Lancaster (Total: 7,377, Canadian: 719, Group 691)
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 PB112, Mk.I/III
s/n PB112
Avro
PB 112
Merlin
last update: 2025-February-05
1944-December-12 KIA RCAF Flying Officer George Richard Barry 2024-11-09
1944-December-12 KIA RAFVR Sergeant Douglas Cyril Cullum 2024-11-13 1944-December-12 PoW RCAF Sergeant Joseph Aaron Friedman 2024-11-13 1944-December-12 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Mark Goldwater 2024-11-13 1944-December-12 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Robert Tait Roth 2024-11-13 1944-December-12 KIA RAFVR Flying Officer Norman Richard Waring 2024-11-13
1944-December-12 KIA RAFVR Sergeant Bernard White 2024-11-13 Lancaster PB113, Mk.I/III
s/n PB113
Avro
PB 113
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last update: 2025-February-05
Lancaster PB114, Mk.I/III
s/n PB114
Avro
PB 114
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB115, Mk.I/III
s/n PB115
Avro
PB 115
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Lancaster PB116, Mk.I/III
s/n PB116
Avro
PB 116
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB117, Mk.I/III
s/n PB117
Avro
PB 117
Merlin
last update: 2025-February-05
Lancaster PB118, Mk.I/III
s/n PB118
Avro
PB 118
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last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB119, Mk.I/III
s/n PB119
Avro
PB 119
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last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB120, Mk.I/III
s/n PB120
Avro
PB 120
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last update: 2025-February-05
1944-December-23 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Kenneth Harry Austin 2024-11-04 1944-December-23 PoW RCAF Flight Sergeant J MacLennan 2023-09-07 1944-December-23 PoW RCAF Flight Sergeant R E Pearce 2023-09-23
1944-December-23 KIA RCAF Flight Lieutenant Arndt Walther Reif 2021-08-10 1944-December-23 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Peter Uzelman 2021-10-02 Lancaster PB121, Mk.I/III
s/n PB121
Avro
PB 121
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Lancaster PB122, Mk.I/III
s/n PB122
Avro
PB 122
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB123, Mk.I/III
s/n PB123
Avro
PB 123
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last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB124, Mk.I/III
s/n PB124
Avro
PB 124
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last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB125, Mk.I/III
s/n PB125
Avro
PB 125
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last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB126, Mk.I/III
s/n PB126
Avro
PB 126
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last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB127, Mk.I/III
s/n PB127
Avro
PB 127
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Lancaster PB128, Mk.I/III
s/n PB128
Avro
PB 128
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB129, Mk.I/III
s/n PB129
Avro
PB 129
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last update: 2025-February-05
Bombing Cap Gris-Nez France 1944-09-26 to 1944-09-26
405 (PFF) Sqn (RCAF) Gransden Lodge
Operated by No. 405 Squadron, RCAF, coded LQ*A. Based at Gransden Lodge, Bedfordshire. Failed to return from daylight operation against coastal guns at Cap Griz Nez area on 26 September 1944. Received a direct hit from flak while approaching the target, port inner engine caught fire and aircraft entered steep dive. Only 3 crew bailed out
,Pilot Officer Frederick John Alec FREY (J/85493) Air Gunner; Flight Lieutenant Wilfred GODDARD (145387) Navigator; Flying Officer Charles Edwin LAISHLEY (158131) Wireless Op; Wing Commander Charles William PALMER (J/15818) Pilot; Flying Officer Wilfred George F. PEACOCK (J/18009) Air Bomber; killed when aircraft struck ground and exploded. Crashed in Allied held territory two of the survivors escaping serious injury while Canadian, Flight Lieutenant Anderson a veteran Squadron member whose DFM had been Gazetted 11 June 1943 was taken Prisoner of War on November 23, 1942, and required Hospital treatment
Lancaster PB130, Mk.I/III
s/n PB130
Avro
PB 130
Merlin
last update: 2025-February-05
1944-July-30 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Robert William Burdell Carey 2024-01-04 1944-July-30 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer William Morrow Conly 2024-03-25 1944-July-30 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer George John Imrie 2023-09-12 1944-July-30 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Jack Maurice Lonie 2023-09-12 1944-July-30 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Clifford Arnold Thompson 2023-09-12 Lancaster PB131, Mk.I/III
s/n PB131
Avro
PB 131
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Lancaster PB132, Mk.I/III
s/n PB132
Avro
PB 132
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last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB133, Mk.I/III
s/n PB133
Avro
PB 133
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last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB134, Mk.I/III
s/n PB134
Avro
PB 134
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last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB135, Mk.I/III
s/n PB135
Avro
PB 135
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last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB136, Mk.I/III
s/n PB136
Avro
PB 136
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last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB137, Mk.I/III
s/n PB137
Avro
PB 137
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last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB138, Mk.I/III
s/n PB138
Avro
PB 138
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last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB139, Mk.I/III
s/n PB139
Avro
PB 139
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last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB140, Mk.I/III
s/n PB140
Avro
PB 140
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last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB141, Mk.I/III
s/n PB141
Avro
PB 141
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last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB142, Mk.I/III
s/n PB142
Avro
PB 142
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last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB143, Mk.I/III
s/n PB143
Avro
PB 143
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Lancaster PB144, Mk.I/III
s/n PB144
Avro
PB 144
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last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB145, Mk.I/III
s/n PB145
Avro
PB 145
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last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB146, Mk.I/III
s/n PB146
Avro
PB 146
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last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB147, Mk.I/III
s/n PB147
Avro
PB 147
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last update: 2025-February-05
Lancaster PB148, Mk.I/III
s/n PB148
Avro
PB 148
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last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB149, Mk.I/III
s/n PB149
Avro
PB 149
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last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB150, Mk.I/III
s/n PB150
Avro
PB 150
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last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB151, Mk.I/III
s/n PB151
Avro
PB 151
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last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB152, Mk.I/III
s/n PB152
Avro
PB 152
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last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB153, Mk.I/III
s/n PB153
Avro
PB 153
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last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB154, Mk.I/III
s/n PB154
Avro
PB 154
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last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB155, Mk.I/III
s/n PB155
Avro
PB 155
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last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB156, Mk.I/III
s/n PB156
Avro
PB 156
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last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB157, Mk.I/III
s/n PB157
Avro
PB 157
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last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB158, Mk.I/III
s/n PB158
Avro
PB 158
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last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB171, Mk.I/III
s/n PB171
Avro
PB 171
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last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB172, Mk.I/III
s/n PB172
Avro
PB 172
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last update: 2025-February-05
1944-July-29 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Steve Lawrence Krawchuk 2024-06-04 1944-July-29 PoW RCAF Pilot Officer William Archibald MacDonald 2023-10-10 1944-July-29 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Conrad William Martens 2024-06-17 1944-July-29 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Hewitt Harold Robinson Reid 2024-06-22 1944-July-29 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Wilfred James Smith 2024-06-28 Lancaster PB173, Mk.I/III
s/n PB173
Avro
PB 173
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last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB174, Mk.I/III
s/n PB174
Avro
PB 174
Merlin
last update: 2025-February-05
Bombing Bottrop Germany 1944-07-20 to 1944-07-21
405 (PFF) Sqn (RCAF) Gransden Lodge
Battle of Normandy
Operated by No. 405 Squadron, RCAF, coded LQ*P. Based at Gransden Lodge, Bedfordshire. Failed to return from operation over Bottrop on 20/21 July 1944. From Henk Welting in Holland: "Lancaster PB174 was hit (direct in the bomb bay ??) by Bf 110-G4, Serial G9+MD, Werke Nr. 720410 of Stab III./NJG1, flown by Hptm Martin Drewis, 01.15 hrs. The Lancaster exploded and crashed on land of Mr Koopman, Weustboerweg at Reutem. Crew were buried at Tubbergen 24-7-1944. Debris of the exploding Lancaster hit the attacking Bf 110 and the night fighter also crashed a minute or so later at the Loomsweg at Reutum, community Tubbergen."
Pilot Officer Alfred Joseph BRITTS (J/88665) Wireless Op; Sergeant Thomas DAVENPORT 1354430) Air Gunner; Pilot Officer Vernon Fairbank DODDS (J/89743) Air Bomber; Sergeant Patrick Neil GILBERT (1582850) Flight Engi; Flying Officer Joseph John Raymond JOHNSON (J/24921) Navigator; Flying Officer Anthony Gerard McCARTHY (169703) Air Bomber; Flight Lieutenant James Denholm VIRTUE (J/7905) Pilot; All killed
1944-July-21 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Alfred Joseph Britts 2025-03-03 1944-July-21 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Vernon Fairbanks Dodds 2025-03-03 1944-July-21 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Joseph John Raymond Johnson 2025-03-03 1944-July-21 Evader RCAF Flight Sergeant Michael Stanley Stoyko 2025-03-03 1944-July-21 KIA RCAF Flight Lieutenant James Denholm Virtue 2024-10-23 Lancaster PB175, Mk.I/III
s/n PB175
Avro
PB 175
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB176, Mk.I/III
s/n PB176
Avro
PB 176
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last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB177, Mk.I/III
s/n PB177
Avro
PB 177
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last update: 2025-February-05
Lancaster PB178, Mk.I/III
s/n PB178
Avro
PB 178
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Lancaster PB179, Mk.I/III
s/n PB179
Avro
PB 179
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last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB180, Mk.I/III
s/n PB180
Avro
PB 180
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last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB181, Mk.I/III
s/n PB181
Avro
PB 181
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last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB182, Mk.I/III
s/n PB182
Avro
PB 182
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last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB183, Mk.I/III
s/n PB183
Avro
PB 183
Merlin
last update: 2025-February-05
Bombing Dresden Germany 1945-02-13 to 1945-02-14
405 (PFF) Sqn (RCAF) Gransden Lodge
405 City of Vancouver Squadron (Ducimus), Pathfinder Force. Lancaster aircraft PB 183 failed to return from a night raid against Dresden, Germany. F/Os D.B. Olson, J.A. Kaucharik, R.A. French, F.M. Gordon, E.W. Connolly, and F/Ls J. Armitt and J.K.Knights DFC were killed. One Canadian, Flight Lieutenant Frederick was taken Prisoner of War. This was an eight-man crew, an extra bomb aimer was on board to gain experience. The Dresden target had been suggested by the Russians and Bomber Command agreed to set up an operation. There was no flak or enemy fighter aircraft anywhere near Dresden and many veteran fliers who knew what to expect knew something was wrong. Dresden had almost escaped all bombing raids up to this point in the war, it was a,large city of civilians plus thousands of refugees escaping the Russian advance. After the raid Bomber Command realized they had been suckered by the Russians into murdering over 100,00 innocent civilians and refugees.
