Lancaster (Total: 7,377, Canadian: 257, Group 257)
Avro Lancaster
Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum
The Avro Lancaster is a British Second World War heavy bomber. It was designed and manufactured by Avro as a contemporary of the Handley Page Halifax, both bombers having been developed to the same specification, as well as the Short Stirling, all three aircraft being four-engined heavy bombers adopted by the Royal Air Force (RAF) during the same wartime era.
The Lancaster has its origins in the twin-engine Avro Manchester which had been developed during the late 1930s in response to the Air Ministry Specification P.13/36 for a capable medium bomber for "world-wide use". Originally developed as an evolution of the Manchester (which had proved troublesome in service and was retired in 1942), the Lancaster was designed by Roy Chadwick and powered by four Rolls-Royce Merlins and in one version, Bristol Hercules engines. It first saw service with RAF Bomber Command in 1942 and as the strategic bombing offensive over Europe gathered momentum, it was the main aircraft for the night-time bombing campaigns that followed. As increasing numbers of the type were produced, it became the principal heavy bomber used by the RAF, the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) and squadrons from other Commonwealth and European countries serving within the RAF, overshadowing the Halifax and Stirling. Wikipedia
Lancaster Bomber
WikipediaLancaster Mk.I serial R5482
s/n R5482
Q
Avro
R 5482
Merlin
Known Units: 97 Sqn;101 Sqn
last update: 2025-June-27
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5483
s/n R5483
S
Avro
R 5483
Merlin
Known Units: 1654 HCU;1654 HCU;1654 HCU
last update: 2025-June-27
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5484
s/n R5484
V
Avro
R 5484
Merlin
Known Units: 83 Sqn
Delivered to No. 44 Sqn (KM-K) Mar 1942. Transferred to No, 83 Sqn (OL-V) Mar 1943. Missing on operation to Pilzen 16/17 Apr 1943. 67 operational hours.last update: 2025-February-05
Bombing Pilsen Czechoslovakia 1943-04-16 to 1943-04-17
83 (B) Sqn (RAF) RAF Wyton
83 Squadron (Strike To Defend), Pathfinder Force, RAF Wyton. Lancaster BI aircraft R 5484 OL-V was shot down by night fighter pilot Oberfeldwebel Kurt Karsten of the 7/NJG 4, flying a Bf 110 from Juvincourt airfield during an operation against the Skoda Works in Pilsen, Czech Republic. The Lancaster crashed onto the house of Madame Chedeville, in the centre of Pontavert, Aisne, France
Flying Officer GA McNichol (RCAF) was killed in action
Flight Lieutenant HH Beaupre DFC (RCAF), Warrant Officer 1st Class CE Hobbs (RCAF), Flight Lieutenant TW Lewis DFC & Bar (RCAF)(USA), Flight Sergeant GS MacFarlane (RAF), Warrant Officer GC Mott (RAF) and Sergeant HR Willis (RAF) survived and were taken as Prisoners of War
[Royal Air Force serial and Image Database]...
1943-April-17 PoW RCAF Flight Lieutenant Henry Harold Beaupre DFC 2023-11-16 1943-April-17 PoW RCAF Warrant Officer 1 Charles Erskine Hobbs 2025-01-05
1943-April-17 PoW RCAF Flight Lieutenant Thomas William Lewis DFC & Bar 2023-05-15
1943-April-17 PoW RAF Flight Sergeant George Stanley MacFarlane 2023-05-15 1943-April-17 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Glen Alexander McNichol 2023-11-28 1943-April-17 PoW RAF Warrant Officer George Christopher Mott 2023-05-15 1943-April-17 PoW RAF Sergeant Henry Richard Willis 2023-05-15 Lancaster Mk.I serial R5485
s/n R5485
G
Avro
R 5485
Merlin
Known Units: 467 Sqn;1654 HCU;1654 HCU
last update: 2025-June-27
Bombing Revigny-Sur-Ornain France 1944-07-19 to 1944-07-19
467 (B) Sqn (RAAF) RAF Waddington, Lincolnshire, England
467 Australia Squadron. Lancaster R5485 was on a mission to bomb the railway yards at Revigny, France. Homeward-bound, the aircraft was intercepted by a German night fighter. Taken Prisoner of War was RCAF Fg/O E.F.G. Haddlesey. Casualties included RAAF members Flying Officer T.E.W. Davis and Flt. Sgt. C.F. Allen. The remainder of the crew evaded capture: Flying Officer M.W. Edgerley, F/S's D.V. Kelly and L.W. McGowan, and Sgt. W.F. Marshall.Lancaster Mk.I serial R5486
s/n R5486
Avro
R 5486
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-June-27
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5487
s/n R5487
V
Avro
R 5487
Merlin
Known Units: 97 Sqn
Delivered to No. 97 Sqn (OF-V) 28 Feb 1942. Took part in the 1000-bomber raid on Essen 1/2 Jun 1942. Missing on operation to Hamburg 26/27 Jul 1942. 174 operational hours.last update: 2025-February-05
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5488
s/n R5488
F
Avro
R 5488
Merlin
Known Units: 97 Sqn;61 Sqn
First with No. 97 Sqn (OF-F). This aircraft was part of the daylight Augsburg Raid of 17 Apr 1942, captained by Flying Officer Rodley. It returned safely from that operation. The aircraft was transferred to No. 61 Sqn (QR-F) May 1942, and participated in the 1000-bomber raid on Cologne 30/31 May 1942 and the subsequent 1000-bomber operations to Essen andBremen. Missing on Gardening operation 3/4 Jul 1942. 123 operational hours.last update: 2025-February-05
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5489
s/n R5489
Avro
R 5489
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-June-27
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5490
s/n R5490
M
Avro
R 5490
Merlin
Known Units: 15 Sqn;97 Sqn;97 Sqn
last update: 2025-June-27
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5491
s/n R5491
Avro
R 5491
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-June-27
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5492
s/n R5492
N
Avro
R 5492
Merlin
Known Units: 1661 HCU
last update: 2025-June-27
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5493
s/n R5493
Avro
R 5493
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-June-27
