn
Delivered to No. 195 Sqn (A4-T) 10 Oct 1944. Missing on operation to Solingen 4 Nov 1944. 32 operational hours.last update: 2025-July-30
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG220
s/n NG220
m/d 683
B
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 220
Merlin
Known Units: 9 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG221
s/n NG221
m/d 683
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 221
Merlin
Known Units: 550 Sqn;550 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG222
s/n NG222
m/d 683
T
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 222
Merlin
Known Units: 106 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG223
s/n NG223
m/d 683
D
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 223
Merlin
Known Units: 9 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG224
s/n NG224
m/d 683
V
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 224
Merlin
Known Units: 149 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG225
s/n NG225
m/d 683
K
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 225
Merlin
Known Units: 514 Sqn;57 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG226
s/n NG226
m/d 683
J
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 226
Merlin
Known Units: 189 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG227
s/n NG227
m/d 683
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 227
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG228
s/n NG228
m/d 683
V
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 228
Merlin
Known Units: 617 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG229
s/n NG229
m/d 683
S
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 229
Merlin
Known Units: 7 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG230
s/n NG230
m/d 683
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 230
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG231
s/n NG231
m/d 683
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 231
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG232
s/n NG232
m/d 683
H
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 232
Merlin
Known Units: 433 Sqn
Operated by No. 433 Squadron, RCAF, coded "BM*H".last update: 2025-July-30
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG233
s/n NG233
m/d 683
E
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 233
Merlin
Known Units: 433 Sqn;9 Sqn
Operated by No. 433 Squadron, RCAF, coded "BM*E". Failed to return from mine laying operation over Kattegat on 13 March 1945. Reported as shot down over North Sea, at 54.44.38N 10.08.20E in evening. All 7 crew killed, one body washed up on 30 March 1945.last update: 2025-July-30
1945-March-13 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer James Paul Farrell 2021-08-06 1945-March-13 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Daniel William Hodge 2021-08-10 1945-March-13 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer George Alexander Kennedy 2022-01-24 1945-March-13 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Thomas Clyde Pierson 2021-08-14 1945-March-13 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Arthur Vincent Plante 2023-08-28 1945-March-13 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer James Howard Wilson 2021-07-07 Lancaster Mk.I serial NG234
s/n NG234
m/d 683
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 234
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG235
s/n NG235
m/d 683
H
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 235
Merlin
Known Units: 9 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG236
s/n NG236
m/d 683
J
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 236
Merlin
Known Units: 115 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG237
s/n NG237
m/d 683
S
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 237
Merlin
Known Units: 625 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG238
s/n NG238
m/d 683
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 238
Merlin
Known Units: 625 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG239
s/n NG239
m/d 683
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 239
Merlin
Known Units: ;625
With No. 625 Sqn. Apparently seen with wheels down, Wanne-Eickel on a daylight raid 9 Nov 1944last update: 2025-July-30
1944-November-09 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Edward John Brown 2024-08-05 1944-November-09 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Allan Bruce 2024-08-05 1944-November-09 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Vincent Daniel Campbell 2024-08-05 1944-November-09 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Lindsay Leonard Guthrie 2024-08-05 1944-November-09 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Norman Gordon Marler 2024-08-05 1944-November-09 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Earl Duncan Wilmot 2024-08-05 Lancaster Mk.I serial NG240
s/n NG240
m/d 683
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 240
Merlin
Known Units: 625 Sqn
Delivered to No. 624 Sqn (CF-F2) 21 Oct 1944. Missing on operation to Chemnitz 5/6 Mar 1945. Crashed near Klášterec nad OhÅ™ÃÂ, Czechoslovakia.last update: 2025-July-30
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG241
s/n NG241
m/d 683
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 241
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG242
s/n NG242
m/d 683
C
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 242
Merlin
Known Units: 9 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG243
s/n NG243
m/d 683
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 243
Merlin
Known Units: 550 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG244
s/n NG244
m/d 683
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 244
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG245
s/n NG245
m/d 683
R
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 245
Merlin
Known Units: 207 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG246
s/n NG246
m/d 683
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 246
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG247
s/n NG247
m/d 683
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 247
Merlin
Known Units: 626 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG248
s/n NG248
m/d 683
V
