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
Wikipedia Lancaster NG113, Mk.I
s/n NG113
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 113
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG114, Mk.I
s/n NG114
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 114
Merlin
last update: 2025-February-05
Lancaster NG115, Mk.I
s/n NG115
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 115
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG116, Mk.I
s/n NG116
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 116
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG117, Mk.I
s/n NG117
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 117
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG118, Mk.I
s/n NG118
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 118
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG119, Mk.I
s/n NG119
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 119
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG120, Mk.I
s/n NG120
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 120
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG121, Mk.I
s/n NG121
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 121
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG122, Mk.I
s/n NG122
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 122
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG123, Mk.I
s/n NG123
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 123
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG124, Mk.I
s/n NG124
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 124
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG125, Mk.I
s/n NG125
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 125
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG126, Mk.I
s/n NG126
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 126
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG127, Mk.I
s/n NG127
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 127
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG128, Mk.I
s/n NG128
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 128
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG129, Mk.I
s/n NG129
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 129
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG130, Mk.I
s/n NG130
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 130
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG131, Mk.I
s/n NG131
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 131
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
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 NG132, Mk.I
s/n NG132
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 132
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG133, Mk.I
s/n NG133
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 133
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
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 NG134, Mk.I
s/n NG134
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 134
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG135, Mk.I
s/n NG135
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 135
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG136, Mk.I
s/n NG136
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 136
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG137, Mk.I
s/n NG137
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 137
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG138, Mk.I
s/n NG138
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 138
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG139, Mk.I
s/n NG139
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 139
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG140, Mk.I
s/n NG140
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 140
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG141, Mk.I
s/n NG141
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 141
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG142, Mk.I
s/n NG142
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 142
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG143, Mk.I
s/n NG143
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 143
Merlin
last update: 2025-February-05
Lancaster NG144, Mk.I
s/n NG144
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 144
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG145, Mk.I
s/n NG145
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 145
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG146, Mk.I
s/n NG146
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 146
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG147, Mk.I
s/n NG147
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 147
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG148, Mk.I
s/n NG148
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 148
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG149, Mk.I
s/n NG149
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 149
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG162, Mk.I
s/n NG162
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 162
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG163, Mk.I
s/n NG163
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 163
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG164, Mk.I
s/n NG164
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 164
Merlin
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-February-05Lancaster NG165, Mk.I
s/n NG165
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 165
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG166, Mk.I
s/n NG166
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 166
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG167, Mk.I
s/n NG167
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 167
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG168, Mk.I
s/n NG168
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 168
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG169, Mk.I
s/n NG169
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 169
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG170, Mk.I
s/n NG170
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 170
Merlin
last update: 2025-February-05
Lancaster NG171, Mk.I
s/n NG171
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 171
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG172, Mk.I
s/n NG172
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 172
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG173, Mk.I
s/n NG173
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 173
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG174, Mk.I
s/n NG174
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 174
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG175, Mk.I
s/n NG175
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 175
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG176, Mk.I
s/n NG176
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 176
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG177, Mk.I
s/n NG177
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 177
Merlin
Delivered to No. 50 Sqn 27 Sep 1944. Missing on operation to Lutzkendorf 14/15 Mar 1945.