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5494
s/n R5494
O
Avro
R 5494
Merlin
Known Units: 44 Sqn
last update: 2025-June-27
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5495
s/n R5495
N
Avro
R 5495
Merlin
Known Units: 97 Sqn
last update: 2025-June-27
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5496
s/n R5496
U
Avro
R 5496
Merlin
Known Units: 97 Sqn
last update: 2025-June-27
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5497
s/n R5497
Z
Avro
R 5497
Merlin
Known Units: 97 Sqn
last update: 2025-June-27
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5498
s/n R5498
Avro
R 5498
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-June-27
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5499
s/n R5499
O
Avro
R 5499
Merlin
Known Units: 207 Sqn
With No. 207 Sqn (EM-O) Conversion Flight, then on Gardening operations. Lost on Gardening operation 10/11 Aug 1942. 176 operational hours.last update: 2025-February-05
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5500
s/n R5500
K
Avro
R 5500
Merlin
Known Units: 1 LFS
last update: 2025-June-27
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5501
s/n R5501
Avro
R 5501
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-June-27
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5502
s/n R5502
M
Avro
R 5502
Merlin
Known Units: 97 Sqn
last update: 2025-June-27
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5503
s/n R5503
S
Avro
R 5503
Merlin
Known Units: 207 Sqn
last update: 2025-June-27
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5504
s/n R5504
P
Avro
R 5504
Merlin
Known Units: 207 Sqn
last update: 2025-June-27
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5505
s/n R5505
Avro
R 5505
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-June-27
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5506
s/n R5506
P
Avro
R 5506
Merlin
Known Units: 44 Sqn
last update: 2025-June-27
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5507
s/n R5507
Y
Avro
R 5507
Merlin
Known Units: 207 Sqn;1668 HCU
last update: 2025-June-27
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5508
s/n R5508
C
Avro
R 5508
Merlin
Known Units: 44 Sqn;15 Sqn
last update: 2025-June-27
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5509
s/n R5509
Avro
R 5509
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-June-27
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5510
s/n R5510
A
Avro
R 5510
Merlin
Known Units: 44 Sqn
With No. 44 Sqn (KM-A). Shot down in the daylight mission over Augsburg 17 Apr 1942. The aircraft was piloted by Flying Officer A.J. Garwell DFMlast update: 2025-February-05
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5511
s/n R5511
Avro
R 5511
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-June-27
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5512
s/n R5512
C
Avro
R 5512
Merlin
Known Units: 97 Sqn
Delivered to No. 97 Sqn (OF-C) Mar 1942. Missing (crashed near Amsterdam) on operation to Duisburg 20/21 Dec 1942. 359 operational hours. [Robertson gives the aircraft damaged and SOC 21 Dec 1942, which is incompatible with the data in RAF Commands]last update: 2025-February-05
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5513
s/n R5513
P
Avro
R 5513
Merlin
Known Units: 97 Sqn
last update: 2025-June-27
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5514
s/n R5514
J
Avro
R 5514
Merlin
Known Units: 622 Sqn;622 Sqn;1654 HCU
last update: 2025-June-27
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5515
s/n R5515
A
Avro
R 5515
Merlin
Known Units: 44 Sqn
last update: 2025-June-27
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5516
s/n R5516
F
Avro
R 5516
Merlin
Known Units: 44 Sqn
last update: 2025-June-27
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5517
s/n R5517
Avro
R 5517
Merlin
Known Units: 61
Delivered to No. 61 Sqn 2 May 1942. Missing on operation toEmden 22/23 Jun 1942 . 67 operational hours.last update: 2025-February-05
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5537
s/n R5537
B
Avro
R 5537
Merlin
Known Units: 97 Sqn
last update: 2025-June-27
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5538
s/n R5538
H
Avro
R 5538
Merlin
Known Units: 97 Sqn
last update: 2025-June-27
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5539
s/n R5539
Avro
R 5539
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-June-27
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5540
s/n R5540
Avro
R 5540
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-June-27
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5541
s/n R5541
Avro
R 5541
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-June-27
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5542
s/n R5542
Avro
R 5542
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-June-27
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5543
s/n R5543
Avro
R 5543
Merlin
Known Units: ;61
Delivered to No. 61 Sqn, Luffenham Apr 1942. Missing on Atlantic patrol, 20 Aug 1942.last update: 2025-February-05
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5544
s/n R5544
Avro
R 5544
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-June-27
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5545
s/n R5545
Avro
R 5545
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-June-27
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5546
s/n R5546
Avro
R 5546
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-June-27
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5547
s/n R5547
V
Avro
R 5547
Merlin
Known Units: 1661 HCU
last update: 2025-June-27
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5548
s/n R5548
Avro
R 5548
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-June-27
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5549
s/n R5549