1945-February-14 KIA RCAF Flight Lieutenant John Armitt 2024-11-02 1945-February-14 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Earl Wellington Connolly 2024-05-17 1945-February-14 PoW RCAF Flight Lieutenant Merle Omer Frederick 2022-08-30 1945-February-14 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Raymond Alfred French 2024-05-26 1945-February-14 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Fred Merrill Gordon 2024-05-26 1945-February-14 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Joseph Anthony Kaucharik 2024-06-01 1945-February-14 KIA RCAF Flight Lieutenant John Kingsley Knights DFC 2022-08-30 1945-February-14 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Donald Brant Olson 2022-08-30 Lancaster PB184, Mk.I/III
s/n PB184
Avro
PB 184
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Lancaster PB185, Mk.I/III
s/n PB185
Avro
PB 185
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Lancaster PB186, Mk.I/III
s/n PB186
Avro
PB 186
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last update: 2025-February-05
Lancaster PB187, Mk.I/III
s/n PB187
Avro
PB 187
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB188, Mk.I/III
s/n PB188
Avro
PB 188
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last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB189, Mk.I/III
s/n PB189
Avro
PB 189
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last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB190, Mk.I/III
s/n PB190
Avro
PB 190
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last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB191, Mk.I/III
s/n PB191
Avro
PB 191
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last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB192, Mk.I/III
s/n PB192
Avro
PB 192
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last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB193, Mk.I/III
s/n PB193
Avro
PB 193
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last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB194, Mk.I/III
s/n PB194
Avro
PB 194
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB195, Mk.I/III
s/n PB195
Avro
PB 195
Merlin
last update: 2025-February-05
Lancaster PB196, Mk.I/III
s/n PB196
Avro
PB 196
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB197, Mk.I/III
s/n PB197
Avro
PB 197
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last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB198, Mk.I/III
s/n PB198
Avro
PB 198
Merlin
last update: 2025-February-05
1944-July-29 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Edward Laverne Eitel 2024-03-12 1944-July-29 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Myron Fetchison 2024-03-12 1944-July-29 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Hugh Donald Hilts 2024-03-12 1944-July-29 KIA RCAF Warrant Officer 2nd Class Joseph Wilfrid Jean Paul Huot 2024-03-12 1944-July-29 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer John Donald Morton 2024-03-12 Lancaster PB199, Mk.I/III
s/n PB199
Avro
PB 199
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB200, Mk.I/III
s/n PB200
Avro
PB 200
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last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB201, Mk.I/III
s/n PB201
Avro
PB 201
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last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB202, Mk.I/III
s/n PB202
Avro
PB 202
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last update: 2025-February-05
Lancaster PB203, Mk.I/III
s/n PB203
Avro
PB 203
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last update: 2025-February-05
1944-September-12 PoW RCAF Flight Lieutenant John Alfred Kiteley 2021-03-14 1944-September-12 KIA RCAF Flight Lieutenant Paul Raymond Murray Mavaut DFC 2021-08-16 1944-September-12 PoW RCAF Flying Officer R L Montador 2023-09-17 1944-September-12 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Lawrence Ross Van Horne 2022-01-14 Lancaster PB204, Mk.I/III
s/n PB204
Avro
PB 204
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB205, Mk.I/III
s/n PB205
Avro
PB 205
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last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB206, Mk.I/III
s/n PB206
Avro
PB 206
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last update: 2025-February-05
Lancaster PB207, Mk.I/III
s/n PB207
Avro
PB 207
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB208, Mk.I/III
s/n PB208
Avro
PB 208
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Lancaster PB209, Mk.I/III
s/n PB209
Avro
PB 209
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last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB210, Mk.I/III
s/n PB210
Avro
PB 210
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[Mason gives Sqn code as PG-U]
last update: 2025-February-05
Lancaster PB211, Mk.I/III
s/n PB211
Avro
PB 211
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB212, Mk.I/III
s/n PB212
Avro
PB 212
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last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB213, Mk.I/III
s/n PB213
Avro
PB 213
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last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB226, Mk.I/III
s/n PB226
Avro
PB 226
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last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB227, Mk.I/III
s/n PB227
Avro
PB 227
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last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB228, Mk.I/III
s/n PB228
Avro
PB 228
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last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB229, Mk.I/III
s/n PB229
Avro
PB 229
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last update: 2025-February-05
Bombing Munich Germany 1945-01-07 to 1945-01-07
405 (PFF) Sqn (RCAF) Gransden Lodge
Operated by No. 405 Squadron, RCAF, coded "LQ*X". Failed to return from operation over Munich on 8 January 1945, Collided in the air with a 635 Sqdn Lancaster (PB173) crashing at Unterpfallenhofen 19 km SSE from the centre of Nuremburg
Flying Officer James ALLAN (J/36317); Flight Sergeant Douglas Harold BROWN (R/214565) Air Gunner; Flight Sergeant Robert Andrew QUINN (R/166920) Flight Engi; Pilot Officer Norman Lester William SCOTT (J/92782); Flight Lieutenant Leslie Garwood SPARLING (J/28709) Pilot; Flying Officer Lawrence William SPLATT (J/35536); Pilot Officer Daniel VERI (J/95485) Air Gunner. All KiIlled
1945-January-08 Failed to Return failed to return from operation over Munich 2019-08-20
1945-January-07 KIA RCAF Flying Officer James Allan 2024-11-02 1945-January-07 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Douglas Harold Brown 2025-03-09 1945-January-07 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Robert Andrew Quinn 2025-03-09 1945-January-07 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Norman Lester William Scott 2025-03-09 1945-January-07 KIA RCAF Flight Lieutenant Leslie Garwood Sparling 2025-03-09 1945-January-07 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Lawrence William Splatt 2025-03-09 1945-January-07 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Daniel Veri 2025-03-09 
Lancaster PB230, Mk.I/III
s/n PB230
Avro
PB 230
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB231, Mk.I/III
s/n PB231
Avro
PB 231
Merlin
last update: 2025-February-05
Lancaster PB232, Mk.I/III
s/n PB232
Avro
PB 232
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB233, Mk.I/III
s/n PB233
Avro
PB 233
Merlin
last update: 2025-February-05
Bombing Russelsheim Germany 1944-08-25 to 1944-08-26
405 (PFF) Sqn (RCAF) Gransden Lodge
405 City of Vancouver Squadron (Ducimus) Pathfinder Force, RAF Gransden Lodge. Lancaster BIII aircraft PB 233 LQ-O was returning from a raid against targets in Russelheim, Germany, when it was attacked by a night fighter that shot up the rear fuselage, the tail plane, and the starboard mainplane with cannon fire. The Lancaster returned to the UK safely but three of the crew had bailed out over enemy territory contrary to the captain's instructions. Flight Lieutenant HD Brown (RCAF) and FS KA Abbs (RAF) survived to be taken as Prisoners of War, but Pilot Officer RB Nairn (RCAF) was missing, presumed killed in action
Pilot Officer Nairn has no known grave and is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial
Flight Lieutenant WJL Weiker (RCAF), Flying Officer JS McDowell DFC (RCAF),Warrant Officer MJ Martin (RCAF) and Sergeant EJ New (RAF) survived and returned to RAF Gransden Lodge. The only other casualty wasWarrant Officer Martin with an ankle injury
1944-August-26 PoW RAF Flight Sergeant Kenneth Arthur Abbs 2024-11-01 1944-August-26 PoW RCAF Flight Lieutenant Donald Henry Brown 2024-11-21 1944-August-26 Survived RCAF Pilot Officer Maurice James Martin 2025-03-09 1944-August-26 Survived RCAF Flying Officer James Stewart McDowell DFC 2025-03-09 1944-August-26 Survived RAF Pilot Officer Edwin James New 2025-03-09 1944-August-26 Survived RCAF Flight Lieutenant William Jacob Louis Weicker DFC & Bar 2022-06-08 1944-August-26 Survived RCAF Flight Lieutenant William James Louis Weiker 2022-11-15 Lancaster PB234, Mk.I/III
s/n PB234
Avro
PB 234
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB235, Mk.I/III
s/n PB235
Avro
PB 235
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB236, Mk.I/III
s/n PB236
Avro
PB 236
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB237, Mk.I/III
s/n PB237
Avro
PB 237
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB238, Mk.I/III
s/n PB238
Avro
PB 238
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB239, Mk.I/III
s/n PB239
Avro
PB 239
Merlin
last update: 2025-February-05
Bombing Stettin Germany 1944-08-16 to 1944-08-17
405 (PFF) Sqn (RCAF) Gransden Lodge
Operated by No. 405 Squadron, RCAF, Crashed in the sea off the W coast of Denmark. following bombing mission to Kiel
Pilot Officer Forast Deloise BILLINGSLEY (J/89270) Wireless Op; Flight Lieutenant John Samuel BRUCE (86600); Flight Lieutenant Maxwell Boyd CALHOUN (J/23966) Bomb Aimer; Pilot Officer Joseph William CARTER (J/88790); Flying Officer Charles Harold FISHER (J/19844) Pilot; Sergeant Eric Noel JOLLY (1871640) Flight Engi; Flight Lieutenant Kenneth Donovan KEMP (J/12962) Air Bomber; Flying Officer Kenneth Albert NORDHEIMER (J/26606) Air Gunner. All killed.
1944-August-17 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Forast Deloise Billingsley 2024-07-10 1944-August-17 KIA RCAF Flight Lieutenant Maxwell Boyd Calhoun DFC 2024-07-10 1944-August-17 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Joseph William Carter 2024-07-10 1944-August-17 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Charles Harold Fisher DFC 2024-07-10 1944-August-17 KIA RCAF Flight Lieutenant Kenneth Donovan Kemp 2024-07-10 1944-August-17 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Kenneth Albert Nordheimer 2024-07-10 Lancaster PB240, Mk.I/III
s/n PB240
Avro
PB 240
Merlin
last update: 2025-February-05
Lancaster PB241, Mk.I/III
s/n PB241
Avro
PB 241
Merlin
last update: 2025-February-05
1944-October-06 PoW RCAF Flying Officer Raymond Gerard Beaune 2024-06-10
1944-October-06 KIA RAAF Flight Sergeant Archibald Cattanach Davidson 2024-09-04 1944-October-06 PoW RCAF Pilot Officer Frederick Gordon Etheridge 2024-06-10 1944-October-06 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Walter Alexander MacWilliam 2024-09-04 1944-October-06 PoW RCAF Flight Lieutenant Kenneth Ivy Roy Milligan DFC 2024-06-10 Lancaster PB242, Mk.I/III
s/n PB242
Avro
PB 242
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB243, Mk.I/III
s/n PB243
Avro
PB 243
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB244, Mk.I/III
s/n PB244
Avro
PB 244
Merlin
last update: 2025-February-05
1944-August-18 KIA RCAF Flying Officer George Cameron 2024-06-11 1944-August-18 Evader RCAF Flying Officer W F Jones 2024-06-12 1944-August-18 Evader RCAF Flying Officer Arthur Frederick Kemp 2024-06-12 1944-August-18 KIA RCAF Flying Officer William Joseph Shearstone 2024-06-12 1944-August-18 Evader RCAF Sergeant J W Stirling 2024-06-12 Lancaster PB245, Mk.I/III
s/n PB245
Avro
PB 245
Merlin
last update: 2025-February-05
Lancaster PB246, Mk.I/III
s/n PB246
Avro
PB 246
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB247, Mk.I/III
s/n PB247
Avro
PB 247
Merlin
last update: 2025-February-05
Lancaster PB248, Mk.I/III
s/n PB248
Avro
PB 248
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB249, Mk.I/III
s/n PB249
Avro
PB 249
Merlin
last update: 2025-February-05
Lancaster PB250, Mk.I/III
s/n PB250
Avro
PB 250
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB251, Mk.I/III
s/n PB251
Avro
PB 251
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB252, Mk.I/III
s/n PB252
Avro
PB 252
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB253, Mk.I/III
s/n PB253
Avro
PB 253
Merlin
Lancaster PB254, Mk.I/III
s/n PB254
Avro
PB 254
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB255, Mk.I/III
s/n PB255
Avro
PB 255
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB256, Mk.I/III
s/n PB256
Avro
PB 256
Merlin
Lancaster PB257, Mk.I/III
s/n PB257
Avro
PB 257
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB258, Mk.I/III
s/n PB258
Avro
PB 258
Merlin
last update: 2025-February-05
1944-August-13 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer John French Andrews 2023-11-18 1944-August-13 PoW RCAF Flying Officer Gene Mitchell Atyeo 2024-11-03 1944-August-13 PoW RCAF Pilot Officer David Henry Balchin 2023-11-18 1944-August-13 PoW RCAF Flying Officer Blake Latimer Patterson 2024-12-04 1944-August-13 PoW RCAF Pilot Officer Clement Fred Robert Pearce 2024-12-04 Lancaster PB259, Mk.I/III
s/n PB259
Avro
PB 259
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB260, Mk.I/III
s/n PB260
Avro
PB 260
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB261, Mk.I/III
s/n PB261
Avro
PB 261
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB262, Mk.I/III
s/n PB262
Avro
PB 262
Merlin
last update: 2025-February-05
Lancaster PB263, Mk.I/III
s/n PB263
Avro
PB 263
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB264, Mk.I/III
s/n PB264
Avro
PB 264
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB265, Mk.I/III
s/n PB265
Avro
PB 265
Merlin
Lancaster PB266, Mk.I/III
s/n PB266
Avro
PB 266
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB267, Mk.I/III
s/n PB267
Avro
PB 267
Merlin
last update: 2025-February-05
Lancaster PB280, Mk.I/III
s/n PB280
Avro
PB 280
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB281, Mk.I/III
s/n PB281
Avro
PB 281
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB282, Mk.I/III
s/n PB282
Avro
PB 282
Merlin
last update: 2025-February-05
Lancaster PB283, Mk.I/III
s/n PB283
Avro
PB 283
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB284, Mk.I/III
s/n PB284
Avro
PB 284
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB285, Mk.I/III
s/n PB285
Avro
PB 285
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB286, Mk.I/III
s/n PB286
Avro
PB 286
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB287, Mk.I/III
s/n PB287
Avro
PB 287
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB288, Mk.I/III
s/n PB288
Avro
PB 288
Merlin
last update: 2025-February-05
Lancaster PB289, Mk.I/III
s/n PB289
Avro
PB 289
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB290, Mk.I/III
s/n PB290
Avro
PB 290
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB291, Mk.I/III
s/n PB291
Avro
PB 291
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB292, Mk.I/III
s/n PB292
Avro
PB 292
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB293, Mk.I/III
s/n PB293
Avro
PB 293
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB294, Mk.I/III
s/n PB294
Avro
PB 294
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB295, Mk.I/III
s/n PB295
Avro
PB 295
Merlin
last update: 2025-February-05
unkown date Evader RCAF Sergeant J W Spence 2023-10-01 1945-February-21 KIA RCAF Warrant Officer 2nd Class John Gardiner 2022-01-27 1945-February-21 KIA RCAF Warrant Officer 2nd Class Maurice Emerson Granbois 2021-09-21 1945-February-21 Evader RCAF Warrant Officer 1st Class C O Huntley 2021-03-25 1945-February-21 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Robert Campbell MacNicoll 2021-08-17 1945-February-21 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Andrew Anthony Swihura 2021-07-21 Lancaster PB296, Mk.I/III
s/n PB296
Avro
PB 296
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB297, Mk.I/III
s/n PB297
Avro
PB 297
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB298, Mk.I/III
s/n PB298
Avro
PB 298
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB299, Mk.I/III
s/n PB299
Avro
PB 299
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB300, Mk.I/III
s/n PB300
Avro
PB 300
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB301, Mk.I/III
s/n PB301
Avro
PB 301
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB302, Mk.I/III
s/n PB302
Avro
PB 302
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB303, Mk.I/III
s/n PB303
Avro
PB 303
Merlin
last update: 2025-February-05
Lancaster PB304, Mk.I/III
s/n PB304
Avro
PB 304
Merlin
last update: 2025-February-05
Lancaster PB305, Mk.I/III
s/n PB305
Avro
PB 305
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB306, Mk.I/III
s/n PB306
Avro
PB 306
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Bombing Karlsruhe Germany 1945-02-02 to 1945-02-02
467 (B) Sqn (RAAF) RAF Waddington
467 Squadron RAAF (Recidite Adversarius Atque Ferociter) RAF Waddington. Lancaster III aircraft PB 306 PO-J was likely shot down by night fighter pilot Hptm Helmuth Schulte of Stab II/NJG6 over Karlsdorf, Germany on an operation against targets in Karlsruhe, Germany. The Lancaster crashed at Hohenwettersbach South-East of Karlsruhe with the loss of the entire crew
Flight Lieutenant N S C Colley (RAF), Flying Officer J M Inkster (RAAF), Pilot Officer A H Pearce (RAAF), Warrant Officer B F Weber (RAAF), Flight Sergeant F E Everatt (RAAF), Flight Sergeant F J Bean (RAAF), Flight Sergeant P J Carter (RAAF) and Sergeant D G Howdle (RAFVR) were all killed in action
Royal Air Force Serial and Image Database
02/03rd February 1945 467 Squadron Lancaster III PB306 Fl/Lt...