last update: 2025-February-05 1945-March-15 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Angus Wharing Holmes 2021-08-10 1945-March-15 KIA RAFVR Eric Leslie Howard 2022-07-12 1945-March-15 KIA RCAF Flight Lieutenant Frank James Ling 2021-08-13 1945-March-15 KIA RAFVR Herbert Cecil Lomax 2022-07-12 1945-March-15 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Robert Bruce Millman 2021-08-16 1945-March-15 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Bruce Wells Rutland 2021-08-05 1945-March-15 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Ralph Lindsay Thompson 2021-07-20 Lancaster NG178, Mk.I
s/n NG178
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 178
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG179, Mk.I
s/n NG179
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 179
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG180, Mk.I
s/n NG180
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 180
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG181, Mk.I
s/n NG181
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 181
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG182, Mk.I
s/n NG182
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 182
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG183, Mk.I
s/n NG183
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 183
Merlin
last update: 2025-February-05
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 NG184, Mk.I
s/n NG184
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 184
Merlin
Lancaster NG185, Mk.I
s/n NG185
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 185
Merlin
last update: 2025-February-05
Lancaster NG186, Mk.I
s/n NG186
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 186
Merlin
Lancaster NG187, Mk.I
s/n NG187
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 187
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG188, Mk.I
s/n NG188
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 188
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG189, Mk.I
s/n NG189
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 189
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG190, Mk.I
s/n NG190
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 190
Merlin
last update: 2025-February-05
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 NG191, Mk.I
s/n NG191
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 191
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG192, Mk.I
s/n NG192
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 192
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG193, Mk.I
s/n NG193
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 193
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG194, Mk.I
s/n NG194
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 194
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG195, Mk.I
s/n NG195
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 195
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG196, Mk.I
s/n NG196
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 196
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG197, Mk.I
s/n NG197
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 197
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG198, Mk.I
s/n NG198
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 198
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG199, Mk.I
s/n NG199
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 199
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG200, Mk.I
s/n NG200
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 200
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG201, Mk.I
s/n NG201
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 201
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG202, Mk.I
s/n NG202
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 202
Merlin
Lancaster NG203, Mk.I
s/n NG203
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 203
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG204, Mk.I
s/n NG204
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 204
Merlin
last update: 2025-February-05
Lancaster NG205, Mk.I
s/n NG205
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 205
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG206, Mk.I
s/n NG206
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 206
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG218, Mk.I
s/n NG218
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 218
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG219, Mk.I
s/n NG219
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 219
Merlin
last update: 2025-February-05
Lancaster NG220, Mk.I
s/n NG220
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 220
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG221, Mk.I
s/n NG221
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 221
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG222, Mk.I
s/n NG222
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 222
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG223, Mk.I
s/n NG223
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 223
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG224, Mk.I
s/n NG224
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 224
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG225, Mk.I
s/n NG225
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 225
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG226, Mk.I
s/n NG226
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 226
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG227, Mk.I
s/n NG227
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 227
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG228, Mk.I
s/n NG228
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 228
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG229, Mk.I
s/n NG229
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 229
Merlin
Lancaster NG230, Mk.I
s/n NG230
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 230
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG231, Mk.I
s/n NG231
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 231
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG232, Mk.I
s/n NG232
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 232
Merlin
last update: 2025-February-05
Lancaster NG233, Mk.I
s/n NG233
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 233
Merlin
last update: 2025-February-05
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 NG234, Mk.I
s/n NG234
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 234
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG235, Mk.I
s/n NG235
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 235
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG236, Mk.I
s/n NG236
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 236
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG237, Mk.I
s/n NG237
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 237
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG238, Mk.I
s/n NG238
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 238
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG239, Mk.I
s/n NG239
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 239
Merlin
last update: 2025-February-05
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 NG240, Mk.I
s/n NG240
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 240
Merlin
last update: 2025-February-05
Lancaster NG241, Mk.I
s/n NG241
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 241
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG242, Mk.I
s/n NG242
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 242
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG243, Mk.I
s/n NG243
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 243
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG244, Mk.I
s/n NG244
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 244
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG245, Mk.I
s/n NG245
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 245
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG246, Mk.I
s/n NG246
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 246
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG247, Mk.I
s/n NG247
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 247
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG248, Mk.I
