Lancaster (Total: 7,377, Canadian: 100, Group 100)
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 Mk.I serial NN694
s/n NN694
Austin Motors
NN 694
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-June-06
Lancaster Mk.I serial NN695
s/n NN695
Austin Motors
NN 695
Merlin
Known Units: ;619
last update: 2025-June-06
Lancaster Mk.I serial NN696
s/n NN696
Austin Motors
NN 696
Merlin
Known Units: 57
Delivered to No. 57 Sqn from No. 32 MU 24 May 1944. Missing on operation to Wesseling 21/22 Jun 1944.last update: 2025-February-05
Lancaster Mk.I serial NN697
s/n NN697
Austin Motors
NN 697
Merlin
Known Units: 44 Sqn
Delivered to No. 44 Sqn (KM-R) 25 May 1944. Missing on operation to Etampes, France 9/10 Jun 1944. 25 operational hours.last update: 2025-February-05
Lancaster Mk.I serial NN698
s/n NN698
Austin Motors
NN 698
Merlin
Known Units: 90 Sqn
last update: 2025-June-06
Lancaster Mk.I serial NN699
s/n NN699
Austin Motors
NN 699
Merlin
Known Units: 625 Sqn
last update: 2025-June-06
Lancaster Mk.I serial NN700
s/n NN700
Austin Motors
NN 700
Merlin
Known Units: 15 Sqn
Delivered to No. 15 Sqn (LS-Q) 15 July 1944. Missing on operation to Rocquecourt 7/8 Aug 1944. 58 Operational hourslast update: 2025-February-05
Lancaster Mk.I serial NN701
s/n NN701
Austin Motors
NN 701
Merlin
Known Units: 429 Sqn;57 Sqn
Operated by No. 429 Squadron, RCAF, coded AL*T. Used on operations, 1945.last update: 2025-February-05
Lancaster Mk.I serial NN702
s/n NN702
Austin Motors
NN 702
Merlin
Known Units: 630 Sqn
last update: 2025-June-06
Lancaster Mk.I serial NN703
s/n NN703
Austin Motors
NN 703
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-June-06
Lancaster Mk.I serial NN704
s/n NN704
Austin Motors
NN 704
Merlin
Known Units: 218 Sqn
last update: 2025-June-06
Lancaster Mk.I serial NN705
s/n NN705
Austin Motors
NN 705
Merlin
Known Units: 101 Sqn
Delivered to No. 101 Sqn (SR-O) from No. 32 MU. Equipped with ABC radio jamming equipment. Missing on operation to Russelsheim 26 Aug 1944. 22 operational hours.last update: 2025-February-05
Lancaster Mk.I serial NN706
s/n NN706
Austin Motors
NN 706
Merlin
Known Units: 115
Delivered to No. 115 Sqn 18 Aug 1944. Missing on daylight operation to Dortmund 15 Nov 1944. 168 operational hours.last update: 2025-February-05
Lancaster Mk.I serial NN707
s/n NN707
Austin Motors
NN 707
Merlin
Known Units: 166 Sqn
last update: 2025-June-06
Lancaster Mk.I serial NN708
s/n NN708
Austin Motors
NN 708
Merlin
Known Units: 149 Sqn
last update: 2025-June-06
Lancaster Mk.I serial NN709
s/n NN709
Austin Motors
NN 709
Merlin
Known Units: 622 Sqn;44 Sqn
last update: 2025-June-06
Lancaster Mk.I serial NN710
s/n NN710
Austin Motors
NN 710
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-June-06
Lancaster Mk.I serial NN711
s/n NN711
Austin Motors
NN 711
Merlin
Known Units: 576 Sqn
At 1851 hours on the night of 23 September 1944, Lancaster NN711 took off from ElshamWolds, detailed to bomb Neuss, Germany. Nothing was heard from the aircraft after takeoff and it failed to return to base. The aircraft crashed at 2020 hours about 1km south east of Kapellen on the southern outskirts of Moers, Germany, and all the crew members were killed.