Avro
R 5549
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-June-27
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5550
s/n R5550
B
Avro
R 5550
Merlin
Known Units: 207 Sqn
last update: 2025-June-27
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5551
s/n R5551
V
Avro
R 5551
Merlin
Known Units: 97;106
Delivered to No. 97, no operations. Transferred to No. 106 Sqn (ZN-V) May1942. Took part in numerous operations, including the 1000-bomber raid on Essen 1/2 Jun 1943. It dropped the first 8,000 lb bomb on Turin (operation flown by W/C G.P. Gibson). Missing on operation to Oberhausen 14/15 Jun 1943. 365 operational hours.last update: 2025-February-05
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5552
s/n R5552
P
Avro
R 5552
Merlin
Known Units: 97 Sqn
last update: 2025-June-27
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5553
s/n R5553
Avro
R 5553
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-June-27
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5554
s/n R5554
Avro
R 5554
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-June-27
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5555
s/n R5555
P
Avro
R 5555
Merlin
Known Units: 44 Sqn
last update: 2025-June-27
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5556
s/n R5556
C
Avro
R 5556
Merlin
Known Units: 44 Sqn
last update: 2025-June-27
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5557
s/n R5557
Avro
R 5557
Merlin
Known Units: ;44
last update: 2025-June-27
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5558
s/n R5558
J
Avro
R 5558
Merlin
Known Units: 97 Sqn
Delivered to No. 97 Sqn (OF-J) Apr 1942. Crashed in the North Sea near Wells, Norfolk after operation to Duisburg on 14-Jul 1942. 61 operational hours.last update: 2025-February-05
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5559
s/n R5559
Avro
R 5559
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-June-27
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5560
s/n R5560
Avro
R 5560
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-June-27
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5561
s/n R5561
Avro
R 5561
Merlin
Known Units: ;61
Delivered to No. 61 Sqn Apr 1942. Missing on the 1000-bomber raid on Cologne 30/31 May 1942. 37 operational hours.last update: 2025-February-05
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5562
s/n R5562
Avro
R 5562
Merlin
Known Units: ;61
Delivered to No. 61 Sqn 26 Apr 1942. Participated in the 1000-bomber raids on Cologne and Essen. Missing on operation to Essen 3/4 Jun 1942. 64 operational hours. There appears to be discrepancies in the sources. Mason gives the date of loss as 24/25 Aug 1942 and Robertson gives 1 Jul 1942.last update: 2025-February-05
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5563
s/n R5563
Avro
R 5563
Merlin
Known Units: 61
Delivered to No. 61 Sqn 26 Apr 1942. Missing on search from German blockade runner off the Spanish coast 19/20 Aug 1942. 45 operational hours.last update: 2025-February-05
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5564
s/n R5564
Avro
R 5564
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-June-27
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5565
s/n R5565
S
Avro
R 5565
Merlin
Known Units: 61 Sqn
last update: 2025-June-27
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5566
s/n R5566
B
Avro
R 5566
Merlin
Known Units: 83 Sqn
last update: 2025-June-27
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5567
s/n R5567
Avro
R 5567
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-June-27
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5568
s/n R5568
Avro
R 5568
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-June-27
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5569
s/n R5569
B
Avro
R 5569
Merlin
Known Units: 97 Sqn
Delivered to No. 97 Sqn (OF-D) 1 May 1942. Passed to No. 83 Sqn (OL-E) and then back to No. 97 Sqn (OF-X). Crashed on return from operation to ?Genoa 14 Nov 1942. 134 operational hours.last update: 2025-February-05
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5570
s/n R5570
F
Avro
R 5570
Merlin
Known Units: 207 Sqn
last update: 2025-June-27
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5571
s/n R5571
Avro
R 5571
Merlin
Known Units: ;97
last update: 2025-June-27
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5572
s/n R5572
F
Avro
R 5572
Merlin
Known Units: 97 Sqn
Lancaster R5572 delivered to 97 Squadron (OF-F)15th May 1942, Transferred to 106 Squadron (ZN-M) April 1943. Took of from RAF Syerston 22.50. Crashed Baak Netherlands on operation to Gelsenkirchen 25/26 June 1943. 424 Operational Hours. The enemy claim was by Nightfighter, Oblt.  Werner Husemann, Stab NJG1  5km SSE Zutphen
last update: 2025-March-25Bombing Gelsenkirchen Germany 1943-06-25 to 1943-06-26
(B) Sqn (RAF) RAF Syerston
473 aircraft - 214 Lancasters, 134 Halifaxes, 73 Stirlings, 40 Wellingtons, 12 Mosquitoes. This was the first raid to Gelsenkirchen since 1941, when it had been one of Bomber Command's regular 'oil targets', although, being in the middle of the Ruhr, this town had often been hit when other targets were attacked. 30 aircraft - 13 Lancasters, 7 Halifaxes, 6 Stirlings, 4 Wellingtons - were lost, 6.3 per cent of the force.
The target was obscured by cloud and the Oboe Mosquitoes, for once, failed to produce regular and accurate marking since 5 of the 12 Oboe aircraft found that their equipment was unserviceable. The raid was not a success. Diisseldorf reports 24 buildings destroyed and 3,285 damaged but 2,937 of these suffered only superficial blast damage. 20 industrial premises were hit and 4 of them suffered total production loss but no large fires were involved and the loss in production lasted for no longer than 2 weeks. 16 people were killed.