s/n NG248
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 248
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG249, Mk.I
s/n NG249
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 249
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG250, Mk.I
s/n NG250
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 250
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG251, Mk.I
s/n NG251
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 251
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG252, Mk.I
s/n NG252
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 252
Merlin
last update: 2025-February-05
Lancaster NG253, Mk.I
s/n NG253
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 253
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG254, Mk.I
s/n NG254
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 254
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG255, Mk.I
s/n NG255
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 255
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG256, Mk.I
s/n NG256
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 256
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG257, Mk.I
s/n NG257
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 257
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG258, Mk.I
s/n NG258
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 258
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG259, Mk.I
s/n NG259
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 259
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG263, Mk.I
s/n NG263
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 263
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG264, Mk.I
s/n NG264
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 264
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG265, Mk.I
s/n NG265
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 265
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG266, Mk.I
s/n NG266
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 266
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG267, Mk.I
s/n NG267
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 267
Merlin
last update: 2025-February-05
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 NG268, Mk.I
s/n NG268
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 268
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG269, Mk.I
s/n NG269
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 269
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG270, Mk.I
s/n NG270
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 270
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG271, Mk.I
s/n NG271
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 271
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG272, Mk.I
s/n NG272
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 272
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG273, Mk.I
s/n NG273
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 273
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG274, Mk.I
s/n NG274
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 274
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG275, Mk.I
s/n NG275
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 275
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG276, Mk.I
s/n NG276
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 276
Merlin
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-February-05Lancaster NG277, Mk.I
s/n NG277
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 277
Merlin
last update: 2025-February-05
Lancaster NG278, Mk.I
s/n NG278
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 278
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG279, Mk.I
s/n NG279
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 279
Merlin
last update: 2025-February-05
Lancaster NG280, Mk.I
s/n NG280
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 280
Merlin
last update: 2025-February-05
Lancaster NG281, Mk.I
s/n NG281
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 281
Merlin
last update: 2025-February-05
Lancaster NG282, Mk.I
s/n NG282
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 282
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG283, Mk.I
s/n NG283
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 283
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG284, Mk.I
s/n NG284
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 284
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG285, Mk.I
s/n NG285
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 285
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG286, Mk.I
s/n NG286
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 286
Merlin
last update: 2025-February-05
Lancaster NG287, Mk.I
s/n NG287
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 287
Merlin
last update: 2025-February-05
Lancaster NG288, Mk.I
s/n NG288
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 288
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG289, Mk.I
s/n NG289
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 289
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG290, Mk.I
s/n NG290
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 290
Merlin
last update: 2025-February-05
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 NG291, Mk.I
s/n NG291
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 291
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG292, Mk.I
s/n NG292
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 292
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG293, Mk.I
s/n NG293
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 293
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG294, Mk.I
s/n NG294
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 294
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG295, Mk.I
s/n NG295
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 295
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG296, Mk.I
s/n NG296
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 296
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG297, Mk.I
s/n NG297
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 297
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG298, Mk.I
s/n NG298
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 298
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG299, Mk.I
s/n NG299
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 299
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG300, Mk.I
s/n NG300
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 300
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG301, Mk.I
s/n NG301
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 301
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG302, Mk.I
s/n NG302
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 302
Merlin
Lancaster NG303, Mk.I
s/n NG303
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 303
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG304, Mk.I
s/n NG304
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 304
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG305, Mk.I
s/n NG305
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 305
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG306, Mk.I
s/n NG306
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 306
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG307, Mk.I
s/n NG307
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 307
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG308, Mk.I
s/n NG308
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 308
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG321, Mk.I
s/n NG321
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 321
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG322, Mk.I
s/n NG322
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 322
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG323, Mk.I
s/n NG323
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 323
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG324, Mk.I
s/n NG324
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 324
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG325, Mk.I
s/n NG325
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 325
Merlin
last update: 2025-February-05
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."