1945-February-02 KIA RAAF Flight Sergeant Frederick Jack Bean 2023-11-26 1945-February-02 KIA RAAF Flight Sergeant Phillip John Carter 2024-01-13 1945-February-02 KIA RAFVR Flight Lieutenant Noel Sidney Caesar Colley 2024-03-20 1945-February-02 KIA RAAF Flight Sergeant Frank Edgar Everatt 2023-11-26 1945-February-02 KIA RAFVR Flight Sergeant Dennis George Howdle 2023-11-26 1945-February-02 KIA RAAF Flying Officer James Magnus Inkster 2023-11-26 1945-February-02 KIA RAAF Pilot Officer Allan Harry Pearce 2023-11-26 1945-February-02 KIA RAAF Warrant Officer Bertram Forbes Weber 2023-11-26 Lancaster PB307, Mk.I/III
s/n PB307
Avro
PB 307
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB308, Mk.I/III
s/n PB308
Avro
PB 308
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB324,
s/n PB324
PB 324
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB333,
s/n PB333
PB 333
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB341, Mk.I/III
s/n PB341
Avro
PB 341
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB342, Mk.I/III
s/n PB342
Avro
PB 342
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB343, Mk.I/III
s/n PB343
Avro
PB 343
Merlin
last update: 2025-February-05
Lancaster PB344, Mk.I/III
s/n PB344
Avro
PB 344
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB345, Mk.I/III
s/n PB345
Avro
PB 345
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB346, Mk.I/III
s/n PB346
Avro
PB 346
Merlin
Lancaster PB347, Mk.I/III
s/n PB347
Avro
PB 347
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB348, Mk.I/III
s/n PB348
Avro
PB 348
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB349, Mk.I/III
s/n PB349
Avro
PB 349
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB350, Mk.I/III
s/n PB350
Avro
PB 350
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB351, Mk.I/III
s/n PB351
Avro
PB 351
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB352, Mk.I/III
s/n PB352
Avro
PB 352
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB353, Mk.I/III
s/n PB353
Avro
PB 353
Merlin
last update: 2025-February-05
Lancaster PB354, Mk.I/III
s/n PB354
Avro
PB 354
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB355, Mk.I/III
s/n PB355
Avro
PB 355
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB356, Mk.I/III
s/n PB356
Avro
PB 356
Merlin
last update: 2025-February-05
Lancaster PB357, Mk.I/III
s/n PB357
Avro
PB 357
Merlin
last update: 2025-February-05
Lancaster PB358, Mk.I/III
s/n PB358
Avro
PB 358
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB359, Mk.I/III
s/n PB359
Avro
PB 359
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB360, Mk.I/III
s/n PB360
Avro
PB 360
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB361, Mk.I/III
s/n PB361
Avro
PB 361
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB362, Mk.I/III
s/n PB362
Avro
PB 362
Merlin
Lancaster PB363, Mk.I/III
s/n PB363
Avro
PB 363
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB364, Mk.I/III
s/n PB364
Avro
PB 364
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB365, Mk.I/III
s/n PB365
Avro
PB 365
Merlin
last update: 2025-February-05
Lancaster PB366, Mk.I/III
s/n PB366
Avro
PB 366
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB367, Mk.I/III
s/n PB367
Avro
PB 367
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB368, Mk.I/III
s/n PB368
Avro
PB 368
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB369, Mk.I/III
s/n PB369
Avro
PB 369
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB370, Mk.I/III
s/n PB370
Avro
PB 370
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB371, Mk.I/III
s/n PB371
Avro
PB 371
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB372, Mk.I/III
s/n PB372
Avro
PB 372
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB373, Mk.I/III
s/n PB373
Avro
PB 373
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB374, Mk.I/III
s/n PB374
Avro
PB 374
Merlin
last update: 2025-February-05
Lancaster PB375, Mk.I/III
s/n PB375
Avro
PB 375
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB376, Mk.I/III
s/n PB376
Avro
PB 376
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB377, Mk.I/III
s/n PB377
Avro
PB 377
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB378, Mk.I/III
s/n PB378
Avro
PB 378
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB379, Mk.I/III
s/n PB379
Avro
PB 379
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB380, Mk.I/III
s/n PB380
Avro
PB 380
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB381, Mk.I/III
s/n PB381
Avro
PB 381
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB382, Mk.I/III
s/n PB382
Avro
PB 382
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB383, Mk.I/III
s/n PB383
Avro
PB 383
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB384, Mk.I/III
s/n PB384
Avro
PB 384
Merlin
last update: 2025-February-05
Lancaster PB385, Mk.I/III
s/n PB385
Avro
PB 385
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB397, Mk.I/III
s/n PB397
Avro
PB 397
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB398, Mk.I/III
s/n PB398
Avro
PB 398
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB399, Mk.I/III
s/n PB399
Avro
PB 399
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB400, Mk.I/III
s/n PB400
Avro
PB 400
Merlin
last update: 2025-February-05
1944-August-27 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Jack Allan Linklater 2021-08-13 1944-August-27 PoW RCAF Sergeant Joseph Edmund Edmund O'Farrell 2023-09-21 1944-August-27 PoW RCAF Flying Officer Russ E Rogers 2021-03-15 1944-August-27 PoW Murdered RCAF Warrant Officer 2nd Class Leslie Howard Stevenson 2021-03-15 1944-August-27 PoW RCAF Warrant Officer 2nd Class Keith Tate 2021-03-15 1944-August-27 PoW RCAF Flying Officer Kenneth Milton Tucker 2023-08-14 1944-December-27 PoW Murdered RCAF Warrant Officer 2nd Class Leslie Howard Stevenson 2021-07-22 Lancaster PB401, Mk.I/III
s/n PB401
Avro
PB 401
Merlin
Lancaster PB402, Mk.I/III
s/n PB402
Avro
PB 402
Merlin
last update: 2025-February-05
Bombing Zeitz Germany Braunkoll synthetic-oil plant 1945-01-16 to 1945-01-16
405 (PFF) Sqn (RCAF) Gransden Lodge
p405 City of Vancouver Sqn (Ducimus), Pathfinder Force, RAF Gransden Lodge, Lancaster III aircraft PB 402 LQ-M involved in a mid-air collision with 434 Sqn Lancaster KB 850 WL-O over Pfaffenhausen, Germany during a flight to mark the target on a night attack against the Braunkoll synthetic-oil plant at Zeitz, Germany. Both aircraft and aircrews were lost. Pilot Officer NLL Smith (RCAF), Flight Lieutenant HL Payne (RCAF), Flying Officer HE Novak (RCAF), Flying Officer DG McKay (RCAF), Pilot Officer JA Bruggeman (RCAF), Pilot Officer AB Miller (RCAF), Pilot Officer BR Cunliffe (RCAF), and Sergeant HA Marshall (RAFVR) were killed on Lancaster PB 402 1945-January-16 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Joseph Aloysuis Bruggeman 2024-11-23 1945-January-16 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Benjamin Robert Cunliffe 2024-05-27 1945-January-16 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Donald Gordon McKay 2024-06-20 1945-January-16 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Allan Bernard Miller 2024-06-20 1945-January-16 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Henry Eugene Novak 2024-06-22 1945-January-16 KIA RCAF Flight Lieutenant Harold Leslie Payne 2024-06-22 1945-January-16 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Norman Lawrence Lavek Smith 2024-06-28 Lancaster PB403, Mk.I/III
s/n PB403
Avro
PB 403
Merlin
Lancaster PB404, Mk.I/III
s/n PB404
Avro
PB 404
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB405, Mk.I/III
s/n PB405
Avro
PB 405
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB406, Mk.I/III
s/n PB406
Avro
PB 406
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB407, Mk.I/III
s/n PB407
Avro
PB 407
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB408, Mk.I/III
s/n PB408
Avro
PB 408
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB409, Mk.I/III
s/n PB409
Avro
PB 409
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB410, Mk.I/III
s/n PB410
Avro
PB 410
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB411, Mk.I/III
s/n PB411
Avro
PB 411
Merlin
last update: 2025-February-05
1945-April-05 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant James William Churms 2024-04-04 1945-April-05 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Donald Hugh Johnson 2024-04-21 1945-April-05 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Harold William Reid 2024-05-01 1945-April-05 KIA RCAF Flying Officer William Semeniuk 2024-05-01 1945-April-05 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Matthew Frederick Easton Sergeant 2024-05-01 Lancaster PB412, Mk.I/III
s/n PB412
Avro
PB 412
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB413, Mk.I/III
s/n PB413
Avro
PB 413
Merlin
last update: 2025-February-05
Bombing Dusseldorf Germany 1944-11-02 to 1944-11-03
405 (PFF) Sqn (RCAF) Gransden Lodge
405 City of Vancouver Squadron (Ducimus), Pathfinder Force. Target - Dusseldorf, Germany. Lancaster aircraft PB 413 was badly shot up. Flight Sergeant E.E.Perini baled out It was his 32nd operation. A/C was returning from the target when Flight Lieutenant G.A. Martin (Air Bomber) took over the controls and made a crash landing one half mile south-east of the aerodrome at Debden, Essex, England on November 2, 1944. Flying Officer Hannah subsequently died of his wounds during surgery in hospital and was the only casualty.