Bombs probably fell on many other Ruhr towns. Solingen, nearly 30 miles from Gelsenkirchen, recorded 21 people killed and 58 injured on this night. source: The Bomber Command War Diaries, Martin Middlebrook and Chris Everitt
Lancaster R5572 delivered to 97 Squadron (OF-F)15th May 1942, Transferred to 106 Squadron (ZN-M) April 1943. Took of from RAF Syerston 22.50. Crashed Baak Netherlands on operation to Gelsenkirchen 25/26 June 1943. 424 Operational Hours. The enemy claim was by Nightfighter, Oblt.  Werner Husemann, Stab NJG1  5km SSE Zutphen
1943-June-26 KIA RAF Sergeant Edward Whitby Henry Browne 2025-03-03 1943-June-26 KIA RAF Sergeant Stanley Cowgill 2025-03-03 1943-June-26 PoW RCAF Flying Officer Eric Winks Davidson 2025-03-10 1943-June-26 KIA RAF Sergeant John Albert Francis 2025-03-03 1943-June-26 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Cecil Horace Sinclair 2024-09-06 1943-June-26 KIA RCAF Warrant Officer 2 Lawson Frederick Sparling 2024-09-06 1943-June-26 KIA RAF Sergeant John Gareth Vaughan Williams 2025-03-03 Lancaster Mk.I serial R5573
s/n R5573
Avro
R 5573
Merlin
Known Units: 106
Delivered to No. 106 Sqn May 1942. Took part in the 1000- bomber raids on Cologne and Essen, and was the first squadron to drop 8000-pound bombs. Missing on operation to Cologne 8/9 Jul 1943. 477 operational hours.last update: 2025-February-05
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5574
s/n R5574
Avro
R 5574
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-June-27
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5575
s/n R5575
L
Avro
R 5575
Merlin
Known Units: 97 Sqn
last update: 2025-June-27
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5576
s/n R5576
Avro
R 5576
Merlin
Known Units: ;106
Delivered to No. 106 Sqn May 1942. In the No. 106 Sqn Conversion Flight. Crashed on take-off 21 Jul 1942.last update: 2025-February-05
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5603
s/n R5603
D
Avro
R 5603
Merlin
Known Units: 44 Sqn
last update: 2025-June-27
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5604
s/n R5604
Avro
R 5604
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-June-27
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5605
s/n R5605
Avro
R 5605
Merlin
Known Units: 61
Delivered to No. 61 Sqn Jun 1942. Missing on search of the Bay of Biscay for a German blockade runner, 19 Aug 1942. 105 operational hours.last update: 2025-February-05
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5606
s/n R5606
Avro
R 5606
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-June-27
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5607
s/n R5607
Avro
R 5607
Merlin
Known Units: ;97
Delivered to No. 97 Sqn (OF-X). To Royal Aircraft Establishment Jun-Jul 1942 for trials of anti-shipping weapon. Then returned to No 97 Sqn with same squadron code. Was used to carry 8,000 lb bombs on operations. Failed to return from mission to Essen 12/13 Mar 1943. 251 flying hours.last update: 2025-February-05
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5608
s/n R5608
Avro
R 5608
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-June-27
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5609
s/n R5609
F
Avro
R 5609
Merlin
Known Units: 1 LFS
last update: 2025-June-27
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5610
s/n R5610
G
Avro
R 5610
Merlin
Known Units: 83 Sqn
last update: 2025-June-27
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5611
s/n R5611
Avro
R 5611
Merlin
Known Units: 103;106
Originally with Royal Aircraft Establishment, Fernborough from May-Sept 1942. Then to No. 106 Sqn. Missing on operation to Pilzen 13/14 May 1943. 239 operational hours.last update: 2025-February-05
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5612
s/n R5612
Avro
R 5612
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-June-27
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5613
s/n R5613
Avro
R 5613
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-June-27
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5614
s/n R5614
G
Avro
R 5614
Merlin
Known Units: 97 Sqn
last update: 2025-June-27
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5615
s/n R5615
Avro
R 5615
Merlin
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5616
s/n R5616
J
Avro
R 5616
Merlin
Known Units: 207 Sqn
Delivered to No. 207 Sqn (EM-J, later EM-D) 19 May 1942. Missing on gardening operation 16/17 Aug 1942. 147 operational hours.last update: 2025-February-05
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5617
s/n R5617
Avro
R 5617
Merlin
Known Units: 207
Delivered to No. 207 Sqn 19 May 1942. Crashed on hillside near Tavistock, Devon25 May 1942. The aircraft had flown no operations.last update: 2025-February-05
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5618
s/n R5618
H
Avro
R 5618
Merlin
Known Units: 61 Sqn
last update: 2025-June-27
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5619
s/n R5619
S
Avro
R 5619
Merlin
Known Units: 83 Sqn
last update: 2025-June-27
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5620
s/n R5620
Avro
R 5620
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-June-27
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5621
s/n R5621
Avro
R 5621
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-June-27
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5622
s/n R5622
U
Avro
R 5622
Merlin
Known Units: 83
Delivered to No. 83 Sqn (OL-A) 23 May 1942. Later re-coded OL-U, and then OL-C. Took part in the 1000-bomber raid on Essen 1/2 Jun 1942. Squadron moved to PFF Jul 1942. Missing on operation to Plzen 16/17 Apr 1943. 247 operational hours.last update: 2025-February-05
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5623
s/n R5623
Avro
R 5623
Merlin
Known Units: ;83
last update: 2025-June-27