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 2024-01-21 1945-March-04 KIA RAFVR Sergeant Robert William McCormack 2024-01-21 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 NG326, Mk.I
s/n NG326
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 326
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG327, Mk.I
s/n NG327
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 327
Merlin
last update: 2025-February-05
Lancaster NG328, Mk.I
s/n NG328
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 328
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG329, Mk.I
s/n NG329
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 329
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG330, Mk.I
s/n NG330
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 330
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG331, Mk.I
s/n NG331
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 331
Merlin
Lancaster NG332, Mk.I
s/n NG332
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 332
Merlin
last update: 2025-February-05
Lancaster NG333, Mk.I
s/n NG333
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 333
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG334, Mk.I
s/n NG334
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 334
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG335, Mk.I
s/n NG335
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 335
Merlin
last update: 2025-February-05
1945-January-16 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Clyde Willis Byers 2024-11-27 1945-January-16 KIA RCAF Warrant Officer 1st Class Robert King Crow 2024-05-21 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 NG336, Mk.I
s/n NG336
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 336
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG337, Mk.I
s/n NG337
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 337
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG338, Mk.I
s/n NG338
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 338
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG339, Mk.I
s/n NG339
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 339
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG340, Mk.I
s/n NG340
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 340
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG341, Mk.I
s/n NG341
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 341
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG342, Mk.I
s/n NG342
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 342
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG343, Mk.I
s/n NG343
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 343
Merlin
last update: 2025-February-05
Lancaster NG344, Mk.I
s/n NG344
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 344
Merlin
last update: 2025-February-05
Lancaster NG345, Mk.I
s/n NG345
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 345
Merlin
last update: 2025-February-05
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 NG346, Mk.I
s/n NG346
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 346
Merlin
last update: 2025-February-05
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 2024-09-13 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 NG347, Mk.I
s/n NG347
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 347
Merlin
last update: 2025-February-05
Lancaster NG348, Mk.I
s/n NG348
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 348
Merlin
last update: 2025-February-05
Lancaster NG349, Mk.I
s/n NG349
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 349
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG350, Mk.I
s/n NG350
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 350
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG351, Mk.I
s/n NG351
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 351
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG352, Mk.I
s/n NG352
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 352
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG353, Mk.I
s/n NG353
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 353
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG354, Mk.I
s/n NG354
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 354
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG355, Mk.I
s/n NG355
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 355
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG356, Mk.I
s/n NG356
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 356
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG357, Mk.I
s/n NG357
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 357
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG358, Mk.I
s/n NG358
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 358
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG359, Mk.I
s/n NG359
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 359
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG360, Mk.I
s/n NG360
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 360
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG361, Mk.I
s/n NG361
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 361
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG362, Mk.I
s/n NG362
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 362
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG363, Mk.I
s/n NG363
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 363
Merlin
last update: 2025-February-05
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 NG364, Mk.I
s/n NG364
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 364
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG365, Mk.I
s/n NG365
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 365
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG366, Mk.I
s/n NG366
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 366
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG367, Mk.I
s/n NG367
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 367
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG379, Mk.I
s/n NG379
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 379
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG380, Mk.I
s/n NG380
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 380
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG381, Mk.I
s/n NG381
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 381
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG382, Mk.I
s/n NG382
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 382
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG383, Mk.I
s/n NG383
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 383
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG384, Mk.I
s/n NG384
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 384
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG385, Mk.I
s/n NG385
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 385
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG386, Mk.I
s/n NG386
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 386
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG387, Mk.I
s/n NG387
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 387
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG388, Mk.I
s/n NG388
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 388
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG389, Mk.I
s/n NG389
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 389
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG390, Mk.I
s/n NG390
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 390
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG391, Mk.I
s/n NG391
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 391