Lancaster PB414, Mk.I/III
s/n PB414
Avro
PB 414
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB415, Mk.I/III
s/n PB415
Avro
PB 415
Merlin
last update: 2025-February-05
Lancaster PB416, Mk.I/III
s/n PB416
Avro
PB 416
Merlin
last update: 2025-February-05
Ferry Flight Tirpitz 1944-09-17 to 1944-09-17
617 (B) Sqn (RAF) Yagodnik, USSR
Battleship Tirpitz
The aircraft (KC-V), piloted by Flying Officer F. Levy, was returning to its base at Woodhall Spa, England 
from the Russian base at Yagodnik after having participated in the attack from Yagodnik on the battleship Tirpitz, in Alten Fjord, Norway (Operation Paravane). It crashed on high ground in Norway, near the town of Nesbyen . All on board were killed. There were 9 men on board, two being crew members from an aircraft that had crashed on the way to Yagodnik.
There was one Canadian on board, Pilot Officer AF McNally. All of the others were in the RAF. They were, Flying Officers F Levy, CL Fox, JF Naylor and DC Shea DFC, Flight Sergeants EES Peck, GM McGuire, and DG Thomas, and Sergeant PW Groom. Naylor and Shea were from the crew of Squadron Leader DRC Wyness DFC.
Lancaster PB417, Mk.I/III
s/n PB417
Avro
PB 417
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB418, Mk.I/III
s/n PB418
Avro
PB 418
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB419, Mk.I/III
s/n PB419
Avro
PB 419
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB420, Mk.I/III
s/n PB420
Avro
PB 420
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB421, Mk.I/III
s/n PB421
Avro
PB 421
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB422, Mk.I/III
s/n PB422
Avro
PB 422
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB423, Mk.I/III
s/n PB423
Avro
PB 423
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB424, Mk.I/III
s/n PB424
Avro
PB 424
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB425, Mk.I/III
s/n PB425
Avro
PB 425
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB426, Mk.I/III
s/n PB426
Avro
PB 426
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB427, Mk.I/III
s/n PB427
Avro
PB 427
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB428, Mk.I/III
s/n PB428
Avro
PB 428
Merlin
last update: 2025-February-05
Lancaster PB429, Mk.I/III
s/n PB429
Avro
PB 429
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB430, Mk.I/III
s/n PB430
Avro
PB 430
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB431, Mk.I/III
s/n PB431
Avro
PB 431
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB432, Mk.I/III
s/n PB432
Avro
PB 432
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB433, Mk.I/III
s/n PB433
Avro
PB 433
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB434, Mk.I/III
s/n PB434
Avro
PB 434
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB435, Mk.I/III
s/n PB435
Avro
PB 435
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB436, Mk.I/III
s/n PB436
Avro
PB 436
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB437, Mk.I/III
s/n PB437
Avro
PB 437
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB438, Mk.I/III
s/n PB438
Avro
PB 438
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB450, Mk.I/III
s/n PB450
Avro
PB 450
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB451, Mk.I/III
s/n PB451
Avro
PB 451
Merlin
last update: 2025-February-05
Bombing Witten Germany 1945-03-19 to 1945-03-19
405 (PFF) Sqn (RCAF) Gransden Lodge
405 City of Vancouver Squadron (Ducimus), Pathfinder Force. Lancaster aircraft PB 451 did not return from a night trip to Witten, Germany. Pilot Officer J.P. Adam, F/Os E. Hayes, R.S. Butterworth, J.E Peaker,Warrant Officer R.M. Baker, FS E.F. Perrault, Sergeants A. Kirkcaldy (RAF), and R.P. Smith (RAF) were all killed. 1945-March-19 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Joseph Paul Hector Adam 2024-11-01 1945-March-19 KIA RCAF Warrant Officer 2 Ralph Murray Baker 2024-11-05 1945-March-19 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Robert Stuart Butterworth 2024-11-27 1945-March-19 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Ernest Hayes 2022-08-30 1945-March-19 KIA RAFVR Alexander Kirkcaldy 2022-04-15 1945-March-19 KIA RCAF Flying Officer George Ernest Peaker 2022-08-30 1945-March-19 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Ernest Francis Perrault 2022-08-30 1945-March-19 KIA RAFVR Roy Peter Smith 2022-04-15 Lancaster PB452, Mk.I/III
s/n PB452
Avro
PB 452
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB453, Mk.I/III
s/n PB453
Avro
PB 453
Merlin
last update: 2025-February-05
Lancaster PB454, Mk.I/III
s/n PB454
Avro
PB 454
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB455, Mk.I/III
s/n PB455
Avro
PB 455
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB456, Mk.I/III
s/n PB456
Avro
PB 456
Merlin
last update: 2025-February-05
Lancaster PB457, Mk.I/III
s/n PB457
Avro
PB 457
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB458, Mk.I/III
s/n PB458
Avro
PB 458
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB459, Mk.I/III
s/n PB459
Avro
PB 459
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB460, Mk.I/III
s/n PB460
Avro
PB 460
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB461, Mk.I/III
s/n PB461
Avro
PB 461
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Bombing Politz Germany 1944-12-21 to 1944-12-21
(B) Sqn (RAF) Coningsby
97 Squadron (Achieve Your Aim), Pathfinder Force. Lancaster aircraft The aircraft was flying in formation with 189 Sqn Lancaster PB691 CA-D. 207 Lancasters and One Mosquito of 5 Group attacked the synthetic oil refinery at Politz near Stettin.
While cruising over the south part of Norway, the aircraft went out of control and crashed on the slope of a wooded hill. All seven crew members were killed. Cause of crash unknown. ORB reports weather at target was clear.
1944-December-21 KIA RAFVR Flight Sergeant Thomas David Cremins 2024-11-28 1944-December-21 KIA RAFVR Flight Sergeant Edward Joseph Hobbs 2024-11-28 1944-December-21 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer George Herbert Kendall 2024-11-28 1944-December-21 KIA RAFVR Flight Sergeant Kevin Mannion 2024-11-28 1944-December-21 KIA RAFVR Sergeant Stanlet Baldwin Morgan 2024-11-28 1944-December-21 KIA RAFVR Flight Sergeant Gorson Anthony O'neil Oliver 2024-11-28 1944-December-21 KIA RAAF Flying Officer William Robert Sinclair 2024-11-28 Lancaster PB462, Mk.I/III
s/n PB462
Avro
PB 462
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB463, Mk.I/III
s/n PB463
Avro
PB 463
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB464, Mk.I/III
s/n PB464
Avro
PB 464
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB465, Mk.I/III
s/n PB465
Avro
PB 465
Merlin
last update: 2025-February-05
Bombing Dortmund Germany 1944-11-29 to 1944-11-29
(B) Sqn (RAF) Elsham Wolds
On a daylight mission to Dortmund, Germany at the Cologne turning point, aircraft collided with Lancaster, PD313, 550Sqn. The starboard rudder controls were severed and the order to bail out was given. The Bomb aimer managed to escape through his hatch and the aircraft exploded immediately after he fell out. There were no other survivors.
Killed includes Cooke: Flight Sergeant James Alfred Goff RCAF R/194962 KIA Reichswald Forest War Cemetery grave 8. C. 14. Warrant Officer Class 2 Francis Ignatius Roy Bruce Hill RCAF R/185307 KIA Reichswald Forest War Cemetery grave 8. C. 13. Pilot Officer John Herbert Charles McCoubray RCAF J/95369 KIA Reichswald Forest War Cemetery grave 8. C. 12. Pilot Officer Melvin Osborne Orr RCAF J/95460 KIA Rheinberg War Cemetery grave 2. K. 17. Sergeant Edward Walter McGrath RAF KIA Reichswald Forest War Cemetery grave 8. C. 11.
POWs: Flight Sergeant G T Mortimer RAF POW (injured). Camp was not listed. Mortimer was commissioned during his time in captivity (F/O).
1944-November-29 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Jackson Chartis Cooke CGM 2024-09-30 1944-November-29 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant James Alfred Goff 2024-09-30 1944-November-29 KIA RCAF Warrant Officer 2nd Class Francis Ignatius Roy Bruce Hill 2024-09-30 1944-November-29 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer John Herbert Charles McCoubrey 2024-09-30 1944-November-29 KIA RAFVR Sergeant Edward Walter McGrath 2024-09-30 1944-November-29 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Melvin Osborne Orr 2024-09-30 Lancaster PB466, Mk.I/III
s/n PB466
Avro
PB 466
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB467, Mk.I/III
s/n PB467
Avro
PB 467
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB468, Mk.I/III
s/n PB468
Avro
PB 468
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB469, Mk.I/III
s/n PB469
Avro
PB 469
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB470, Mk.I/III
s/n PB470
Avro
PB 470
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB471, Mk.I/III
s/n PB471
Avro
PB 471
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB472, Mk.I/III
s/n PB472
Avro
PB 472
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB473, Mk.I/III
s/n PB473
Avro
PB 473
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB474, Mk.I/III
s/n PB474
Avro
PB 474
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB475, Mk.I/III
s/n PB475
Avro
PB 475
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB476, Mk.I/III
s/n PB476
Avro
PB 476
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB477, Mk.I/III
s/n PB477
Avro
PB 477
Merlin
last update: 2025-February-05
Bombing Nuremberg Germany 1945-01-02 to 1945-01-02
405 (PFF) Sqn (RCAF) Gransden Lodge
Operated by No. 405 Squadron, RCAF, coded LQ*B. Based at Gransden Lodge, Bedfordshire. Failed to return from operation over Nuremberg on 2 January 1945. May have been shot down by night fighter, or by flak. 2 crash sites reported: 3 km ENE of Nufringen and SSW of Nuremburg
Squadron Leader Nathan CRAWFORD (J/12954) Navigator; Flight Lieutenant Eric Cecil DUKE (118147) Wireless Op; Pilot Officer Stanley Herbert FITZHENRY (410475); Flying Officer Gerald Edward GEEVES (J/19058) Air Gunner; Wing Commander Kenneth John LAWSON (82728) Pilot. (This was W/C Lawson's 93rd bombing mission)
Prisoners of War for Lancaster PB477 - Sergeant Sidney RHODES (1680670);W/O1 Dorland Gillies PLYLEY (R/108467)
Lancaster PB478, Mk.I/III
s/n PB478
Avro
PB 478
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB479, Mk.I/III
s/n PB479
Avro
PB 479
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB480, Mk.I/III
s/n PB480
Avro
PB 480
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB481, Mk.I/III
s/n PB481
Avro
PB 481
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB482, Mk.I/III
s/n PB482
Avro
PB 482
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB483, Mk.I/III
s/n PB483
Avro
PB 483
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB484, Mk.I/III
s/n PB484
Avro
PB 484
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB485, Mk.I/III
s/n PB485
Avro
PB 485
Merlin
last update: 2025-February-05
Lancaster PB486, Mk.I/III
s/n PB486
Avro
PB 486
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB487, Mk.I/III
s/n PB487
Avro
PB 487
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB488, Mk.I/III
s/n PB488
Avro
PB 488
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB489, Mk.I/III
s/n PB489
Avro
PB 489
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB490, Mk.I/III
s/n PB490
Avro
PB 490
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB504, Mk.I/III
s/n PB504
Avro
PB 504
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB505, Mk.I/III
s/n PB505
Avro
PB 505
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB506, Mk.I/III
s/n PB506
Avro
PB 506
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB507, Mk.I/III
s/n PB507
Avro
PB 507
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB508, Mk.I/III
s/n PB508
Avro
PB 508
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB509, Mk.I/III
s/n PB509
Avro
PB 509
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB510, Mk.I/III
s/n PB510
Avro
PB 510
Merlin
last update: 2025-February-05
Lancaster PB511, Mk.I/III
s/n PB511
Avro
PB 511
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB512, Mk.I/III
s/n PB512
Avro
PB 512
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB513, Mk.I/III
s/n PB513
Avro
PB 513
Merlin
last update: 2025-February-05
Lancaster PB514, Mk.I/III
s/n PB514
Avro
PB 514
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB515, Mk.I/III
s/n PB515
Avro
PB 515
Merlin
last update: 2025-February-05
1945-January-02 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Maurice Vaughn Durling 2024-10-30 1945-January-02 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Arthur Jason Eberle 2021-08-05 1945-January-02 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Donald Dunk Hoskins 2022-12-12 1945-January-02 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Charles Herman Pogson 2023-05-23 1945-January-02 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Daniel Clifford Reid 2021-08-10 Lancaster PB516, Mk.I/III
s/n PB516
Avro
PB 516
Merlin
last update: 2025-February-05
Bombing Misburg Germany 1945-03-15 to 1945-03-15
405 () () Gransden Lodge
405 City of Vancouver Squadron (Ducimus), Pathfinder Force. Lancaster aircraft PB 516 was lost during a night raid against Misburg, Germany. P/Os R.B. Jones, D.I. Galbraith, F.J. Miller, Flying Officer H.E. Wort, FS D.A. Holliday, Flying Officer C.A. Boulton, and Sergeant Leslie DOVASTON, RAF,(2216269) Flight Engi; Flight Lieutenant K.E. Parkhurst were all killed.1945-March-16 Failed to Return failed to return from operation over Misburg 2019-08-20
1945-March-15 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Clive Arkoll Boulton 2024-11-15 1945-March-15 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Donald Irwin Galbraith 2025-02-02 1945-March-15 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant David Andrew Holliday 2025-02-02 1945-March-15 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Richard Barren Jones 2025-02-02 1945-March-15 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Francis John Miller 2025-02-02 1945-March-15 KIA RCAF Flight Lieutenant Keith Edwin Parkhurst 2025-02-02 1945-March-15 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Hardy Edward Wort 2025-02-02 Lancaster PB517, Mk.I/III
s/n PB517
Avro
PB 517
Merlin
last update: 2025-February-05
Lancaster PB518, Mk.I/III
s/n PB518
Avro
PB 518
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB519, Mk.I/III
s/n PB519
Avro
PB 519
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB520, Mk.I/III
s/n PB520
Avro
PB 520
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB521, Mk.I/III
s/n PB521
Avro
PB 521
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB522, Mk.I/III
s/n PB522
Avro
PB 522
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB523, Mk.I/III
s/n PB523
Avro
PB 523
Merlin
last update: 2025-February-05
Bombing Cologne Germany 1944-12-23 to 1944-12-23
(PFF) Sqn (RAF) RAF Little Staughton
Lancaster PB523
Took off at from Little Staughton at 10:29 for an operation to Köln, Germany.