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5624
s/n R5624
P
Avro
R 5624
Merlin
Known Units: 44 Sqn
last update: 2025-June-27
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5625
s/n R5625
O
Avro
R 5625
Merlin
Known Units: 83 Sqn
Originally with No. 83 Sqn (OL-O). Started with the 1000- bomber raid on Cologne. Was given new code letters (OL-D) in Dec 1942, then was transferred to No. 50 Sqn, but no operations were flown before returning to No. 83 Sqn. Transferred to No. 622 Sqn (GI-B). Lost on daylight mission to Lisieux 9 Jul 1944. 535 flying hours.last update: 2025-February-05
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5626
s/n R5626
M
Avro
R 5626
Merlin
Known Units: 83 Sqn
Started with No. 83 Sqn (Ol-O, later OL-M). On loan to No. 50 Sqn Sep 1942. Missing on operation to Essen 3/4 Apr 1943. 273 operational hours.last update: 2025-February-05
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5627
s/n R5627
Avro
R 5627
Merlin
Known Units: ;61
last update: 2025-June-27
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5628
s/n R5628
Q
Avro
R 5628
Merlin
Known Units: 207
Delivered to No. 207 Sqn (EM-Q) May 1942. Took part in the 1000-bomber raids on Cologne (30/31 May 1942) and Essen (1/2 Jun 1942. Missing on Gardening sortie 10 Sep 1942. 105 operational hours.last update: 2025-February-05
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5629
s/n R5629
J
Avro
R 5629
Merlin
Known Units: 83 Sqn
last update: 2025-June-27
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5630
s/n R5630
T
Avro
R 5630
Merlin
Known Units: 83 Sqn
last update: 2025-June-27
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5631
s/n R5631
T
Avro
R 5631
Merlin
Known Units: 3 LFS
last update: 2025-June-27
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5632
s/n R5632
Avro
R 5632
Merlin
Known Units: ;207
last update: 2025-June-27
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5633
s/n R5633
Avro
R 5633
Merlin
Known Units: ;207
last update: 2025-June-27
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5634
s/n R5634
L
Avro
R 5634
Merlin
Known Units: 97 Sqn
last update: 2025-June-27
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5635
s/n R5635
Avro
R 5635
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-June-27
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5636
s/n R5636
Avro
R 5636
Merlin
Known Units: ;83
last update: 2025-June-27
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5637
s/n R5637
Avro
R 5637
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-June-27
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5638
s/n R5638
Avro
R 5638
Merlin
Known Units: ;106
Delivered to No. 106 Sqn 7 Jun 1942. Missing on operation to Dusseldorf 11 Sep 1942. 118 operational hours.last update: 2025-February-05
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5639
s/n R5639
Avro
R 5639
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-June-27
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5640
s/n R5640
Avro
R 5640
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-June-27
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5658
s/n R5658
Avro
R 5658
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-June-27
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5659
s/n R5659
Avro
R 5659
Merlin
Known Units: ;83
last update: 2025-June-27
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5660
s/n R5660
Avro
R 5660
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-June-27
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5661
s/n R5661
Avro
R 5661
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-June-27
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5662
s/n R5662
Avro
R 5662
Merlin
Known Units: ;61
last update: 2025-June-27
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5663
s/n R5663
B
Avro
R 5663
Merlin
Known Units: 61 Sqn
Delivered to No. 61 Sqn 7 Jun 1942. Missing on Gardening sortie in the Denmark Strait 3/4 July 1942. 41 flying hourslast update: 2025-February-05
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5664
s/n R5664
Avro
R 5664
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-June-27
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5665
s/n R5665
D
Avro
R 5665
Merlin
Known Units: 106 Sqn
Flew with No. 44 Sqn (KM-A) Jun-Oct 1942. Transferred to No. 106 Sqn (ZN-D). Missing on operation to Remschied, Germany 30/31 Jul 1943. 487 operational hours.last update: 2025-February-05
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5666
s/n R5666
F
Avro
R 5666
Merlin
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5667
s/n R5667
Avro
R 5667
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-June-27
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5668
s/n R5668
N
Avro
R 5668
Merlin
Known Units: 1661 HCU
last update: 2025-June-27
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5669
s/n R5669
E
Avro
R 5669
Merlin
Known Units: 44 Sqn;83 Sqn
last update: 2025-June-27
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5670
s/n R5670
R
Avro
R 5670
Merlin
Known Units: 83 Sqn
Delivered to No. 83 Sqn (OL-R) 11 Jun 1942. Aircraft crashed and burnt at Waterbeach on return from Genoa 7 Nov 1942. 168 operational hours.last update: 2025-February-05
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5671
s/n R5671
F
Avro
R 5671
Merlin
Known Units: 83 Sqn
last update: 2025-June-27
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5672
s/n R5672
Avro
R 5672
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-June-27
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5673
s/n R5673
L
Avro
R 5673
Merlin
Known Units: 83 Sqn
Delivered to No. 83 Sqn (OL-L) 15 Jun 1942. Missing on operation to Genoa 6/7 Nov 1942. Said to have collided with another Lancaster, possibly R 5566 over the target. 135 operational hours.last update: 2025-February-05