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG392, Mk.I
s/n NG392
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 392
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG393, Mk.I
s/n NG393
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 393
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG394, Mk.I
s/n NG394
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 394
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG395, Mk.I
s/n NG395
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 395
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG396, Mk.I
s/n NG396
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 396
Merlin
Lancaster NG397, Mk.I
s/n NG397
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 397
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG398, Mk.I
s/n NG398
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 398
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG399, Mk.I
s/n NG399
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 399
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG400, Mk.I
s/n NG400
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 400
Merlin
last update: 2025-February-05
Lancaster NG401, Mk.I
s/n NG401
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 401
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG402, Mk.I
s/n NG402
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 402
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG403, Mk.I
s/n NG403
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 403
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG404, Mk.I
s/n NG404
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 404
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG405, Mk.I
s/n NG405
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 405
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG406, Mk.I
s/n NG406
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 406
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG407, Mk.I
s/n NG407
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 407
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG408, Mk.I
s/n NG408
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 408
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG409, Mk.I
s/n NG409
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 409
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG410, Mk.I
s/n NG410
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 410
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG411, Mk.I
s/n NG411
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 411
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG412, Mk.I
s/n NG412
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 412
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG413, Mk.I
s/n NG413
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 413
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG414, Mk.I
s/n NG414
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 414
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG415, Mk.I
s/n NG415
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 415
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG416, Mk.I
s/n NG416
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 416
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG417, Mk.I
s/n NG417
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 417
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG418, Mk.I
s/n NG418
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 418
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG419, Mk.I
s/n NG419
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 419
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG420, Mk.I
s/n NG420
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 420
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG421, Mk.I
s/n NG421
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 421
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG434, Mk.I
s/n NG434
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 434
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG435, Mk.I
s/n NG435
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 435
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG436, Mk.I
s/n NG436
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 436
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG437, Mk.I
s/n NG437
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 437
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG438, Mk.I
s/n NG438
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 438
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG439, Mk.I
s/n NG439
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 439
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG440, Mk.I
s/n NG440
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 440
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG441, Mk.I
s/n NG441
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 441
Merlin
last update: 2025-February-05
Lancaster NG442, Mk.I
s/n NG442
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 442
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG443, Mk.I
s/n NG443
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 443
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG444, Mk.I
s/n NG444
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 444
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG445, Mk.I
s/n NG445
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 445
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG446, Mk.I
s/n NG446
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 446
Merlin
last update: 2025-February-05
Lancaster NG447, Mk.I
s/n NG447
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 447
Merlin
Lancaster NG448, Mk.I
s/n NG448
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 448
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG449, Mk.I
s/n NG449
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 449
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG450, Mk.I
s/n NG450
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 450
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG451, Mk.I
s/n NG451
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 451
Merlin
last update: 2025-February-05
Lancaster NG452, Mk.I
s/n NG452
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 452
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG453, Mk.I
s/n NG453
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 453
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG454, Mk.I
s/n NG454
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 454
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG455, Mk.I
s/n NG455
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 455
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
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 NG456, Mk.I
s/n NG456
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 456
Merlin
last update: 2025-February-05
Lancaster NG457, Mk.I
s/n NG457
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 457
Merlin
last update: 2025-February-05
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 NG458, Mk.I
s/n NG458
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 458
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
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
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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 NG459, Mk.I
s/n NG459
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 459
Merlin
last update: 2025-February-05
Lancaster NG460, Mk.I
s/n NG460
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 460
Merlin
last update: 2025-February-05
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.