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 248
Merlin
Known Units: 149 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG249
s/n NG249
m/d 683
S
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 249
Merlin
Known Units: 9 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG250
s/n NG250
m/d 683
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 250
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG251
s/n NG251
m/d 683
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 251
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG252
s/n NG252
m/d 683
R
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 252
Merlin
Known Units: 9 Sqn
Delivered to No. 9 Sqn (WS-R) Oct 1944. Crashed and burnt on take-off from Bardney 1 Jan 1945.last update: 2025-July-30
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG253
s/n NG253
m/d 683
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 253
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG254
s/n NG254
m/d 683
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 254
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG255
s/n NG255
m/d 683
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 255
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG256
s/n NG256
m/d 683
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 256
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG257
s/n NG257
m/d 683
N
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 257
Merlin
Known Units: 9 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG258
s/n NG258
m/d 683
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 258
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG259
s/n NG259
m/d 683
N
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 259
Merlin
Known Units: 630 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG263
s/n NG263
m/d 683
A
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 263
Merlin
Known Units: 150 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG264
s/n NG264
m/d 683
B
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 264
Merlin
Known Units: 150 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG265
s/n NG265
m/d 683
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 265
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG266
s/n NG266
m/d 683
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 266
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG267
s/n NG267
m/d 683
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 267
Merlin
Known Units: ;625
Delivered to No. 625 Sqn 27 Oct 1944. Missing on operation to Dortmund 20/21 Feb 1945last update: 2025-July-30
Ferry Flight Dortmund Germany 1945-02-20 to 1945-02-21
625 () (RCAF) Kelstern
On the night of Tuesday 20th February 1945 Bomber Command operated a total of 1,283 sorties: The main force was split into four major attacks: 528 aircraft assigned to attack Dortmund, 173 aircraft to Dusseldorf, 128 aircraft to attack Monheim and 165 aircraft assigned to attack the Mittelland Canal near Gravenhorst (Later aborted by the Master Bomber because of cloud) Minor operations that night consisted of 289 aircraft: a total of 91 aircraft on a Diversionary Sweep across the North Sea, 66 aircraft to attack Berlin, 65 aircraft to carry out Radio Counter Measures, 45 aircraft on Patrol and 16 aircraft assigned to attack Mannheim and six aircraft on Resistance Work. From the night's operations there were a total of 25 aircraft (1.95%): 12 Lancaster aircraft (2.23%) from the attack on Dortmund, four Lancasters and four Halifaxes (4.62%) from the attack on Dusseldorf, two Halifax aircraft from the attack on Monheim (1.56%) and a single Liberator from No.223 Squadron (1.54%) on Bomber Support Duty carrying out Radio Counter Measures. From these 25 aircraft there were a total of 156 casualties; 85 airmen died (54.48%) died, six injured and 65 became Prisoners of War. The casualties came from 21 Bomber Squadrons flying out of 21 airfields operating in five Bomber Groups. 1945-February-21 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Henry Raymond Dart 2024-10-20 1945-February-21 KIA RCAF Warrant Officer 2 John Arthur Dickson 2024-10-20 1945-February-21 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Oliver Harding 2024-10-20 1945-February-21 KIA RCAF Flying Officer William Patrick Maloney DFC 2024-10-20 1945-February-21 KIA RAFVR Pilot Officer William George Pearce 2024-10-20 1945-February-21 KIA RCAF Flying Officer George Harry Percival Shephard 2024-10-20 1945-February-21 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Briar Sibbald Thompson 2024-10-20 Lancaster Mk.I serial NG268
s/n NG268
m/d 683
G
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 268
Merlin
Known Units: 150 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG269
s/n NG269
m/d 683
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 269
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG270
s/n NG270
m/d 683
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 270
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG271
s/n NG271
m/d 683
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 271
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG272
s/n NG272
m/d 683
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 272
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG273
s/n NG273
m/d 683
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 273
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG274
s/n NG274
m/d 683
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 274
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG275
s/n NG275
m/d 683
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 275
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG276
s/n NG276
m/d 683
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 276
Merlin
Known Units: ;103
Hit by Flak of 14 Flak Division over Merseburg. Aircraft exploded and crashed into North East district of Merseburg at 20:30. (Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 Part 5 - Theo Boiten)
Pilot: J/35279 Fg Off Harry William Johnson RCAF - Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery Plot 6 Row J Grave 23. Fg Off Johnson was initially buried with four members of his crew in an unmarked collective grave Merseburg Military Cemetery. Reinterred 3 July 1947.