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5674
s/n R5674
S
Avro
R 5674
Merlin
Known Units: 207 Sqn
last update: 2025-June-27
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5675
s/n R5675
H
Avro
R 5675
Merlin
Known Units: ;97
Delivered to No. 97 Sqn (OF-H) 16 Jun 1942. Missing on operation to Bremen, 27/28 Jun 1942. 10 flying hours.last update: 2025-February-05
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5676
s/n R5676
Avro
R 5676
Merlin
Known Units: ;1660
last update: 2025-June-27
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5677
s/n R5677
B
Avro
R 5677
Merlin
Known Units: 106 Sqn;106 Sqn
last update: 2025-June-27
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5678
s/n R5678
Avro
R 5678
Merlin
Known Units: ;106
last update: 2025-June-27
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5679
s/n R5679
Avro
R 5679
Merlin
Known Units: ;61
last update: 2025-June-27
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5680
s/n R5680
O
Avro
R 5680
Merlin
Known Units: 50 Sqn
last update: 2025-June-27
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5681
s/n R5681
Avro
R 5681
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-June-27
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5682
s/n R5682
R
Avro
R 5682
Merlin
Known Units: ;61
Delivered to No. 61 Sqn (QR-R) 20 Jun 1942. Missing on operation to Bremen 4/5 Sep 1942. 131 operational hours.last update: 2025-February-05
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5683
s/n R5683
Avro
R 5683
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-June-27
Bombing Duisburg Germany 1942-07-26 to 1942-07-26
106 (B) Sqn (RAF) RAF Coningsby
106 Squadron (Pro Libertate) RAF Coningsby. Lancaster I aircraft R 5683 ZN-? had just taken off outbound for Duisburg, Germany when it exploded in mid-air and crashed on the mud flats near Butterwick, 4 miles ENE of Boston, Lincolnshire, England
Pilot Officer RB Smith (RCAF), FS G Appleyard DFM (RAFVR), FS M Darvill DFM (RAFVR), Sergeant RL Beaddie (RAF), Sergeant LW Young (RAF), Sergeant JD Davie (RAFVR), and Sergeant JW Grimwade (RAAF) were all killed in action
Allied Losses and Incidents: All Commands
Lancaster I R5683 [Royal Air Force Serial and Image Database]...
1942-July-26 KIA RAFVR Flight Sergeant Geoffrey Appleyard DFM 2022-10-17 1942-July-26 KIA RAF Sergeant Robert Lovie Beaddie 2022-10-17 1942-July-26 KIA RAFVR Flight Sergeant Montague Darvill DFM 2022-10-17 1942-July-26 KIA RAFVR Sergeant James Douglas Davie 2025-06-11
1942-July-26 KIA RAAF Sergeant James William Grimwade 2022-10-17 1942-July-26 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Ray Branton Smith 2022-10-17 1942-July-26 KIA RAF Sergeant Leonard Walter Young 2025-06-11 Lancaster Mk.I serial R5684
s/n R5684
Avro
R 5684
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-June-27
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5685
s/n R5685
Avro
R 5685
Merlin
Known Units: ;1667
last update: 2025-June-27
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5686
s/n R5686
G
Avro
R 5686
Merlin
Known Units: 207;83
Originally with No. 207 Sqn (EM-T), then to No. 32 MU Dec 1942, then to No. 83 Sqn (OL-G) Mar 1943. Missing on operation to Munster 11/12 Jun 1943. 176 operational hours.last update: 2025-February-05
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5687
s/n R5687
D
Avro
R 5687
Merlin
Known Units: 50 Sqn
To No. 44 Sqn then to No. 50 Sqn (VN-D) Mar 1942. Missing on operation to Hamburg 27/28 Jul 1943. 518 operational hours. This was the second raid of the Battle of Hamburg, Jul-Aug 1943. The aircraft was shot down by flak over Bremerhaven on the return from Hamburg and was the 13th down of 21 aircraft lost that night. The crew were on their 2nd operation (Middlebrook).last update: 2025-February-05
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5688
s/n R5688
G
Avro
R 5688
Merlin
Known Units: 12 Sqn
last update: 2025-June-27
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5689
s/n R5689
N
Avro
R 5689
Merlin
Known Units: 50 Sqn
last update: 2025-June-27
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5690
s/n R5690
T
Avro
R 5690
Merlin
Known Units: 3 LFS;1654 HCU
last update: 2025-June-27
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5691
s/n R5691
K
Avro
R 5691
Merlin
Known Units: 50 Sqn
last update: 2025-June-27
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5692
s/n R5692
S
Avro
R 5692
Merlin
Known Units: 15 Sqn
last update: 2025-June-27
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5693
s/n R5693
Avro
R 5693
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-June-27
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5694
s/n R5694
Avro
R 5694
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-June-27
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5695
s/n R5695
Avro
R 5695
Merlin
Known Units: ;207
Delivered to No. 39 MU Jun 1942. To No. 207 Sqn (EM-C) Sep 1942. Missing on operation to Haselunne AIrfield 25/26 Nov 1942. 128 flying hours.last update: 2025-February-05
1942-November-25 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant James McGregor Allan 2024-11-02 1942-November-25 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Eugene Edward Chouiniere 2024-02-15 1942-November-25 KIA RCAF Warrant Officer 2nd Class James Louis Guichard 2021-08-09 1942-November-25 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Alfred Joseph Parkyn 2021-08-18 1942-November-25 KIA RCAF Warrant Officer 2nd Class William John Vandervoort 2021-07-13 Lancaster Mk.I serial R5696
s/n R5696
Avro
R 5696
Merlin
Known Units: ;97
Delivered to No. 97 Sqn (OF-H) 29 Jun 1942. Missing on dusk operation to Danzig 11 Jul-1942. 7 flying hourslast update: 2025-February-05
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5697
s/n R5697
Avro
R 5697
Merlin