The crew members of NN711 were:
Sergeant Charles John Brady (R/170692) (RCAF) (Air Bomber)
Flying Officer Stanley Frederick Durrant (151718) (RAFVR) (Pilot)
Flying Officer James Johnstone (153834) (RAFVR) (Navigator)
Sergeant James Gordon Mackey (R/216220) (RCAF) (Air Gunner)
Flight Sergeant James Robert McIntyre (426653) (Wireless Air Gunner)
Sergeant Ronald Ernest Pearce (1880404) (RAFVR) (Flight Engineer)
Sergeant David Spowart (1567579) (RAFVR) (Air Gunner)
last update: 2025-February-05
Lancaster Mk.I serial NN712
s/n NN712
Austin Motors
NN 712
Merlin
Known Units: 12 Sqn
Delivered to No. 12 Sqn (PH-A) 2 Sep 1944. Missing on operation to Zeitz 16/17 Jan 1945. 19 Operationslast update: 2025-February-05
Lancaster Mk.I serial NN713
s/n NN713
Austin Motors
NN 713
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-June-06
Lancaster Mk.I serial NN714
s/n NN714
Austin Motors
NN 714
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-June-06
Lancaster Mk.I serial NN715
s/n NN715
Austin Motors
NN 715
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-June-06
Lancaster Mk.I serial NN716
s/n NN716
Austin Motors
NN 716
Merlin
Known Units: 218 Sqn;218 Sqn
last update: 2025-June-06
Lancaster Mk.I serial NN717
s/n NN717
Austin Motors
NN 717
Merlin
Known Units: 138 Sqn;138 Sqn;138 Sqn
last update: 2025-June-06
Lancaster Mk.I serial NN718
s/n NN718
Austin Motors
NN 718
Merlin
Known Units: 514 Sqn;300 Sqn
last update: 2025-June-06
Lancaster Mk.I serial NN719
s/n NN719
Austin Motors
NN 719
Merlin
Known Units: 100 Sqn;106 Sqn
last update: 2025-June-06
Lancaster Mk.I serial NN720
s/n NN720
Austin Motors
NN 720
Merlin
Known Units: 189 Sqn
last update: 2025-June-06
Lancaster Mk.I serial NN721
s/n NN721
Austin Motors
NN 721
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-June-06
Lancaster Mk.I serial NN722
s/n NN722
Austin Motors
NN 722
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-June-06
Lancaster Mk.I serial NN723
s/n NN723
Austin Motors
NN 723
Merlin
Known Units: 619 Sqn
last update: 2025-June-06
Lancaster Mk.I serial NN724
s/n NN724
Austin Motors
NN 724
Merlin
Known Units: 207 Sqn
last update: 2025-June-06
Lancaster Mk.I serial NN725
s/n NN725
Austin Motors
NN 725
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-June-06
Lancaster Mk.I serial NN726
s/n NN726
Austin Motors
NN 726
Merlin
Known Units: 106 Sqn
last update: 2025-June-06
Lancaster Mk.I serial NN739
s/n NN739
Austin Motors
NN 739
Merlin
Known Units: 170 Sqn
last update: 2025-June-06
Lancaster Mk.I serial NN740
s/n NN740
Austin Motors
NN 740
Merlin
Known Units: 195 Sqn
last update: 2025-June-06
Lancaster Mk.I serial NN741
s/n NN741
Austin Motors
NN 741
Merlin
Known Units: 12 Sqn
last update: 2025-June-06
Lancaster Mk.I serial NN742
s/n NN742
Austin Motors
NN 742
Merlin
Known Units: 150 Sqn
last update: 2025-June-06
Lancaster Mk.I serial NN743
s/n NN743
Austin Motors
NN 743
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-June-06
Lancaster Mk.I serial NN744
s/n NN744
Austin Motors
NN 744
Merlin
Known Units: 170 Sqn;170 Sqn
last update: 2025-June-06
Lancaster Mk.I serial NN745
s/n NN745
Austin Motors
NN 745
Merlin
Known Units: ;75
With No. 75 (NZ) Sqn 4 Nov 1944. Mason gives Missing on daylight operation to Homburg (not gardening to Oslo) 20 Nov 1944. (Robertson gives "damaged" on this date). 17 Operational hourslast update: 2025-February-05
Lancaster Mk.I serial NN746
s/n NN746
Austin Motors
NN 746
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-June-06
Lancaster Mk.I serial NN747
s/n NN747
Austin Motors
NN 747
Merlin
Known Units: 75 Sqn
last update: 2025-June-06
Lancaster Mk.I serial NN748
s/n NN748
Austin Motors
NN 748
Merlin
Known Units: 625 Sqn
last update: 2025-June-06
Lancaster Mk.I serial NN749
s/n NN749
Austin Motors
NN 749
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-June-06
Lancaster Mk.I serial NN750
s/n NN750
Austin Motors
NN 750
Merlin
Known Units: 576 Sqn
Delivered to No. 576 Sqn 7 Nov 1944. Crashed at Manston on returning from operation to Bonn 28 Dec 1944last update: 2025-February-05
Lancaster Mk.I serial NN751