last update: 2025-July-30Lancaster Mk.I serial NG277
s/n NG277
m/d 683
G
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 277
Merlin
Known Units: 424 Sqn
Operated by No. 424 Squadron, RCAF, coded "QB*G".last update: 2025-July-30
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG278
s/n NG278
m/d 683
N
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 278
Merlin
Known Units: 9 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG279
s/n NG279
m/d 683
O
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 279
Merlin
Known Units: 424 Sqn
Operated by No. 424 Squadron, RCAF, coded "QB*O".last update: 2025-July-30
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG280
s/n NG280
m/d 683
U
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 280
Merlin
Known Units: 424 Sqn
Operated by No. 424 Squadron, RCAF, coded "QB*U".last update: 2025-July-30
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG281
s/n NG281
m/d 683
X
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 281
Merlin
Known Units: 424 Sqn
Operated by No. 424 Squadron, RCAF, coded "QB*X". Attacked by German jets during daylight raid on Hamburg on 31 March 1945, mid upper gunner claiming one jet damaged.last update: 2025-July-30
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG282
s/n NG282
m/d 683
T
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 282
Merlin
Known Units: 12 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG283
s/n NG283
m/d 683
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 283
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG284
s/n NG284
m/d 683
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 284
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG285
s/n NG285
m/d 683
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 285
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG286
s/n NG286
m/d 683
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 286
Merlin
Known Units: 207;619
Delivered to No. 207 Sqn Feb 1945. Transferred to No. 619 Sqn. Missing on operation to Harburg 7/8 Mar 1945.last update: 2025-July-30
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG287
s/n NG287
m/d 683
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 287
Merlin
Known Units: 550
Delivered to No. 550 Sqn 1 Nov 1944. Missing on operation to Misburg 15/16 Mar 1945.last update: 2025-July-30
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG288
s/n NG288
m/d 683
H
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 288
Merlin
Known Units: 150 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG289
s/n NG289
m/d 683
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 289
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG290
s/n NG290
m/d 683
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 290
Merlin
Known Units: ;166
Started with No. 550 Sqn, then to No. 166 Sqn . Missing on operation to Munich 7/8 Jan 1945last update: 2025-July-30
1945-January-08 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Verne Douglas Elliott 2024-05-26 1945-January-08 KIA RCAF Flying Officer George Arthur Humberstone 2024-05-29 1945-January-08 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant John Garwood Mackay 2024-06-05 1945-January-08 KIA RCAF Flying Officer John Kenneth McLean 2024-06-20 1945-January-08 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Walter Young James Soper 2024-06-28 1945-January-08 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Albert Eldon Wells 2024-07-12 Lancaster Mk.I serial NG291
s/n NG291
m/d 683
K
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 291
Merlin
Known Units: 150 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG292
s/n NG292
m/d 683
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 292
Merlin
Known Units: 100 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG293
s/n NG293
m/d 683
U
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 293
Merlin
Known Units: 189 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG294
s/n NG294
m/d 683
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 294
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG295
s/n NG295
m/d 683
N
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 295
Merlin
Known Units: 1668 HCU
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG296
s/n NG296
m/d 683
D
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 296
Merlin
Known Units: 227 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG297
s/n NG297
m/d 683
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 297
Merlin
Known Units: 166 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG298
s/n NG298
m/d 683
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 298
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG299
s/n NG299
m/d 683
T
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 299
Merlin
Known Units: 149 Sqn;149 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG300
s/n NG300
m/d 683
T
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 300
Merlin
Known Units: 622 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG301
s/n NG301
m/d 683
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 301
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG302
s/n NG302
m/d 683
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 302
Merlin
Known Units: ;50
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG303
s/n NG303
m/d 683
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 303
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG304
s/n NG304
m/d 683
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 304
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG305
s/n NG305
m/d 683
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 305
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG306
s/n NG306
m/d 683
B
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 306
Merlin
Known Units: 90 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG307
s/n NG307
m/d 683
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 307
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG308
s/n NG308
m/d 683
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 308
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG321
s/n NG321
m/d 683
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 321
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG322
s/n NG322
m/d 683
F
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 322
Merlin
Known Units: 75 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG323
s/n NG323
m/d 683
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 323
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG324
s/n NG324
m/d 683
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 324
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG325
s/n NG325
m/d 683
H
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 325
Merlin
Known Units: ;189
Delivered to No. 189 Sqn Nov 1944. Attacked by German intruder and crashed at East Rudham 4 Mar 1945last update: 2025-July-30
Bombing Ladbergen Germany 1945-03-03 to 1945-03-04
189 (B) Sqn (RAF) RAF Fulbeck
Took off from Fulbeck at 18:37 in Lancaster Mk I NG-325 CA-H to bomb the Dortmund-Ems Canal near Ladbergen Germany.
From Operations Record Book: "LADBERGEN. Aircraft believed shot down by enemy intruder, crashed near EAST RUDHAM Railway Station, Norfolk at 00:10 hrs. on 4th March 1945. Pilot and all members of the crew killed. Aircraft believed to have bombed primary."