Known Units: ;106
With No. 44 Sqn. Coded KM-H from Aug 1942 to Sep 1942. Was twice damaged and Re- coded KM-R. Missing from operation to Duisburg 20/21 Dec 1942. 248 flying hours.last update: 2025-February-05
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5698
s/n R5698
R
Avro
R 5698
Merlin
Known Units: 1654 HCU;1654 HCU
last update: 2025-June-27
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5699
s/n R5699
H
Avro
R 5699
Merlin
Known Units: 61 Sqn
last update: 2025-June-27
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5700
s/n R5700
G
Avro
R 5700
Merlin
Known Units: 9 Sqn;106 Sqn
Delivered to No. 106 Sqn (ZN-G),Jun/Jul 1942. Stored at No. 5 MU Jan 1943 to Jun 1943. Then with No. 9 Sqn (WS-N). Missing on operation to Hanover 22/23 Sep 1943. 397 operational hours.last update: 2025-February-05
1943-September-22 KIA RAAF Pilot Officer Edward Jeptha Crabtree 2024-05-10 1943-September-22 KIA RCAF Sergeant Dennis Everest 2022-05-16 1943-September-22 KIA RAFVR Sergeant Vincent Hirst-Gee 2022-05-16 1943-September-22 KIA RAFVR Sergeant James Breeds Hood 2022-05-16 1943-September-22 KIA RAF Sergeant Victor James Lander 2022-05-16 1943-September-22 KIA RAFVR Sergeant Malcolm John MacRitchie 2022-05-16 1943-September-22 KIA RCAF Warrant Officer 2nd Class Nelson Albert Noble 2021-08-17 1943-September-22 KIA RAFVR Sergeant George Alastair Sales 2022-05-16 Lancaster Mk.I serial R5701
s/n R5701
Avro
R 5701
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-June-27
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5702
s/n R5702
S
Avro
R 5702
Merlin
Known Units: 625 Sqn;50 Sqn
Originally with No. 50 Sqn (VN-S). On operations from July 1942 to Nov 1942. On an operation to Hamburg, 9/10 Nov 1942 was hit by flak that killed the Warrant Officer and wounded the pilot and navigator. The aircraft crashed near Harwich but was later repaired. It then passed through the hands of Nos. 106, 460 (Australian),and 100 Sqn before ending up with No. 625 Sqn. Missing on operation to Berlin 15/16 Feb 1944. 147 operational hours; this low number for the age of the aircraft presumably means that it was out of action for a long time.last update: 2025-February-05
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5703
s/n R5703
Avro
R 5703
Merlin
Known Units: ;61
last update: 2025-June-27
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5724
s/n R5724
Avro
R 5724
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-June-27
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5725
s/n R5725
F
Avro
R 5725
Merlin
Known Units: 50 Sqn
last update: 2025-June-27
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5726
s/n R5726
Avro
R 5726
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-June-27
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5727
s/n R5727
as/n TCA 100
m/d 683
Avro
R 5727
Merlin
Known Units:
Avro 683 Lancaster R5727 was flown to Canada in 1942, to be used as a pattern aircraft for Canadian Lancaster production at Victory Aircraft at Malton airport. After that use, it was registered CF-CMS, and converted into a Lancastrian transport aircraft. Fuel consumption flights between Moncton and Goose Bay was carried out by Captain M.B. Barclay of TCA. The aircraft was returned to the U.K. during May 1943 for further modifications to increase the range before being returned to Victory Aircraft at Malton where the camouflage was removed and ten passenger seats and three additional windows installed. Delivered to TCA as CF-CMS on June 7, 1943 and assigned fin # 100 for use by CGTAS service. First flight was July 22, 1943 under the command of Captain R.F. George of TCA. Later, "Old 100" was destroyed by fire following a crash on takeoff from Dorval on June 1, 1945 while engaged on engine trials of the new Merlin 85 engines. There were no casualties. It was used by Trans-Canada Air Lines to operate the Canadian Government Trans-Atlantic Air Service (CGTAS) from July 1943. A further 8 Canadian Lancasters were converted on the production line into Lancastrians.Bomber Command Museum of Canada & Trans-Canada Air Lines
last update: 2025-February-05
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5728
s/n R5728
L
Avro
R 5728
Merlin
Known Units: 50 Sqn
last update: 2025-June-27
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5729
s/n R5729
A
Avro
R 5729
Merlin
Known Units: 44 Sqn
With No. 44 Sqn (KM-W). Was badly damaged by night fighter attack on operation to Duisburg 23/24 July 1942: it was claimed that the fighter was shot down. After repair, now coded KM-A, it continued on operations until being lost on a mission to Brunswick 14/15 Jan 1944.last update: 2025-February-05
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5730
s/n R5730
K
Avro
R 5730
Merlin
Known Units: 1654 HCU
last update: 2025-June-27
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5731
s/n R5731
Avro
R 5731
Merlin
Known Units: ;106
With No. 106 Sqn. Took part in the daylight raid to Le Creusot (Pilot was Flight Lieutenant J.V. Hopgood, aircraft was damaged from bombing the Montchanin power station at too low altitude). Crashed 8 Jan 1943. Missing on operation to Berlin 3/4 Mar 1943. 183 flying hourslast update: 2025-February-05
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5732
s/n R5732
Avro
R 5732
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-June-27
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5733
s/n R5733
N
Avro
R 5733
Merlin
Known Units: 44 Sqn;1654 HCU
last update: 2025-June-27
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5734
s/n R5734
V
Avro
R 5734
Merlin
Known Units: 61 Sqn
last update: 2025-June-27
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5735
s/n R5735
Avro
R 5735
Merlin
Known Units: ;50
last update: 2025-June-27
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5736
s/n R5736
Avro