s/n NN751
Austin Motors
NN 751
Merlin
Known Units: 619 Sqn
last update: 2025-June-06
Lancaster Mk.I serial NN752
s/n NN752
Austin Motors
NN 752
Merlin
Known Units: 150 Sqn
last update: 2025-June-06
Lancaster Mk.I serial NN753
s/n NN753
Austin Motors
NN 753
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-June-06
Lancaster Mk.I serial NN754
s/n NN754
Austin Motors
NN 754
Merlin
Known Units: 195 Sqn;115 Sqn;115 Sqn
last update: 2025-June-06
Lancaster Mk.I serial NN755
s/n NN755
Austin Motors
NN 755
Merlin
Known Units: 195 Sqn
last update: 2025-June-06
Lancaster Mk.I serial NN756
s/n NN756
Austin Motors
NN 756
Merlin
Known Units: 149 Sqn
last update: 2025-June-06
Lancaster Mk.I serial NN757
s/n NN757
Austin Motors
NN 757
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-June-06
Lancaster Mk.I serial NN758
s/n NN758
Austin Motors
NN 758
Merlin
Known Units: ;103
With 103 Sqn. Damaged 20/21 Feb 1945. Missing from operation to Nuremburg 16/17 Mar 1945last update: 2025-February-13
Bombing Nuremberg Germany 1945-03-16 to 1945-03-17
103 (B) Sqn (RAF) RAF Elsham Wolds
103 Squadron (Noli me tangere) RAF Elsham Wolds. Lancaster I aircraft NN 758 PM-S was shot down by night fighter pilot Feldwebel Joseph Brunner of 10/NJG6, crashing two miles north of Laichingen, Germany during a night operation against targets in Nuremberg, Germany
Only one crew member survived the loss of this aircraft
Flight Lieutenant Alastair Clarence Watt (RCAF), Flight Sergeant William Henry Fetherston (RCAF), Pilot Officer Albert Edward Wotherspoon (RCAF), Flight Sergeant George William Blackshaw (RAFVR), Flight Sergeant James Stanley Hickey (RAFVR) and Sergeant James Frederick Jackson (RAFVR) were all killed in action
Flight Sergeant Albert Charles Bellisle (RCAF) bailed out and survived to be taken as Prisoner of War
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1945 1 January - 3 May by Theo Boiten, page 83






Lancaster Mk.I serial NN759
s/n NN759
Austin Motors
NN 759
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-June-06
Lancaster Mk.I serial NN760
s/n NN760
Austin Motors
NN 760
Merlin
Known Units: 149 Sqn;149 Sqn
last update: 2025-June-06
Lancaster Mk.I serial NN761
s/n NN761
Austin Motors
NN 761
Merlin
Known Units: 90 Sqn
last update: 2025-June-06
Lancaster Mk.I serial NN762
s/n NN762
Austin Motors
NN 762
Merlin
Known Units: 90 Sqn
last update: 2025-June-06
Lancaster Mk.I serial NN763
s/n NN763
Austin Motors
NN 763
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-June-06
Lancaster Mk.I serial NN764
s/n NN764
Austin Motors
NN 764
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-June-06
Lancaster Mk.I serial NN765
s/n NN765
Austin Motors
NN 765
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-June-06
Lancaster Mk.I serial NN766
s/n NN766
Austin Motors
NN 766
Merlin
Known Units: ;103
Delivered to No. 103 Sqn 11 Dec 1944. Missing on operation to Munich 7/8 Jan 1945.last update: 2025-February-05






Lancaster Mk.I serial NN767
s/n NN767
Austin Motors
NN 767
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-June-06
Lancaster Mk.I serial NN768
s/n NN768
Austin Motors
NN 768
Merlin
Known Units: 44 Sqn
last update: 2025-June-06
Lancaster Mk.I serial NN769
s/n NN769
Austin Motors
NN 769
Merlin
Known Units: 57 Sqn
last update: 2025-June-06
Lancaster Mk.I serial NN770
s/n NN770
Austin Motors
NN 770
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-June-06
Lancaster Mk.I serial NN771
s/n NN771
Austin Motors
NN 771
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-June-06
Lancaster Mk.I serial NN772
s/n NN772
Austin Motors
NN 772
Merlin
Known Units: 514 Sqn
Delivered to No. 514 Sqn (JI-C2) 3 Jan 1945. Missing on operation to Wiesbaden 2/3 Feb 1945.last update: 2025-February-05
Lancaster Mk.I serial NN773
s/n NN773
Austin Motors
NN 773
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-June-06
Lancaster Mk.I serial NN774
s/n NN774
Austin Motors
NN 774
Merlin
Known Units: 630 Sqn;106 Sqn
last update: 2025-June-06
Lancaster Mk.I serial NN775
s/n NN775
Austin Motors
NN 775
Merlin
Known Units: 514 Sqn