NG325 Last flight Operations Record Book 1945-March-04 KIA RAFVR Sergeant Frank Norman Benson 2025-01-15 1945-March-04 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Marquis Roland Bullock 2024-07-08 1945-March-04 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant George Frederick Caley 2024-07-09 1945-March-04 KIA RAFVR Flying Officer Howard Geoffrey Harrison 2025-03-24 1945-March-04 KIA RAFVR Sergeant Robert William McCormack 2025-03-24 1945-March-04 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Thomas Joseph Nelson 2024-07-09 1945-March-04 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Sidney James Reid 2024-07-09 Lancaster Mk.I serial NG326
s/n NG326
m/d 683
Q
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 326
Merlin
Known Units: 50 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG327
s/n NG327
m/d 683
K
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 327
Merlin
Known Units: 49 Sqn
Delivered to No. 49 Sqn 28 Nov 1944. Missing on operation to Gravenhorst 21/22 Feb 1945.last update: 2025-July-30
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG328
s/n NG328
m/d 683
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 328
Merlin
Known Units: 100 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG329
s/n NG329
m/d 683
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 329
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG330
s/n NG330
m/d 683
M
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 330
Merlin
Known Units: 218 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG331
s/n NG331
m/d 683
M
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 331
Merlin
Known Units: 550 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG332
s/n NG332
m/d 683
D
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 332
Merlin
Known Units: 115 Sqn
With No. 115 Sqn. Shot down by American AA fire over Namur 1 Jan 1945.last update: 2025-July-30
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG333
s/n NG333
m/d 683
S
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 333
Merlin
Known Units: 150 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG334
s/n NG334
m/d 683
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 334
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG335
s/n NG335
m/d 683
V
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 335
Merlin
Known Units: 153 Sqn
Delivered to No. 153 Sqn (P4-V) Nov 1944. Missing on operation to Zeitz, Germany, 16/17 Jan 1945.last update: 2025-July-30
1945-January-16 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Clyde Willis Byers 2025-04-02 1945-January-16 KIA RCAF Warrant Officer 1 Robert King Crow 2025-04-02 1945-January-16 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Michael Frank 2021-08-06 1945-January-16 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Frederick Cleaveland Irving 2021-08-11 1945-January-16 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Robert Charles Shilliday 2021-10-02 Lancaster Mk.I serial NG336
s/n NG336
m/d 683
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 336
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG337
s/n NG337
m/d 683
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 337
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG338
s/n NG338
m/d 683
M
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 338
Merlin
Known Units: 15 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG339
s/n NG339
m/d 683
M
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 339
Merlin
Known Units: 617 Sqn;15 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG340
s/n NG340
m/d 683
Q
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 340
Merlin
Known Units: 617 Sqn;15 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG341
s/n NG341
m/d 683
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 341
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG342
s/n NG342
m/d 683
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 342
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG343
s/n NG343
m/d 683
U
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 343
Merlin
Known Units: 429 Sqn;434 Sqn
With No. 429 Squadron, RCAF, coded "AL*J". Operated by No. 434 Squadron, RCAF, coded WL*U. Used on operations, 1944 and / or 1945.last update: 2025-July-30
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG344
s/n NG344
m/d 683
U
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 344
Merlin
Known Units: 429 Sqn
Operated by No. 429 Squadron, RCAF, coded AL*U.last update: 2025-July-30
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG345
s/n NG345
m/d 683
V
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 345
Merlin
Known Units: 429 Sqn
Operated by No. 429 Squadron, RCAF, coded AL*V. Used on operations, 1945. Failed to return from operation over Hamburg on 31 March 1945.last update: 2025-July-30
1945-March-31 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Lucien Joseph Almasse Campeau 2023-12-17 1945-March-31 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Richard Herbert Fisher 2022-08-13 1945-March-31 KIA RCAF Warrant Officer 2nd Class Edwin Milton Hooker 2021-08-10 1945-March-31 PoW RCAF Flying Officer Reginald Roy Jones 2023-08-29 1945-March-31 KIA RCAF Warrant Officer 1st Class Joseph Henri Roger Robert Ledoux 2021-03-09 1945-March-31 PoW RCAF Flight Sergeant J A J C Rancourt 2023-09-25 Lancaster Mk.I serial NG346
s/n NG346
m/d 683
N
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 346
Merlin
Known Units: 424 Sqn
Operated by No. 424 Squadron, RCAF, coded "QB*N". Lost while on a mission to Dessau on 8 March 1945.last update: 2025-July-30
Bombing Dessau Germany 1945-03-07 to 1945-03-07
(B) Sqn (RCAF) Skipton-0n-Swale
526 Lancasters and 5 Mosquitoes of I, 3, 6 and 8 Groups. 18 Lancasters lost, 3·4 per cent of the force.
This was another devastating raid on a new target in Eastern Germany with the usual town centre, residential, industrial and railway areas all being hit. Few further details are available.
source: The Bomber Command War Diaries, Martin Middlebrook and Chris Everitt
Lancaster aircraft NG 346 was shot down and crashed one mile south of Katlenhardt, Germany during a night trip to Dessau, Germany. FS.s G.W. Laut, P.W. Davies, J.W. Allan, D. Bellantino, P/O. J.A. Bellamy, and FS. P.Y. Yanai (RAF) were killed. One Canadian, F/O. Lighthall, was taken Prisoner Of War.