Out-bound crashed at Opitter (Limburg), 4 km SE of Bree Belgium.
The aircraft withstood a series of fighter attacks, but with the aircraft ablaze Flight Lieutenant Thomas was obliged to give the order to bale out. Four of his crew got out and survived; a fifth, the Flight Engineer Flt Sergeant Hobbs, also made it clear but his chute cruelly failed to open. Thomas stayed at the controls with one of the wounded gunners, Warrant Officer Tex Campbell RCAF. Neither made it home.Fg Off Vaughan RCAF was captured on 23 December 1944 near Krefeld.Fg Off William Ewart Vaughan RCAF - PoW/Dulag Luft Oberursel/Dulag Luft Wetzlar Stalag Luft 1 Barth Vogelsang/PoW Number?Plt Off Campbell was initially buried in Opitter Roman Catholic Cemetery Belgium. Reinterred 30 November 1945. Sergeant Fallon initially reported injured and POW was subsequently reported "Safe in the UK".
1944-December-23 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Frederick William Campbell 2024-12-14 1944-December-23 Survived RAFVR Sergeant G Fallon 2024-12-16 1944-December-23 PoW RAFVR Warrant Officer Class ll Herbert Fuller 2024-12-16 1944-December-23 KIA RAFVR Flight Sergeant Vivian George Hobbs 2024-12-14 1944-December-23 KIA RAFVR Flight Lieutenant Peter Alfred Thomas DFC 2024-12-16 1944-December-23 PoW RCAF Flying Officer William Ewart Vaughan 2024-12-14 1944-December-23 PoW RAFVR Flight Lieutenant Ayton Richardson Whitaker 2024-12-16 Lancaster PB524, Mk.I/III
s/n PB524
Avro
PB 524
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB525, Mk.I/III
s/n PB525
Avro
PB 525
Merlin
last update: 2025-February-05
Bombing Scholven Germany 1944-12-29 to 1944-12-29
405 (PFF) Sqn (RCAF) RAF Gransden Lodge
405 Vancouver Squadron (Ducimus) Pathfinder Force, RAF Gransden Lodge. Lancaster III aircraft PB 525 LQ-P was lost without a trace performing Pathfinder duties during an operation against the synthetic-oil facilities at Scholven, Germany. The cause of loss and crash location are unknown to date
Flying Officer Howard Raymond Dryer (RCAF), Flying Officer Gerald Gordon Fox (RCAF), Pilot Officer Alan Wardell Haley (RCAF), Sergeant Thomas Raymond Harrigan (RCAF), Pilot Officer Ernest Richard Kaesemodel (RCAF), Pilot Officer Donald John MacFarlane (RCAF), Flying Officer James Murray Phillips (RCAF) and Flying Officer Frederick Harold Wilsher (RCAF) were all missing, presumed killed in action
The missing have no known grave and all are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial
1944-December-29 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Howard Raymond Dryer 2025-02-06 1944-December-29 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Gerald Gordon Fox 2025-02-06 1944-December-29 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Alan Wardell Haley 2025-02-06 1944-December-29 KIA RCAF Sergeant Thomas Raymond Harrigan 2025-02-06 1944-December-29 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Ernest Richard Kaesemodel 2025-02-06 1944-December-29 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Donald John MacFarlane 2025-02-06 1944-December-29 KIA RCAF Flying Officer James Murray Phillips 2025-02-06 1944-December-29 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Frederick Harold Wilsher 2025-02-06 Lancaster PB526, Mk.I/III
s/n PB526
Avro
PB 526
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB527, Mk.I/III
s/n PB527
Avro
PB 527
Merlin
last update: 2025-February-05
Bombing Kiel Germany 1944-09-15 to 1944-09-16
405 (PFF) Sqn (RCAF) Gransden Lodge
405 City of Vancouver Squadron (Ducimus), Pathfinder Force. Lancaster III aircraft PB 527 lost during night operations over Kiel, Germany.
Flight Lieutenant Robert BROOK (174668); Pilot Officer Gordon James EDWARDS (177700); Flight Sergeant Alan William GOWDEY (1813553) Wireless Op; Flight Sergeant William Desmond LEAVESLEY (1575439); Flight Lieutenant Ronald Walter LONG (J/18760) Pilot; Warrant Officer Class II John RAIKE (R/127923); Sergeant Ronald Ivor YORK (1819034) All Killed
Lancaster PB528, Mk.I/III
s/n PB528
Avro
PB 528
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB529, Mk.I/III
s/n PB529
Avro
PB 529
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB530, Mk.I/III
s/n PB530
Avro
PB 530
Merlin
last update: 2025-February-05
Bombing Dortmund Germany 1945-02-21 to 1945-02-21
405 (PFF) Sqn (RCAF) Gransden Lodge
Lancaster, took off from Gransden Lodge approximately 2200 hours. Set course, target Dortmund. Due on target at H plus 2 (approximately, i.e. about 0030 hours), 21 February 1945 as visual centrer (P.F.F.). Ran up on target through slight barrage flak. Dropped about one minute late (i.e. H plus 3) and waited for picture. Camera was turning over when hit by flak in port outer and No.2 starboard tank - both on fire. Ordered crew prepare bale out. About one minute later ordered crew bale out, having feathered and put out fire in port outer but tank fire was spreading rapidly. .All crew except Mid Upper Gunner and Rear Gunner baled out..
G.E. Bolland (killed, DFM gazetted 1 March 1946; left the aircraft by parachute but did not survive the descent); Squadron Leader H.F.Marcou, DFC, AFC, RCAF (injured); Flying Officer T.W.Downey (injured); Flying Officer R.O.Norse, RNZAF (injured); Flying Officer B.G.Smoker (injured); Flying Officer J.A. Lewis (injured); Flying Officer J.T.Ross. RCAF (POW); Technical Sergeant J.W.Verner, USAAF (injured). Survivors were confined in hospital due to injuries until liberation. No POW numbers.
Lancaster PB531, Mk.I/III
s/n PB531
Avro
PB 531
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB532, Mk.I/III
s/n PB532
Avro
PB 532
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB533, Mk.I/III
s/n PB533
Avro
PB 533
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB534, Mk.I/III
s/n PB534
Avro
PB 534
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB535, Mk.I/III
s/n PB535
Avro
PB 535
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB536, Mk.I/III
s/n PB536
Avro
PB 536
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB537, Mk.I/III
s/n PB537
Avro
PB 537
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB538, Mk.I/III
s/n PB538
Avro
PB 538
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB539, Mk.I/III
s/n PB539
Avro
PB 539
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB540, Mk.I/III
s/n PB540
Avro
PB 540
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB541, Mk.I/III
s/n PB541
Avro
PB 541
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB542, Mk.I/III
s/n PB542
Avro
PB 542
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB543,
s/n PB543
PB 543
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB544,
s/n PB544
PB 544
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB545,
s/n PB545
PB 545
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB546,
s/n PB546
PB 546
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB547,
s/n PB547
PB 547
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB548,
s/n PB548
PB 548
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB549,
s/n PB549
PB 549
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB550,
s/n PB550
PB 550
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB551,
s/n PB551
PB 551
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB552,
s/n PB552
PB 552
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB553,
s/n PB553
PB 553
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB554, Mk.I/III
s/n PB554
Avro
PB 554
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB555, Mk.I/III
s/n PB555
Avro
PB 555
Merlin
last update: 2025-February-05
Lancaster PB556, Mk.I/III
s/n PB556
Avro
PB 556
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB557, Mk.I/III
s/n PB557
Avro
PB 557
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Bombing Chemnitz Germany 1945-03-06 to 1945-03-06
460 (B) Sqn (RAAF) RAF Binbrook, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom
460 Australia Squadron (Strike And Return). Lancaster PB857 was on an operational raid on a oil refinery at Chemnitz, in the state of Saxony, Germany, when it was hit by flak and crashed near Pfieffe, Germany, where its bomb load exploded. Casualties included RAAF Sqn Leader J.C. Holmes (FDC) (pilot); RAAF Flying Officer I.S. Baudinette; RAAF Flying Officer D.G. Hudspeth; RAAF Flt. Sgt. T.T. Clarke; RAAF W/O E.O.T. Mayne; RAAF Flt. Lt. T.E.V. Morgan (DFM); RAFVR Flt. Sgt. R.E. Hayward (bomb aimer); and RAFVR Sgt. J. Young (flight engineer).Lancaster PB558, Mk.I/III
s/n PB558
Avro
PB 558
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB559, Mk.I/III
s/n PB559
Avro
PB 559
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB560, Mk.I/III
s/n PB560
Avro
PB 560
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB561, Mk.I/III
s/n PB561
Avro
PB 561
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB562, Mk.I/III
s/n PB562
Avro
PB 562
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB563, Mk.I/III
s/n PB563
Avro
PB 563
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB564, Mk.I/III
s/n PB564
Avro
PB 564
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB565, Mk.I/III
s/n PB565
Avro
PB 565
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB566, Mk.I/III
s/n PB566
Avro
PB 566
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB567, Mk.I/III
s/n PB567
Avro
PB 567
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB568, Mk.I/III
s/n PB568
Avro
PB 568
Merlin
Lancaster PB569, Mk.I/III
s/n PB569
Avro
PB 569
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB570, Mk.I/III
s/n PB570
Avro
PB 570
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB571, Mk.I/III
s/n PB571
Avro
PB 571
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB572, Mk.I/III
s/n PB572
Avro
PB 572
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB573, Mk.I/III
s/n PB573
Avro
PB 573
Merlin
last update: 2025-February-05
Lancaster PB574, Mk.I/III
s/n PB574
Avro
PB 574
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB575, Mk.I/III
s/n PB575
Avro
PB 575
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB576, Mk.I/III
s/n PB576
Avro
PB 576
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB577, Mk.I/III
s/n PB577
Avro
PB 577
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB578, Mk.I/III
s/n PB578
Avro
PB 578
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB579, Mk.I/III
s/n PB579
Avro
PB 579
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB580, Mk.I/III
s/n PB580
Avro
PB 580
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB581, Mk.I/III
s/n PB581
Avro
PB 581
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB582, Mk.I/III
s/n PB582
Avro
PB 582
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB583, Mk.I/III
s/n PB583
Avro
PB 583
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB584, Mk.I/III
s/n PB584
Avro
PB 584
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB585, Mk.I/III
s/n PB585
Avro
PB 585
Merlin
last update: 2025-February-05
Lancaster PB586, Mk.I/III
s/n PB586
Avro
PB 586
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB587, Mk.I/III
s/n PB587
Avro
PB 587
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB588, Mk.I/III
s/n PB588
Avro
PB 588
Merlin
last update: 2025-February-05
Lancaster PB589, Mk.I/III
s/n PB589
Avro
PB 589
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB590, Mk.I/III
s/n PB590
Avro
PB 590
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB591, Mk.I/III
s/n PB591
Avro
PB 591
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB592, Mk.I/III
s/n PB592
Avro
PB 592
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB593, Mk.I/III
s/n PB593
Avro
PB 593
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB594, Mk.I/III
s/n PB594
Avro
PB 594
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB595, Mk.I/III
s/n PB595
Avro
PB 595
Merlin
last update: 2025-February-05
1945-February-23 KIA RCAF Flight Lieutenant William Mackie Constable 2024-05-17 1945-February-23 PoW RCAF Warrant Officer 2nd Class S Hart 2023-08-24 1945-February-23 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Ross John Hugh Johnstone 2024-06-01 1945-February-23 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Donald Elmer Leliever 2024-06-05 1945-February-23 PoW RCAF Flight Sergeant D Peletz 2023-09-23 1945-February-24 PoW RCAF Flying Officer R R Sommers 2023-10-01 Lancaster PB596, Mk.I/III
s/n PB596
Avro
PB 596
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB597,
s/n PB597
PB 597