Lancaster NG461, Mk.I
s/n NG461
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 461
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG462, Mk.I
s/n NG462
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 462
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG463, Mk.I
s/n NG463
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 463
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG464, Mk.I
s/n NG464
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 464
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG465, Mk.I
s/n NG465
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 465
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG466, Mk.I
s/n NG466
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 466
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG467, Mk.I
s/n NG467
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 467
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG468, Mk.I
s/n NG468
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 468
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG469, Mk.I
s/n NG469
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 469
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG482, Mk.I
s/n NG482
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 482
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG483, Mk.I
s/n NG483
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 483
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG484, Mk.I
s/n NG484
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 484
Merlin
last update: 2025-February-05
Lancaster NG485, Mk.I
s/n NG485
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 485
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG486, Mk.I
s/n NG486
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 486
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG487, Mk.I
s/n NG487
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 487
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG488, Mk.I
s/n NG488
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 488
Merlin
last update: 2025-February-05
Lancaster NG489, Mk.I
s/n NG489
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 489
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG490, Mk.I
s/n NG490
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 490
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG491, Mk.I
s/n NG491
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 491
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG492, Mk.I
s/n NG492
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 492
Merlin
last update: 2025-February-05
Lancaster NG493, Mk.I
s/n NG493
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 493
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG494, Mk.I
s/n NG494
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 494
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG495, Mk.I
s/n NG495
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 495
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG496, Mk.I
s/n NG496
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 496
Merlin
last update: 2025-February-05
Lancaster NG497, Mk.I
s/n NG497
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 497
Merlin
last update: 2025-February-05
Lancaster NG498, Mk.I
s/n NG498
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 498
Merlin
last update: 2025-February-05
Lancaster NG499, Mk.I
s/n NG499
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 499
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG500, Mk.I
s/n NG500
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 500
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG501, Mk.I
s/n NG501
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 501
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG502, Mk.I
s/n NG502
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 502
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster NG503, Mk.I
s/n NG503
Armstrong Whitworth
NG 503
Merlin
last update: 2025-February-05
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 Avro Lancaster
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Avro Type 683 Lancaster
| General Characteristics | ||
| Crew: | 7 (typical) | |
| Length: | 69 ft 6 in (21.18 m) | |
| Wingspan: | 102 ft 0 in (31.09 m) | |
| Height: | 20 ft 6 in (6.25 m) | |
| Wing area: | 1,300 sq ft (120 m2) | |
| Aerofoil: | Root: NACA 23018. Tip: NACA 23012 | |
| Empty weight: | 36,900 lb (16,738 kg) | |
| Max takeoff weight: | 72,000 lb (32,657 kg) | |
| Fuel capacity: | 2,154 imp gal (9,792 L) | |
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| Powerplants: | Lancaster Mk.I, III, VI, VII & X:
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Ventral Turrets
As originally designed the Lancaster was provided with ventral defence in the form of a Nash and Thompson FN64 turret, which was fitted to some early production aircraft. However, in common with all other periscope sighted ventral turrets, the narrow viewing angle made it almost impossible for gunners to acquire and track targets, and the few turrets which were installed were soon removed from service.
The ventral .50 inch (50 calib) was approved as Lanc Mod.925 during February 1944, and was one of a number of unsuccessful measures taken to counter night fighter attacks from below.
The growth of the Luftwaffe night fighter force was followed by an increase in the in the number of attacks from below, exacerbated from August 1943 onward by the introduction of aircraft equipped with Schrage Musik upward firing 20mm cannon. A number of responses were considered by Bomber Command including a free mounted ventral .50 calibre Browning machine gun, which was approved on the Lancaster as Modification 925 during February 1944.
The modification was very basic, consisting of little more than an enlarged bicycle seat for the gunner and a simple free mounted gun with open sights which fired through the ventral turret/H2S aperture. On aircraft with bulged bomb doors the mounting (often unpainted) was incorporated into the fairing at the rear of the doors.
Non-H2S fitted aircraft were sporadically equipped with the gun from February 1944 onward, although a clear plan for installation appears to have been lacking. The quantity of aircraft which actually had the gun installed is unknown and photos of the mounting with a Browning actually installed are very rare.
Serious problems quickly became apparent, as noted in the following V Group monthly newsletter for April 1944:- "With the gunner strapped in his seat it is difficult to follow the gun round on the beam; it is difficult for the gunner to get his head down behind the sight as it tends to push the oxygen mask upwards on the gunners face; and also considerable vibration is experienced on the sight when the gun is fired."
These problems, plus the gradually more widespread introduction of H2S saw the gun fall out of use quite quickly, although it does appear to have been retained on some aircraft until war's end (most notably in 3 Group).
The quantity of aircraft which actually had the gun installed is unknown and photos of the mounting with a Browning actually installed are very rare.
Notice on these aircraft the extra position in the eight person crew of Mid-Under-Gunner.