1945-March-08 Failed to Return Failed to return from raid on Dessau. 2019-08-20
1945-March-07 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Joseph William Allan 2025-07-24 1945-March-07 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer John Alwin Bellamy 2024-09-13 1945-March-07 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Dominico Bellantino 2024-09-13 1945-March-07 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Paul Wright Davies 2024-09-13 1945-March-07 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant George Weston Laut 2024-09-13 1945-March-07 PoW RCAF Flying Officer William Dow Lighthall 2024-09-13 Lancaster Mk.I serial NG347
s/n NG347
m/d 683
P
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 347
Merlin
Known Units: 424 Sqn
Operated by No. 424 Squadron, RCAF, coded "QB*P". Named "Piccadilly Princess".last update: 2025-July-30
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG348
s/n NG348
m/d 683
Q
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 348
Merlin
Known Units: 424 Sqn
Operated by No. 424 Squadron, RCAF, coded "QB*Q".last update: 2025-July-30
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG349
s/n NG349
m/d 683
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 349
Merlin
Known Units: 170 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG350
s/n NG350
m/d 683
G
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 350
Merlin
Known Units: 514 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG351
s/n NG351
m/d 683
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 351
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG352
s/n NG352
m/d 683
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 352
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG353
s/n NG353
m/d 683
X
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 353
Merlin
Known Units: 189 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG354
s/n NG354
m/d 683
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 354
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG355
s/n NG355
m/d 683
U
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 355
Merlin
Known Units: 149 Sqn;149 Sqn;149 Sqn;149 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG356
s/n NG356
m/d 683
V
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 356
Merlin
Known Units: 149 Sqn;149 Sqn;149 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG357
s/n NG357
m/d 683
K
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 357
Merlin
Known Units: 15 Sqn;15 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG358
s/n NG358
m/d 683
H
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 358
Merlin
Known Units: 15 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG359
s/n NG359
m/d 683
L
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 359
Merlin
Known Units: 150 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG360
s/n NG360
m/d 683
F
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 360
Merlin
Known Units: 103 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG361
s/n NG361
m/d 683
E
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 361
Merlin
Known Units: 149 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG362
s/n NG362
m/d 683
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 362
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG363
s/n NG363
m/d 683
P
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 363
Merlin
Known Units: ;550
Delivered to No. 550 Sqn (BQ-P) 5 Dec 1944. Missing on operation to Munich 7/8 Jan 1945.last update: 2025-July-30
1945-January-07 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Frank William Bradley 2024-11-16 1945-January-07 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Charles John Clarke 2024-05-17 1945-January-07 PoW RCAF Flying Officer Arthur Lawrence Coldwell 2024-03-14 1945-January-07 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Lucien Andrew Joseph Gauthier 2025-02-18 1945-January-07 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Harold Edward Miell 2025-02-18 Lancaster Mk.I serial NG364
s/n NG364
m/d 683
P
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 364
Merlin
Known Units: 15 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG365
s/n NG365
m/d 683
N
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 365
Merlin
Known Units: 138 Sqn;15 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG366
s/n NG366
m/d 683
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 366
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG367
s/n NG367
m/d 683
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 367
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG379
s/n NG379
m/d 683
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 379
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG380
s/n NG380
m/d 683
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 380
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG381
s/n NG381
m/d 683
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 381
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG382
s/n NG382
m/d 683
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 382
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG383
s/n NG383
m/d 683
G
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 383
Merlin
Known Units: 1668 HCU
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG384
s/n NG384
m/d 683
T
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 384
Merlin
Known Units: 9 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG385
s/n NG385
m/d 683
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 385
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG386
s/n NG386
m/d 683
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 386
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG387
s/n NG387
m/d 683
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 387
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG388
s/n NG388
m/d 683
N
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 388
Merlin
Known Units: 195 Sqn;207 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG389
s/n NG389
m/d 683
Z
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 389
Merlin
Known Units: 1666 HCU
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG390
s/n NG390
m/d 683
X
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 390
Merlin
Known Units: 550 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG391
s/n NG391
m/d 683
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 391
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG392
s/n NG392
m/d 683
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 392
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG393
s/n NG393
m/d 683
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 393
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG394
s/n NG394
m/d 683
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 394
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG395
s/n NG395
m/d 683
L
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 395
Merlin
Known Units: 57 Sqn;57 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG396
s/n NG396
m/d 683
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 396
Merlin
Known Units: ;44
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG397
s/n NG397
m/d 683
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 397
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG398
s/n NG398
m/d 683
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 398
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG399
s/n NG399
m/d 683
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 399
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG400
s/n NG400
m/d 683
R
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 400
Merlin
Known Units: 424 Sqn
Operated by No. 424 Squadron, RCAF, in 1945, coded "QB*R".last update: 2025-July-30
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG401
s/n NG401
m/d 683
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 401
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG402
s/n NG402
m/d 683
C
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 402
Merlin
Known Units: 101 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG403
s/n NG403
m/d 683
G