last update: 2025-June-06
Lancaster Mk.I serial NN776
s/n NN776
Austin Motors
NN 776
Merlin
Known Units: 514 Sqn
last update: 2025-June-06
Lancaster Mk.I serial NN777
s/n NN777
Austin Motors
NN 777
Merlin
Known Units:
Operated by No. 424 Squadron, RCAF, coded "QB*F". Crash landed at Dishforth, UK on 15 March 1945, while returning from mission to Zweibruken. Controls locked up and refused to respond. Crew was able to belly land the aircraft.last update: 2025-February-05
Lancaster Mk.I serial NN778
s/n NN778
Austin Motors
NN 778
Merlin
Known Units: 227 Sqn
last update: 2025-June-06
Lancaster Mk.I serial NN779
s/n NN779
Austin Motors
NN 779
Merlin
Known Units: 433 Sqn
Operated by No. 433 Squadron, RCAF, coded BM*J. Used on operations in 1945.last update: 2025-February-05
Lancaster Mk.I serial NN780
s/n NN780
Austin Motors
NN 780
Merlin
Known Units:
Operated by No. 424 Squadron, RCAF, coded "QB*Y".last update: 2025-February-05
Lancaster Mk.I serial NN781
s/n NN781
Austin Motors
NN 781
Merlin
Known Units: 514 Sqn;138 Sqn;138 Sqn
last update: 2025-June-06
Lancaster Mk.I serial NN782
s/n NN782
Austin Motors
NN 782
Merlin
Known Units: 207 Sqn;138 Sqn
last update: 2025-June-06
Lancaster Mk.I serial NN783
s/n NN783
Austin Motors
NN 783
Merlin
Known Units: 90 Sqn
last update: 2025-June-06
Lancaster Mk.I serial NN784
s/n NN784
Austin Motors
NN 784
Merlin
Known Units: 100 Sqn
last update: 2025-June-06
Lancaster Mk.I serial NN785
s/n NN785
Austin Motors
NN 785
Merlin
Known Units: 153
Delivered to No. 153 Sqn 3 Feb 1945. Missing on raid to Dortmund 20/21 Feb 1945.last update: 2025-February-05





Lancaster Mk.I serial NN786
s/n NN786
Austin Motors
NN 786
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-June-06
Lancaster Mk.I serial NN798
s/n NN798
Austin Motors
NN 798
Merlin
Known Units: 625 Sqn
last update: 2025-June-06
Lancaster Mk.I serial NN799
s/n NN799
Austin Motors
NN 799
Merlin
Known Units: 460 Sqn
last update: 2025-June-06
Lancaster Mk.I serial NN800
s/n NN800
Austin Motors
NN 800
Merlin
Known Units: 12 Sqn
last update: 2025-June-06
Lancaster Mk.I serial NN801
s/n NN801
Austin Motors
NN 801
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-June-06
Lancaster Mk.I serial NN802
s/n NN802
Austin Motors
NN 802
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-June-06
Lancaster Mk.I serial NN803
s/n NN803
Austin Motors
NN 803
Merlin
Known Units: 153 Sqn
Delivered to No. 153 Sqn (P4-O) 3 Feb 1945. Missing on operation to Chemnitz 14/15 Feb 1945last update: 2025-February-05





Lancaster Mk.I serial NN804
s/n NN804
Austin Motors
NN 804
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-June-06
Lancaster Mk.I serial NN805
s/n NN805
Austin Motors
NN 805
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-June-06
Lancaster Mk.I serial NN806
s/n NN806
Austin Motors
NN 806
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-June-06
Lancaster Mk.I serial NN807
s/n NN807
Austin Motors
NN 807
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-June-06
Lancaster Mk.I serial NN808
s/n NN808
Austin Motors
NN 808
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-June-06
Lancaster Mk.I serial NN809
s/n NN809
Austin Motors
NN 809
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-June-06
Lancaster Mk.I serial NN810
s/n NN810
Austin Motors
NN 810
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-June-06
Lancaster Mk.I serial NN811
s/n NN811
Austin Motors
NN 811
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-June-06
Lancaster Mk.I serial NN812
s/n NN812
Austin Motors
NN 812
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-June-06
Lancaster Mk.I serial NN813
s/n NN813
Austin Motors
NN 813
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-June-06
Lancaster Mk.I serial NN814
s/n NN814
Austin Motors
NN 814
Merlin
Known Units: 1656 HCU
last update: 2025-June-06
Lancaster Mk.I serial NN815
s/n NN815
Austin Motors
NN 815
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-June-06
Lancaster Mk.I serial NN816
s/n NN816
Austin Motors
NN 816
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-June-06