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB598,
s/n PB598
PB 598
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB599,
s/n PB599
PB 599
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB600,
s/n PB600
PB 600
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB601,
s/n PB601
PB 601
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB602,
s/n PB602
PB 602
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB603,
s/n PB603
PB 603
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB604,
s/n PB604
PB 604
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB605,
s/n PB605
PB 605
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB606,
s/n PB606
PB 606
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB607,
s/n PB607
PB 607
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB608,
s/n PB608
PB 608
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB609, Mk.I/III
s/n PB609
Avro
PB 609
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB610, Mk.I/III
s/n PB610
Avro
PB 610
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB611, Mk.I/III
s/n PB611
Avro
PB 611
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB612, Mk.I/III
s/n PB612
Avro
PB 612
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB613, Mk.I/III
s/n PB613
Avro
PB 613
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB614, Mk.I/III
s/n PB614
Avro
PB 614
Merlin
last update: 2025-February-05
Lancaster PB615, Mk.I/III
s/n PB615
Avro
PB 615
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB616, Mk.I/III
s/n PB616
Avro
PB 616
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB617, Mk.I/III
s/n PB617
Avro
PB 617
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB618, Mk.I/III
s/n PB618
Avro
PB 618
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB619, Mk.I/III
s/n PB619
Avro
PB 619
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB620, Mk.I/III
s/n PB620
Avro
PB 620
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB621, Mk.I/III
s/n PB621
Avro
PB 621
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB622, Mk.I/III
s/n PB622
Avro
PB 622
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB623, Mk.I/III
s/n PB623
Avro
PB 623
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB624, Mk.I/III
s/n PB624
Avro
PB 624
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB625, Mk.I/III
s/n PB625
Avro
PB 625
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB626, Mk.I/III
s/n PB626
Avro
PB 626
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB627, Mk.I/III
s/n PB627
Avro
PB 627
Merlin
last update: 2025-February-05
Lancaster PB628, Mk.I/III
s/n PB628
Avro
PB 628
Merlin
last update: 2025-February-05
Lancaster PB629, Mk.I/III
s/n PB629
Avro
PB 629
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB630, Mk.I/III
s/n PB630
Avro
PB 630
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB631, Mk.I/III
s/n PB631
Avro
PB 631
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB632, Mk.I/III
s/n PB632
Avro
PB 632
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB633, Mk.I/III
s/n PB633
Avro
PB 633
Merlin
last update: 2025-February-05
Bombing Ulm Germany 1944-12-17 to 1944-12-17
(B) Sqn (RAF) RAF Kimington
Mid air collision with 156 Squadron PB675 GT-C. Crashed at Vienna-La-Ville at approximately at 21:15.
Pilot Officer J.L. Leckie, Flying Officer Schoop RCAF and Flying Officer G.D. Hetherington were killed. One of the crew, not Canadian, missing believed killed. Three other Canadians in the crew, Flight Sergeant Taylor, Sergeants Pratt, and H. Cuthbertson, returned to their unit on Dec 28/44.
Sergeant Leckie RCAF and Flying Officer Schoop RCAF, were initially buried in a collective grave at Vienna-La-Ville. Reinterred 21 May 1945.
Flying Officer Hetherington RCAF was initially buried in Champpiguel US Cemetery. Reinterred 21 May 1945
. 1944-December-17 KIA RAFVR Sergeant Davies. Edward Whelan Davies. Edward Whelan 2024-11-25 1944-December-17 KIA RCAF Flying Officer George Donald Frederick Hetherington 2024-11-25 1944-December-17 KIA RCAF Flying Officer John Lyle Leckie 2024-11-25 1944-December-17 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Harold Harrison Schopp 2024-11-25 Lancaster PB634, Mk.I/III
s/n PB634
Avro
PB 634
Merlin
last update: 2025-February-05
Bombing Bonn Germany 1944-12-28 to 1944-12-28
101 (B) Sqn (RAF) RAF Ludford Magna
101 Squadron (Mons Agitat Molem), RAF Ludford Magna. ABC equipped Lancaster III aircraft PB 634 SR-U and its bomb load blew up in mid-air over Lengsdorf, Germany during a night raid against targets in Bonn, Germany, with the loss of the entire crew
The Lancaster was probably shot down by Fw Richard Richter 8NJG 2 and crashed close to the target area near Lengsdorf, 2 km SW of Bonn, Germany
Pilot Officer CM Buell (RCAF), Pilot Officer JB McGregor (RCAF), Pilot Officer BV Cobbett (RCAF), Pilot Officer CR Bradley (RCAF), Flight Lieutenant WK Parke (RCAF), Sergeant WG Classen (RAFVR), Flying Officer K Gibbs DFC (RAFVR) and Sergeant D King (RAFVR) were all killed in action
Sergeant King was the Special Duties Operator for the ABC equipment. Airborne Cigar (ABC) was a transmitter aboard aircraft developed by A&AEE (Aeroplane & Armament Experimental Establishment), which jammed German fighter control frequencies, making it more difficult to vector night fighters to the area where the bombers were flying
[Royal Air Force Serial and Image Database]...
Lancaster III PB634 SR-U 101 Sqn.
"Belgians Remember Them": RAF aircraft's crash sites: Province of ...
1944-December-28 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Charles Raymond Bradley 2022-11-14 1944-December-28 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Chester Merrill Buell 2022-11-14 1944-December-28 KIA RAFVR Sergeant William George Classen 2024-02-29 1944-December-28 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Bernard Victor Cobbett 2024-03-07 1944-December-28 KIA RAFVR Flying Officer Kenneth Gibbs DFC 2022-11-14 1944-December-28 KIA RAFVR Sergeant Ronald King 2022-11-14 1944-December-28 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer James Bruce McGregor 2022-11-14 1944-December-28 KIA RCAF Flight Lieutenant William Kelvin Parke 2022-11-14 Lancaster PB635, Mk.I/III
s/n PB635
Avro
PB 635
Merlin
last update: 2025-February-05
Lancaster PB636, Mk.I/III
s/n PB636
Avro
PB 636
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB637, Mk.I/III
s/n PB637
Avro
PB 637
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB638, Mk.I/III
s/n PB638
Avro
PB 638
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB639, Mk.I/III
s/n PB639
Avro
PB 639
Merlin
last update: 2025-February-05
1944-November-02 KIA RCAF Sergeant Richard Elmer Fahselt 2021-08-06 1944-November-02 KIA RCAF Sergeant Clifford Allan Lord 2021-08-13 1944-November-02 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Joseph Maurice Allan McCann 2021-08-17 1944-November-02 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Robert Jamieson McCormack 2021-08-17 1944-November-02 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Clifford Conrad Robertson 2021-08-08 Lancaster PB640, Mk.I/III
s/n PB640
Avro
PB 640
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB641, Mk.I/III
s/n PB641
Avro
PB 641
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB642, Mk.I/III
s/n PB642
Avro
PB 642
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB643, Mk.I/III
s/n PB643
Avro
PB 643
Merlin
last update: 2025-February-05
Lancaster PB644, Mk.I/III
s/n PB644
Avro
PB 644
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB645, Mk.I/III
s/n PB645
Avro
PB 645
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB646, Mk.I/III
s/n PB646
Avro
PB 646
Merlin
last update: 2025-February-05
Lancaster PB647, Mk.I/III
s/n PB647
Avro
PB 647
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB648, Mk.I/III
s/n PB648
Avro
PB 648
Merlin
last update: 2025-February-05
1944-November-16 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Ralph William Carroll 2024-01-08 1944-November-16 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Edward Thomas Coles 2024-04-29 1944-November-16 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Kenneth Douglas Farrow 2021-08-06 1944-November-16 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Joseph Edmund Leaman 2023-08-22 1944-November-16 KIA RCAF Sergeant Ralph Robert Henry Schnaufer 2021-08-04 1944-November-16 KIA RCAF Sergeant Neil Lauretz Smith 2021-07-26 Lancaster PB649, Mk.I/III
s/n PB649
Avro
PB 649
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB650, Mk.I/III
s/n PB650
U
Avro
PB 650
Merlin
last update: 2025-February-05
Bombing Stuttgart Germany 1945-01-28 to 1945-01-28
405 (PFF) Sqn (RCAF) Gransden Lodge
405 City of Vancouver Squadron (Ducimus), Pathfinder Force. Lancaster aircraft P6650 was shot down at Deufringen, Germany during a night attack against Stuttgart, Germany. F/Os F.H. Cummer, W.B. Turner, FSs G.A. Smith, J.N. Rae, E.R Savage and Sergeant W. McCabrey (RAF) were also killed; one Canadian, FS MacDougall, was taken Prisoner of War.
1945-January-29 Failed to Return failed to return from operation over Stuttgart 2019-08-20
1945-January-28 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Franklin Howard Cummer 2024-05-26 1945-January-28 PoW RCAF Flight Sergeant D A MacDougall 2023-09-07 1945-January-28 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant John MacCauley Rae 2024-06-22 1945-January-28 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Edwin Robert Savage 2024-06-28 1945-January-28 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Gerald Albert Smith 2024-06-28 1945-January-28 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Walter Brian Turner 2024-07-10 Lancaster PB651, Mk.I/III
s/n PB651
Avro
PB 651
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB652, Mk.I/III
s/n PB652
Avro
PB 652
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB653, Mk.I/III
s/n PB653
Avro
PB 653
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB665,
s/n PB665
PB 665
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB666, Mk.I/III
s/n PB666
Avro
PB 666
Merlin
Lancaster PB667, Mk.I/III
s/n PB667
Avro
PB 667
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB668, Mk.I/III
s/n PB668
Avro
PB 668
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB669, Mk.I/III
s/n PB669
Avro
PB 669
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB670, Mk.I/III
s/n PB670
Avro
PB 670
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB671, Mk.I/III
s/n PB671
Avro
PB 671
Merlin
Lancaster PB672, Mk.I/III
s/n PB672
Avro
PB 672
Merlin
Lancaster PB673, Mk.I/III
s/n PB673
Avro
PB 673
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB674, Mk.I/III
s/n PB674
Avro
PB 674
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB675, Mk.I/III
s/n PB675
Avro
PB 675
Merlin
last update: 2025-February-05
Lancaster PB676, Mk.I/III
s/n PB676
Avro
PB 676
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB677, Mk.I/III
s/n PB677
Avro
PB 677
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB678, Mk.I/III
s/n PB678
Avro
PB 678
Merlin
last update: 2025-February-05
Lancaster PB679, Mk.I/III
s/n PB679
Avro
PB 679
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB680, Mk.I/III
s/n PB680
Avro
PB 680
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB681, Mk.I/III
s/n PB681
Avro
PB 681
Merlin
last update: 2025-February-05
Lancaster PB682, Mk.I/III
s/n PB682
Avro
PB 682
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB683, Mk.I/III
s/n PB683
Avro
PB 683
Merlin
Lancaster PB684, Mk.I/III
s/n PB684
Avro
PB 684
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB685, Mk.I/III
s/n PB685
Avro
PB 685
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB686, Mk.I/III
s/n PB686
Avro
PB 686
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB687, Mk.I/III
s/n PB687
Avro
PB 687
Merlin
last update: 2025-February-05
Bombing Osterfeld Germany 1944-12-31 to 1944-12-31
626 (B) Sqn (RAF) Wickenby
Lancaster aircraft PB 687 was shot down by an enemy fighter aircraft during operations against Osterfield, Germany. Flying Officer W H Pogson and FS. K.H. Austin (RAF) were also killed. The crew were ordered to bail out and all the crew responded except FS. Casey. The four survivors, three Canadians and one not Canadian, jumped out of the front of the aircraft and were returned safely to the United Kingdom. The three casualties all jumped out of the rear of the aircraft.