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 403
Merlin
Known Units: 550 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG404
s/n NG404
m/d 683
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 404
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG405
s/n NG405
m/d 683
L
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 405
Merlin
Known Units: 101 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG406
s/n NG406
m/d 683
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 406
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG407
s/n NG407
m/d 683
X
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 407
Merlin
Known Units: 138 Sqn;138 Sqn;149 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG408
s/n NG408
m/d 683
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 408
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG409
s/n NG409
m/d 683
Q
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 409
Merlin
Known Units: 138 Sqn;138 Sqn;149 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG410
s/n NG410
m/d 683
D
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 410
Merlin
Known Units: 57 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG411
s/n NG411
m/d 683
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 411
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG412
s/n NG412
m/d 683
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 412
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG413
s/n NG413
m/d 683
M
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 413
Merlin
Known Units: 630 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG414
s/n NG414
m/d 683
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 414
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG415
s/n NG415
m/d 683
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 415
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG416
s/n NG416
m/d 683
M
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 416
Merlin
Known Units: 189 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG417
s/n NG417
m/d 683
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 417
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG418
s/n NG418
m/d 683
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 418
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG419
s/n NG419
m/d 683
U
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 419
Merlin
Known Units: 9 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG420
s/n NG420
m/d 683
Q
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 420
Merlin
Known Units: 103 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG421
s/n NG421
m/d 683
M
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 421
Merlin
Known Units: 150 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG434
s/n NG434
m/d 683
T
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 434
Merlin
Known Units: 35 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG435
s/n NG435
m/d 683
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 435
Merlin
Known Units: ;24 OTU
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG436
s/n NG436
m/d 683
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 436
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG437
s/n NG437
m/d 683
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 437
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG438
s/n NG438
m/d 683
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 438
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG439
s/n NG439
m/d 683
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 439
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG440
s/n NG440
m/d 683
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 440
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG441
s/n NG441
m/d 683
L
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 441
Merlin
Known Units: 433 Sqn;424 Sqn
Operated by No. 424 Squadron, RCAF, coded "QB*L". Also with No. 433 Squadron, RCAF, coded "BM*L".last update: 2025-July-30
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG442
s/n NG442
m/d 683
F
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 442
Merlin
Known Units: 9 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG443
s/n NG443
m/d 683
B
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 443
Merlin
Known Units: 15 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG444
s/n NG444
m/d 683
Y
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 444
Merlin
Known Units: 15 Sqn;15 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG445
s/n NG445
m/d 683
O
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 445
Merlin
Known Units: 617 Sqn;44 Sqn;15 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG446
s/n NG446
m/d 683
J
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 446
Merlin
Known Units: 424 Sqn
Operated by No. 424 Squadron, RCAF, coded "QB*J".last update: 2025-July-30
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG447
s/n NG447
m/d 683
U
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 447
Merlin
Known Units: 622 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG448
s/n NG448
m/d 683
D
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 448
Merlin
Known Units: 138 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG449
s/n NG449
m/d 683
T
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 449
Merlin
Known Units: 75 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG450
s/n NG450
m/d 683
B
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 450
Merlin
Known Units: 218 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG451
s/n NG451
m/d 683
E
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 451
Merlin
Known Units: 424 Sqn
Operated by No. 424 Squadron, RCAF, coded "QB*E".last update: 2025-July-30
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG452
s/n NG452
m/d 683
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 452
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG453
s/n NG453
m/d 683
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 453
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG454
s/n NG454
m/d 683
E
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 454
Merlin
Known Units: 83 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG455
s/n NG455
m/d 683
H
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 455
Merlin
Known Units: ;467
last update: 2025-August-13
Bombing Ladbergen Germany 1945-02-08 to 1945-02-08
467 (B) Sqn (RAAF) RAF Waddington, Lincolnshire, England
467 Australia Squadron. Lancaster NG455 was involved in a bombing raid against the Dortmund-Ems Kanal near Ladbergen, Germany. While homeward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by a German fighter. Casualties included W/C J.K. Douglas (RAAF), and P/O's J.B. Nanscawen (RAAF) and H.M.S. Stuart (RAAF). Prisoners of War were Flying Officer L.W.E. Baines (RCAF) and Flt. Sgt. B.O. Bean (RAAF). Flying Officer J.A. Strickland (RAAF) evaded capture.Lancaster Mk.I serial NG456
s/n NG456
m/d 683
D
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 456
Merlin
Known Units: 424 Sqn
Operated by No. 424 Squadron, RCAF, coded "QB*D".last update: 2025-July-30
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG457
s/n NG457
m/d 683
H
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 457
Merlin
Known Units: 424 Sqn;424 Sqn
Operated by No. 424 Squadron, RCAF, coded "QB*C", and "QB*H". Not clear which code marked when lost. Shot down and crashed near Dabringhausen while on a mission to Dessau on 8 March 1945.last update: 2025-July-30
Bombing Dessau Germany 1945-03-07 to 1945-03-07
(B) Sqn (RCAF) Skipton-on-Swale
526 Lancasters and 5 Mosquitoes of I, 3, 6 and 8 Groups. 18 Lancasters lost, 3·4 per cent of the force.
This was another devastating raid on a new target in Eastern Germany with the usual town centre, residential, industrial and railway areas all being hit. Few further details are available.
source: The Bomber Command War Diaries, Martin Middlebrook and Chris Everitt
Lancaster aircraft NG 457 missing during a night operation against Dessau, Germany. F/Os D.A.Standfield, T.L. Foley, D.W. Robinson, T.S. Lawrence, Sergeant J. Klem, and FS S. Rosu were killed. One Canadian, Sergeant Seaman, was either an Evader or was taken Prisoner of War.