Claim by Hptm Johannes Hager 6/NJG1 at 19:05. (Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1945 Part 5 - Theo Boiten)
Lancaster PB688, Mk.I/III
s/n PB688
Avro
PB 688
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB689, Mk.I/III
s/n PB689
Avro
PB 689
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB690, Mk.I/III
s/n PB690
Avro
PB 690
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB691, Mk.I/III
s/n PB691
Avro
PB 691
Merlin
last update: 2025-February-05
Lancaster PB692, Mk.I/III
s/n PB692
Avro
PB 692
Merlin
last update: 2025-February-05
1944-November-06 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Arthur John Bate 2024-11-09 1944-November-06 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Ian MacCallum Hamilton 2024-12-30 1944-November-06 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Phil Leeds 2024-12-30 1944-November-06 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Harold Kester Mainprize 2024-12-30 1944-November-06 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Walter Norman Moore 2024-12-30 Lancaster PB693, Mk.I/III
s/n PB693
Avro
PB 693
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB694, Mk.I/III
s/n PB694
Avro
PB 694
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB695, Mk.I/III
s/n PB695
Avro
PB 695
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB696, Mk.I/III
s/n PB696
Avro
PB 696
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB697, Mk.I/III
s/n PB697
Avro
PB 697
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB698, Mk.I/III
s/n PB698
Avro
PB 698
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB699, Mk.I/III
s/n PB699
Avro
PB 699
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB700, Mk.I/III
s/n PB700
Avro
PB 700
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB701, Mk.I/III
s/n PB701
Avro
PB 701
Merlin
Lancaster PB702, Mk.I/III
s/n PB702
Avro
PB 702
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB703, Mk.I/III
s/n PB703
Avro
PB 703
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB704, Mk.I/III
s/n PB704
Avro
PB 704
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB705, Mk.I/III
s/n PB705
Avro
PB 705
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB706, Mk.I/III
s/n PB706
Avro
PB 706
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB707, Mk.I/III
s/n PB707
Avro
PB 707
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB708, Mk.I/III
s/n PB708
Avro
PB 708
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB721, Mk.I/III
s/n PB721
Avro
PB 721
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB722, Mk.I/III
s/n PB722
Avro
PB 722
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB723, Mk.I/III
s/n PB723
Avro
PB 723
Merlin
last update: 2025-February-05
Lancaster PB724, Mk.I/III
s/n PB724
Avro
PB 724
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB725, Mk.I/III
s/n PB725
Avro
PB 725
Merlin
Lancaster PB726, Mk.I/III
s/n PB726
Avro
PB 726
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB727, Mk.I/III
s/n PB727
Avro
PB 727
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB728, Mk.I/III
s/n PB728
Avro
PB 728
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB729, Mk.I/III
s/n PB729
Avro
PB 729
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB730, Mk.I/III
s/n PB730
Avro
PB 730
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB731, Mk.I/III
s/n PB731
Avro
PB 731
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB732, Mk.I/III
s/n PB732
Avro
PB 732
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB733, Mk.I/III
s/n PB733
Avro
PB 733
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB734, Mk.I/III
s/n PB734
Avro
PB 734
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB735, Mk.I/III
s/n PB735
Avro
PB 735
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB736, Mk.I/III
s/n PB736
Avro
PB 736
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB737, Mk.I/III
s/n PB737
Avro
PB 737
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB738, Mk.I/III
s/n PB738
Avro
PB 738
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB739, Mk.I/III
s/n PB739
Avro
PB 739
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB740, Mk.I/III
s/n PB740
Avro
PB 740
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB741, Mk.I/III
s/n PB741
Avro
PB 741
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB742, Mk.I/III
s/n PB742
Avro
PB 742
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB743, Mk.I/III
s/n PB743
Avro
PB 743
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB744, Mk.I/III
s/n PB744
Avro
PB 744
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB745, Mk.I/III
s/n PB745
Avro
PB 745
Merlin
last update: 2025-February-05
Lancaster PB746, Mk.I/III
s/n PB746
Avro
PB 746
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB747, Mk.I/III
s/n PB747
Avro
PB 747
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB748, Mk.I/III
s/n PB748
Avro
PB 748
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB749, Mk.I/III
s/n PB749
Avro
PB 749
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB750, Mk.I/III
s/n PB750
Avro
PB 750
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB751, Mk.I/III
s/n PB751
Avro
PB 751
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB752, Mk.I/III
s/n PB752
Avro
PB 752
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB753, Mk.I/III
s/n PB753
Avro
PB 753
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB754, Mk.I/III
s/n PB754
Avro
PB 754
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB755, Mk.I/III
s/n PB755
Avro
PB 755
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB756, Mk.I/III
s/n PB756
Avro
PB 756
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB757, Mk.I/III
s/n PB757
Avro
PB 757
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB758, Mk.I/III
s/n PB758
Avro
PB 758
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB759, Mk.I/III
s/n PB759
Avro
PB 759
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB760, Mk.I/III
s/n PB760
Avro
PB 760
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB761, Mk.I/III
s/n PB761
Avro
PB 761
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB762, Mk.I/III
s/n PB762
Avro
PB 762
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB763, Mk.I/III
s/n PB763
Avro
PB 763
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB764, Mk.I/III
s/n PB764
Avro
PB 764
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB765, Mk.I/III
s/n PB765
Avro
PB 765
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB766, Mk.I/III
s/n PB766
Avro
PB 766
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB767, Mk.I/III
s/n PB767
Avro
PB 767
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB768, Mk.I/III
s/n PB768
Avro
PB 768
Merlin
Lancaster PB780, Mk.I/III
s/n PB780
Avro
PB 780
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB781, Mk.I/III
s/n PB781
Avro
PB 781
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB782, Mk.I/III
s/n PB782
Avro
PB 782
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB783, Mk.I/III
s/n PB783
Avro
PB 783
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB784, Mk.I/III
s/n PB784
Avro
PB 784
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB785, Mk.I/III
s/n PB785
Avro
PB 785
Merlin
last update: 2025-February-05
1945-March-17 KIA RCAF Flight Lieutenant Frank Edmond Dotten 2024-10-27 1945-March-17 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer James Stanley Marks Gibb 2024-05-26 1945-March-17 KIA RCAF Flying Officer William Frederick Nicol 2024-06-22 1945-March-17 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Edward James Peverley 2024-06-22 1945-March-17 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Donald Swallow Quinn 2024-06-22 1945-March-17 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Roland James Saundercook 2024-06-28 Lancaster PB786, Mk.I/III
s/n PB786
Avro
PB 786
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB787, Mk.I/III
s/n PB787
Avro
PB 787
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB788, Mk.I/III
s/n PB788
Avro
PB 788
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB789, Mk.I/III
s/n PB789
Avro
PB 789
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB790, Mk.I/III
s/n PB790
Avro
PB 790
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB791, Mk.I/III
s/n PB791
Avro
PB 791
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB792, Mk.I/III
s/n PB792
Avro
PB 792
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB793, Mk.I/III
s/n PB793
Avro
PB 793
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB794, Mk.I/III
s/n PB794
Avro
PB 794
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB795, Mk.I/III
s/n PB795
Avro
PB 795
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB796, Mk.I/III
s/n PB796
Avro
PB 796
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB797, Mk.I/III
s/n PB797
Avro
PB 797
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB798, Mk.I/III
s/n PB798
Avro
PB 798
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB799, Mk.I/III
s/n PB799
Avro
PB 799
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB800, Mk.I/III
s/n PB800
Avro
PB 800
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB801, Mk.I/III
s/n PB801
Avro
PB 801
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB802, Mk.I/III
s/n PB802
Avro
PB 802
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB803, Mk.I/III
s/n PB803
Avro
PB 803
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB804, Mk.I/III
s/n PB804
Avro
PB 804
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB805, Mk.I/III
s/n PB805
Avro
PB 805
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB806, Mk.I/III
s/n PB806
Avro
PB 806
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB807, Mk.I/III
s/n PB807
Avro
PB 807
Merlin
last update: 2025-February-05
Bombing Wiesbaden Germany 1945-02-02 to 1945-02-02
460 (B) Sqn (RAAF) RAF Binbrook, Lincolnshire, Untied Kingdom
460 Australia Squadron (Strike And Return). Lancaster aircraft PB 807 was delivered to 460 Squadron in Dec 1944. The aircraft was on a night raid against Wiesbaden, Germany, when it crashed at Riedelbach, Germany. The cause of the crash is unknown. Casualties included RCAF Pilot Officer D.G. Russell (air gunner); RAAF Pilot Officer N.W. Everett (navigator), RAAF Flying Officer J. Macguire (pilot), and W/O D.B. May (wireless operator / air gunner); RAFVR Sgt's. R.B. Newton (flight engineer) and W.G. Potter (air gunner); and RAF Flt. Sgt. R.H. Whitecap (bomb aimer).Lancaster PB808, Mk.I/III
s/n PB808
Avro
PB 808
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB809, Mk.I/III
s/n PB809
Avro
PB 809
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB810, Mk.I/III
s/n PB810
Avro
PB 810
Merlin
last update: 2025-February-05
Lancaster PB811, Mk.I/III
s/n PB811
Avro
PB 811
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB812, Mk.I/III
s/n PB812
Avro
PB 812
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB813, Mk.I/III
s/n PB813
Avro
PB 813
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB814, Mk.I/III
s/n PB814
Avro
PB 814
Merlin
last update: 2025-February-05
Lancaster PB815, Mk.I/III
s/n PB815
Avro
PB 815
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB816, Mk.I/III
s/n PB816
Avro
PB 816
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB817, Mk.I/III
s/n PB817
Avro
PB 817
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB818, Mk.I/III
s/n PB818
Avro
PB 818
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB819, Mk.I/III
s/n PB819
Avro
PB 819
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB820, Mk.I/III
s/n PB820
Avro
PB 820
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB821, Mk.I/III
s/n PB821
Avro
PB 821
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB822, Mk.I/III
s/n PB822
Avro
PB 822
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB823, Mk.I/III
s/n PB823
Avro
PB 823
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB836, Mk.I/III
s/n PB836
Avro
PB 836
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB837, Mk.I/III
s/n PB837
Avro
PB 837
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB838, Mk.I/III
s/n PB838
Avro
PB 838
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB839, Mk.I/III
s/n PB839
Avro
PB 839
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB840, Mk.I/III
s/n PB840
Avro
PB 840
Merlin
last update: 2025-February-05
Lancaster PB841, Mk.I/III
s/n PB841
Avro
PB 841
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB842, Mk.I/III
s/n PB842
Avro
PB 842
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB843, Mk.I/III
s/n PB843
Avro
PB 843
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB844, Mk.I/III
s/n PB844
Avro
PB 844
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB845, Mk.I/III
s/n PB845
Avro
PB 845
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB846, Mk.I/III
s/n PB846
Avro
PB 846
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB847, Mk.I/III
s/n PB847
Avro
PB 847
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB848, Mk.I/III
s/n PB848
Avro
PB 848
Merlin
Lancaster PB849, Mk.I/III
s/n PB849
Avro
PB 849
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB850, Mk.I/III
s/n PB850
Avro
PB 850
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB851, Mk.I/III
s/n PB851
Avro
PB 851
Merlin
Lancaster PB852, Mk.I/III
s/n PB852
Avro
PB 852
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB853, Mk.I/III
s/n PB853
Avro
PB 853
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB854, Mk.I/III
s/n PB854
Avro
PB 854
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB855, Mk.I/III
s/n PB855
Avro
PB 855
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB856, Mk.I/III
s/n PB856
Avro
PB 856
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB857, Mk.I/III
s/n PB857
Avro
PB 857
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB858, Mk.I/III