1945-March-08 Failed to Return Failed to return from raid on Dessau. 2019-08-20
1945-March-07 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Thomas Lynn Foley 2023-01-13 1945-March-07 KIA RCAF Sergeant John Klem 2023-01-13 1945-March-07 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Thomas Selborne Lawrence 2023-01-13 1945-March-07 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Donald William Burroughs Robinson 2023-01-13 1945-March-07 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Sam Rosu 2023-01-13 1945-March-07 PoW RCAF Sergeant K F Seaman 2023-09-29 1945-March-07 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Donald Arthur Standfield 2023-01-13 Lancaster Mk.I serial NG458
s/n NG458
m/d 683
H
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 458
Merlin
Known Units: ;424
last update: 2025-August-13
Bombing Chemnitz Germany 1945-03-05 to 1945-03-05
433 (B) Sqn (RCAF) Skipton-on-Swale
Thunderclap
760 aircraft - 498 Lancasters, 256 Halifaxes, 6 Mosquitoes - to continue Operation Thunderclap. The operation started badly when 9 aircraft of 6 Group crashed near their bases soon after taking off in icy conditions. 426 Squadron, at Linton-on-Ousc, lost 3 out of their 14 Halifaxes taking part in the raid in this way, with only I man surviving. 1 of the Halifaxes crashed in York, killing some civilians. 22 further aircraft were lost in the main operation - 14 Lancasters and 8 I·Ialifaxes
The city of Karl-Marx-Stadt was unable to supply any local details but it Is known that the centre and the south of the city suffered severe fire damage. Several important factories were situated in the fire area and the Siegmar factory, which made tank engines, was destroyed.
source: The Bomber Command War Diaries, Martin Middlebrook and Chris Everitt
Lancaster BI aircraft NG 458 QB-H failed to return from night operations over Chemnitz, Germany. It is believed that the Lancaster crashed and exploded after a mid-air collision with an escorting fighter
On 1945-03-06, Squadron Leader A. Ross Dawson, the Chief Technical Officer with 424/433 Sqns at Skipton on Swale, wrote in his diary:
Chemnitz was the target last night & unfortunately we lost Flight Lieutenant Don Ross in "H" of 424. It sure is too bad since he was a swell guy & of course went though Riverdale Collegiate with me at home."
Flying Officer FE Seaby (RCAF) and Sergeant AK Rayner (RAFVR) were killed in action and are buried in Germany
Flying Officer HM Weaver (RCAF), Flying Officer AV Cash (RCAF)(USA), Flight Lieutenant DA Ross (RCAF) and Pilot Officer JM Atchison (RCAF) were missing, presumed killed in action. These aircrew have no known grave and are commemorated on the Runnymede War Memorial
FS CJ Antonek was the sole survivor of his crew and was taken Prisoner of War
Book- The Mystery of Frankenberg's Canadian Airman by Peter Hessel
RAF losses 5./6. March 1945 [Archive] - Luftwaffe and Allied Air...
1945-March-06 Failed to Return Failed to return from raid on Chemnitz. 2019-08-20
1945-March-05 PoW RCAF Flight Sergeant Casimir J Antonek 2023-11-03 1945-March-05 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer John Melford Atchison 2024-11-03 1945-March-05 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Alfred Valentine Cash 2024-01-17 1945-March-05 KIA RAFVR Sergeant Albert Kemp Rayner 2023-01-13 1945-March-05 KIA RCAF Flight Lieutenant Donald Alexander Ross 2023-11-03 1945-March-05 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Francis Edward Seaby 2024-05-01 1945-March-05 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Howard McElroy Weaver 2023-11-03 Lancaster Mk.I serial NG459
s/n NG459
m/d 683
K
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 459
Merlin
Known Units: 433 Sqn;424 Sqn
Operated by No. 433 Squadron, RCAF, coded "BM*K". Also with No. 424 Squadron, RCAF, at Skipton-on-Swales, coded "QB*K".last update: 2025-July-30
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG460
s/n NG460
m/d 683
A
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 460
Merlin
Known Units: 433 Sqn
Operated by No. 433 Squadron, RCAF, coded BM*A. Used on operations in 1945.last update: 2025-July-30
Bombing 1945-02-01 to 1945-02-01
433 (B) BG (RCAF) Skipton on Swale
On 1945-02-01, Squadron Leader A. Ross Dawson, the Chief Technical Officer with 424/433 Sqns at Skipton on Swale, wrote in his diary:
Warning: The following material contains graphic content that may not be suitable for all readers.
". . . Got prepared for 7 Lancs from each sqdn toting no less than 1 -4000 pounder &14 five hundred pound incendiaries all the way to Ludwigshafen . . . when they returned poor old Squadron Leader Stinson was missing in 433 A Able. We had seen flames of a crash in the distance but hadn't figured out it was one of ours. Nonetheless it was Stinson who had piled in over near Dalton in a terrific smash-up. Two of the crew bailed out in time but the other 5 bought it. Fri Feb 2: Got up bright and early to rush over and investigate this latest crash. What a horrible mess it was. It looked like he was in a power dive when he went into the deck at about a 30 degree angle & there sure wasn't much left. Three of the 4 engines were buried in the mud out-of-sight with only the tip of one prop blade showing. The fourth engine had been torn out & was burst open along side. Part of the kite had skidded forward & set fire to a farmer's haystack which was still burning when I got there. It was a pretty grisly sight . . . They had enough parts together to make up approximately four bodies but one is still missing in the wreckage somewhere. The only explanation about why it piled in was from the story of the two crew members who bailed out. They were badly shot up with flak over the target & it is thought his controls must have suddenly given way.
Diary of A Ross Dawson, courtesy CWM
Crash site of NG460 Skipton on Swale 1945-02-01
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG461
s/n NG461
m/d 683
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 461
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG462
s/n NG462
m/d 683
B
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 462
Merlin
Known Units: 218 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG463
s/n NG463
m/d 683
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 463
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG464
s/n NG464
m/d 683
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 464
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG465
s/n NG465
m/d 683
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 465
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG466
s/n NG466
m/d 683
Y
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 466
Merlin
Known Units: 460 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG467
s/n NG467
m/d 683
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 467
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG468
s/n NG468
m/d 683
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 468
Merlin
Known Units: 460 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG469
s/n NG469
m/d 683
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 469
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG482
s/n NG482
m/d 683
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 482
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG483
s/n NG483
m/d 683
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 483
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG484
s/n NG484
m/d 683
L
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 484
Merlin
Known Units: 424 Sqn
Operated by No. 424 Squadron, RCAF, coded QB*L.last update: 2025-July-30
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG485
s/n NG485
m/d 683
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 485
Merlin
Known Units: 35;467
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG486
s/n NG486
m/d 683
A
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 486
Merlin
Known Units: 9 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG487
s/n NG487
m/d 683
D
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 487
Merlin
Known Units: 9 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG488
s/n NG488
m/d 683
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 488
Merlin
Known Units: 153
Delivered to No. 153 Sqn 1 Feb 1945. Missing on operation to Misburg, 15/16 Mar 1945.last update: 2025-July-30
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG489
s/n NG489
m/d 683
M
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 489
Merlin
Known Units: 617 Sqn;617 Sqn;44 Sqn;15 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG490
s/n NG490
m/d 683
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 490
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG491
s/n NG491
m/d 683
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 491
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG492
s/n NG492
m/d 683
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 492
Merlin
Known Units: 103
Delivered to No. 103 Sqn Jan 1945. Missing on operation to Nuremberg 16/17 Mar 1945.last update: 2025-July-30
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG493
s/n NG493
m/d 683
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 493
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG494
s/n NG494
m/d 683
P
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 494
Merlin
Known Units: 617 Sqn;44 Sqn;15 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG495
s/n NG495
m/d 683
R
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 495
Merlin
Known Units: 9 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG496
s/n NG496
m/d 683
N
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 496
Merlin
Known Units: 433 Sqn
Operated by No. 433 Squadron, RCAF, coded BM*N. Used on operations in 1945.last update: 2025-July-30
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG497
s/n NG497
m/d 683
E
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 497
Merlin
Known Units: 433 Sqn
Operated by No. 433 Squadron, RCAF, coded "BM*E". With No. 434 (B) Squadron, coded "WL*P", when damaged by a night fighter on 21 February 1945. Mid upper gunner Flight Sergeant J.H. Taggert and WOP Pilot Officer H.A. Davey kiled. Survived the war, returned to RAF.last update: 2025-July-30
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG498
s/n NG498
m/d 683
T
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 498
Merlin
Known Units: 433 Sqn
Operated by No. 433 Squadron, RCAF, coded "BM*T".last update: 2025-July-30
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG499
s/n NG499
m/d 683
W
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 499
Merlin
Known Units: 9 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG500
s/n NG500
m/d 683
V
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 500
Merlin
Known Units: 153 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG501
s/n NG501
m/d 683
U
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 501
Merlin
Known Units: 300 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG502
s/n NG502
m/d 683
J
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 502
Merlin
Known Units: 460 Sqn
last update: 2025-August-13
Lancaster Mk.I serial NG503
s/n NG503
m/d 683
W
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 503
Merlin
Known Units: 619 Sqn
Delivered to No. 619 Sqn 13 Feb 1945. Missing on operation to Wurzburg 16/17 Mar 1945last update: 2025-July-30
1945-March-17 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Thomas Edison Farrow 2024-05-26 1945-March-17 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Jack Dennison Johnston 2024-06-01 1945-March-17 KIA RCAF Flight Lieutenant Charles Wylie McBride 2024-06-17 1945-March-17 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Harold Mino 2024-06-20 1945-March-17 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Lloyd Tilley 2024-07-10