s/n PB858
Avro
PB 858
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB859, Mk.I/III
s/n PB859
Avro
PB 859
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB860, Mk.I/III
s/n PB860
Avro
PB 860
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB861, Mk.I/III
s/n PB861
Avro
PB 861
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB862, Mk.I/III
s/n PB862
Avro
PB 862
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB863, Mk.I/III
s/n PB863
Avro
PB 863
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB864, Mk.I/III
s/n PB864
Avro
PB 864
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB865, Mk.I/III
s/n PB865
Avro
PB 865
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB866, Mk.I/III
s/n PB866
Avro
PB 866
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB867, Mk.I/III
s/n PB867
Avro
PB 867
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB868, Mk.I/III
s/n PB868
Avro
PB 868
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB869, Mk.I/III
s/n PB869
Avro
PB 869
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB870, Mk.I/III
s/n PB870
Avro
PB 870
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB871, Mk.I/III
s/n PB871
Avro
PB 871
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB872, Mk.I/III
s/n PB872
Avro
PB 872
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB873, Mk.I/III
s/n PB873
Avro
PB 873
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB874, Mk.I/III
s/n PB874
Avro
PB 874
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB875, Mk.I/III
s/n PB875
Avro
PB 875
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB876, Mk.I/III
s/n PB876
Avro
PB 876
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB877, Mk.I/III
s/n PB877
Avro
PB 877
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB878, Mk.I/III
s/n PB878
Avro
PB 878
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB879, Mk.I/III
s/n PB879
Avro
PB 879
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB880, Mk.I/III
s/n PB880
Avro
PB 880
Merlin
last update: 2025-February-05
Lancaster PB881, Mk.I/III
s/n PB881
Avro
PB 881
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB891,
s/n PB891
PB 891
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB892,
s/n PB892
PB 892
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB893, Mk.I/III
s/n PB893
Avro
PB 893
Merlin
last update: 2025-February-05
Lancaster PB894, Mk.I/III
s/n PB894
Avro
PB 894
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB895, Mk.I/III
s/n PB895
Avro
PB 895
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB896, Mk.I/III
s/n PB896
Avro
PB 896
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB897, Mk.I/III
s/n PB897
Avro
PB 897
Merlin
last update: 2025-February-05
Lancaster PB898, Mk.I/III
s/n PB898
Avro
PB 898
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB899, Mk.I/III
s/n PB899
Avro
PB 899
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Minelaying Bay of Pomerania 1945-02-14 to 1945-02-15
424 (B) Sqn (RCAF) Skipton-on-Swale
424 Tiger Squadron (Castigandos Castigamus) RAF Skipton-on-Swale. Lancaster BIII aircraft PB 800 QB-A and crew were lost without a trace while on a GARDENING (sea-mining) operation over the Bay of Pomerania in the Baltic Sea. No cause of loss or crash location was determined at the time but later research found a night fighter claim in the "Nightfighter War Diaries" Volume 2 by Dr Theo Boiten and Roderick MacKenzie for this aircraft from Oblt Herbert Koch of 1/NGJ 3
Flight Lieutenant FC Aldworth (RCAF), Pilot Officer GS Guthrie (RCAF), Pilot Officer KA Miller (RCAF), Flight Sergeant KC McMurchy (RCAF), Flying Officer EE Reaney (RCAF), Pilot Officer V Smith (RCAF) and Pilot Officer LF Davis (RAFVR) were all missing, presumed killed in action
The missing have no known grave and all are commemorated on the Runnymede War Memorial
On 1945-02-14, Squadron Leader A. Ross Dawson, the Chief Technical Officer with 424/433 Sqds at Skipton on Swale, wrote in his diary: "Well as I expected the target last night was in direct aid of the Russians. Dresden got a real pounding apparently with a big follow-up attack by the Americans. Apparently these are some of the tactics decided upon at the "Big Three" conference a week ago in the Crimea between Churchill, Roosevelt & Stalin. Today we got 4 away on bombing from 424. Chemintz near Dresden was the target . . . 424 had one early return with duff H2S & we also lost "A" of 424 [PB899] - Flight Lieutenant Aldworth who failed to show up."
[Royal Air Force Serial and Image Database]...
424 Squadron Lancaster I PB899 QB-A Fl/Lt Aldworth Oblt Herbert...
1945-February-15 KIA RCAF Flight Lieutenant Frank Carter Aldworth 2023-03-31 1945-February-15 KIA RAFVR Pilot Officer Lawrence Fortnam Davis 2024-09-29 1945-February-15 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer George Scott Guthrie 2023-03-31 1945-February-15 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Kenneth Cameron McMurchy 2023-03-31 1945-February-15 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Kenneth Alexander Miller 2023-03-31 1945-February-15 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Elias Eldon Reaney 2023-03-31 1945-February-15 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Vernon Beverley (Babe) Smith 2023-03-31 Lancaster PB900, Mk.I/III
s/n PB900
Avro
PB 900
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB901, Mk.I/III
s/n PB901
Avro
PB 901
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB902, Mk.I/III
s/n PB902
Avro
PB 902
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB903, Mk.I/III
s/n PB903
Avro
PB 903
Merlin
last update: 2025-February-05
1945-April-10 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Robert James Grisdale 2024-04-13 1945-April-10 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Joseph Michael Hirak 2024-04-21 1945-April-10 KIA RCAF Flying Officer William Gordon McLeod 2024-04-22 1945-April-10 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer David William Roberts 2024-05-01 1945-April-10 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Francis Gerald Seeley 2024-05-01 1945-April-10 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Isaac Buck Zierler 2024-05-01 Lancaster PB904, Mk.I/III
s/n PB904
Avro
PB 904
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB905, Mk.I/III
s/n PB905
Avro
PB 905
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB906, Mk.I/III
s/n PB906
Avro
PB 906
Merlin
last update: 2025-February-05
Lancaster PB907, Mk.I/III
s/n PB907
Avro
PB 907
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB908, Mk.I/III
s/n PB908
Avro
PB 908
Merlin
last update: 2025-February-05
Lancaster PB909, Mk.I/III
s/n PB909
Avro
PB 909
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB910, Mk.I/III
s/n PB910
Avro
PB 910
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB911, Mk.I/III
s/n PB911
Avro
PB 911
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB912, Mk.I/III
s/n PB912
Avro
PB 912
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB913, Mk.I/III
s/n PB913
Avro
PB 913
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB914, Mk.I/III
s/n PB914
Avro
PB 914
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB915, Mk.I/III
s/n PB915
Avro
PB 915
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB916, Mk.I/III
s/n PB916
Avro
PB 916
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB917, Mk.I/III
s/n PB917
Avro
PB 917
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB918, Mk.I/III
s/n PB918
Avro
PB 918
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB919, Mk.I/III
s/n PB919
Avro
PB 919
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB920, Mk.I/III
s/n PB920
Avro
PB 920
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB921, Mk.I/III
s/n PB921
Avro
PB 921
Merlin
Lancaster PB922, Mk.I/III
s/n PB922
Avro
PB 922
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB923, Mk.I/III
s/n PB923
Avro
PB 923
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB924, Mk.I/III
s/n PB924
Avro
PB 924
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB925, Mk.I/III
s/n PB925
Avro
PB 925
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB926, Mk.I/III
s/n PB926
Avro
PB 926
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB927, Mk.I/III
s/n PB927
Avro
PB 927
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB928, Mk.I/III
s/n PB928
Avro
PB 928
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB929, Mk.I/III
s/n PB929
Avro
PB 929
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB930, Mk.I/III
s/n PB930
Avro
PB 930
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB931, Mk.I/III
s/n PB931
Avro
PB 931
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB932, Mk.I/III
s/n PB932
Avro
PB 932
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB933, Mk.I/III
s/n PB933
Avro
PB 933
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB934, Mk.I/III
s/n PB934
Avro
PB 934
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB935, Mk.I/III
s/n PB935
Avro
PB 935
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB936, Mk.I/III
s/n PB936
Avro
PB 936
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB949, Mk.I/III
s/n PB949
Avro
PB 949
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB950, Mk.I/III
s/n PB950
Avro
PB 950
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB951, Mk.I/III
s/n PB951
Avro
PB 951
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB952, Mk.I/III
s/n PB952
Avro
PB 952
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB953, Mk.I/III
s/n PB953
Avro
PB 953
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB954, Mk.I/III
s/n PB954
Avro
PB 954
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB955, Mk.I/III
s/n PB955
Avro
PB 955
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB956, Mk.I/III
s/n PB956
Avro
PB 956
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB957, Mk.I/III
s/n PB957
Avro
PB 957
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB958, Mk.I/III
s/n PB958
Avro
PB 958
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB959, Mk.I/III
s/n PB959
Avro
PB 959
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB960, Mk.I/III
s/n PB960
Avro
PB 960
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB961, Mk.I/III
s/n PB961
Avro
PB 961
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB962, Mk.I/III
s/n PB962
Avro
PB 962
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB963, Mk.I/III
s/n PB963
Avro
PB 963
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB964, Mk.I/III
s/n PB964
Avro
PB 964
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB965, Mk.I/III
s/n PB965
Avro
PB 965
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB966, Mk.I/III
s/n PB966
Avro
PB 966
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB967, Mk.I/III
s/n PB967
Avro
PB 967
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB968, Mk.I/III
s/n PB968
Avro
PB 968
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB969, Mk.I/III
s/n PB969
Avro
PB 969
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB970, Mk.I/III
s/n PB970
Avro
PB 970
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB971, Mk.I/III
s/n PB971
Avro
PB 971
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB972, Mk.I/III
s/n PB972
Avro
PB 972
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB973, Mk.I/III
s/n PB973
Avro
PB 973
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB974, Mk.I/III
s/n PB974
Avro
PB 974
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB975, Mk.I/III
s/n PB975
Avro
PB 975
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB976, Mk.I/III
s/n PB976
Avro
PB 976
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB977, Mk.I/III
s/n PB977
Avro
PB 977
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB978, Mk.I/III
s/n PB978
Avro
PB 978
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB979, Mk.I/III
s/n PB979
Avro
PB 979
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB980, Mk.I/III
s/n PB980
Avro
PB 980
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB981, Mk.I/III
s/n PB981
Avro
PB 981
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB982, Mk.I/III
s/n PB982
Avro
PB 982
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB983, Mk.I/III
s/n PB983
Avro
PB 983
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB984, Mk.I/III
s/n PB984
Avro
PB 984
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB985, Mk.I/III
s/n PB985
Avro
PB 985
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB986, Mk.I/III
s/n PB986
Avro
PB 986
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB987, Mk.I/III
s/n PB987
Avro
PB 987
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB988, Mk.I/III
s/n PB988
Avro
PB 988
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB989, Mk.I/III
s/n PB989
Avro
PB 989
Merlin
last update: 2025-February-05
Lancaster PB990, Mk.I/III
s/n PB990
Avro
PB 990
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB991, Mk.I/III
s/n PB991
Avro
PB 991
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB992, Mk.I/III
s/n PB992
Avro
PB 992
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB993, Mk.I/III
s/n PB993
Avro
PB 993
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB994, Mk.I/III
s/n PB994
Avro
PB 994
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB995, Mk.I
s/n PB995
Avro
PB 995
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB996, Mk.I
s/n PB996
Avro
PB 996
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB997, Mk.I
s/n PB997
Avro
PB 997
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster PB998, Mk.I
s/n PB998
Avro
PB 998
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-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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| Propellers: | 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.