R 5736
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-June-27
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5737
s/n R5737
Avro
R 5737
Merlin
Known Units: 61
Delivered to No. 61 Sqn 15 Jul 1942. After several anti-U-boat patrols, it operated against Hamburg before being lost on an operation to Saarbrucken 29/30 Jul 1942. Robertson gives only 12 operational hours, whcih seems rather short for the number of lengthy operations undertaken.last update: 2025-February-05
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5738
s/n R5738
Avro
R 5738
Merlin
Known Units: ;97
last update: 2025-June-27
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5739
s/n R5739
G
Avro
R 5739
Merlin
Known Units: 15 Sqn;1654 HCU
last update: 2025-June-27
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5740
s/n R5740
O
Avro
R 5740
Merlin
Known Units: 44 Sqn
last update: 2025-June-27
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5741
s/n R5741
K
Avro
R 5741
Merlin
Known Units: 97 Sqn
last update: 2025-June-27
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5742
s/n R5742
Avro
R 5742
Merlin
Known Units: ;61
Delivered to No. 106 Sqn 19 July 1942. Moved to No. 61 Sqn . Missing from operation to Nuremburg28/29 Aug 1942. 32 Operational hours.last update: 2025-February-05
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5743
s/n R5743
H
Avro
R 5743
Merlin
Known Units: 83 Sqn
last update: 2025-June-27
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5744
s/n R5744
E
Avro
R 5744
Merlin
Known Units: 9 Sqn
Originally with No. 44 Sqn [Robertson gives No. 49 Sqn] Jul 1942, then to No. 9 Sqn (WS-E) Dec 1942. Missing on operation to Mannheim 5/6 Sep 1943. 526 operational hours.last update: 2025-February-05
1943-September-06 KIA RAFVR Sergeant Thomas William Bradford 2024-11-16 1943-September-06 KIA RAFVR Sergeant David Gordon Connor 2024-05-17 1943-September-06 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Chester Andith Davis 2025-02-18 1943-September-06 KIA RAF Flight Sergeant Reginald Arthur Knight 2025-02-18 1943-September-06 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant George Alexander Munro 2025-02-18 1943-September-06 KIA RAFVR Sergeant Robert Gilchrist Nelson 2025-02-18 1943-September-06 KIA RAFVR Sergeant John William Noble 2025-02-18 Lancaster Mk.I serial R5745
s/n R5745
Avro
R 5745
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-June-27
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5746
s/n R5746
Q
Avro
R 5746
Merlin
Known Units: 50 Sqn
last update: 2025-June-27
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5747
s/n R5747
G
Avro
R 5747
Merlin
Known Units: 1654 HCU;1654 HCU;50 Sqn
last update: 2025-June-27
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5748
s/n R5748
R
Avro
R 5748
Merlin
Known Units: ;106
last update: 2025-June-27
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5749
s/n R5749
Avro
R 5749
Merlin
Known Units: ;106
last update: 2025-June-27
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5750
s/n R5750
Avro
R 5750
Merlin
Known Units: ;106
last update: 2025-June-27
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5751
s/n R5751
C
Avro
R 5751
Merlin
Known Units: 1661 HCU
last update: 2025-June-27
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5752
s/n R5752
Avro
R 5752
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-June-27
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5753
s/n R5753
Avro
R 5753
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-June-27
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5754
s/n R5754
K
Avro
R 5754
Merlin
Known Units: 83 Sqn
Delivered to No. 83 Sqn (OL-K) 25 Jul 1942. Missing on operation to Berlin 29/30 Mar 1943. 258 operational hours.last update: 2025-February-05
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5755
s/n R5755
Avro
R 5755
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-June-27
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5756
s/n R5756
L
Avro
R 5756
Merlin
Known Units: 3 LFS
last update: 2025-June-27
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5757
s/n R5757
D
Avro
R 5757
Merlin
Known Units: 1661 HCU
last update: 2025-June-27
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5758
s/n R5758
J
Avro
R 5758
Merlin
Known Units: 207 Sqn;1660 HCU
last update: 2025-June-27
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5759
s/n R5759
Avro
R 5759
Merlin
Known Units: ;61
Delivered to No. 61 Sqn 1 Sep 1942. Missing from raid to Wismar 1/2 Oct 1942. 51 flying hourslast update: 2025-February-05
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5760
s/n R5760
Avro
R 5760
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-June-27
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5761
s/n R5761
T
Avro
R 5761
Merlin
Known Units: 207
Delivered to No. 207 Sqn (EM-T) 26 Jul 1942. Missing on operation to Duisburg 5/6 Aug 1942. 27 operational hours.last update: 2025-February-05
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5762
s/n R5762
Avro
R 5762
Merlin
Known Units: ;49
last update: 2025-June-27
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5763
s/n R5763
Avro
R 5763
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-June-27
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5842
s/n R5842
S
Metropolitan-Vickers
R 5842
Merlin
Known Units: 1661 HCU
last update: 2025-June-27
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5843
s/n R5843
Metropolitan-Vickers
R 5843
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-June-27
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5844
s/n R5844
Metropolitan-Vickers
R 5844
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-June-27
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5845
s/n R5845
T
Metropolitan-Vickers
R 5845
Merlin
Known Units: 1660 HCU
last update: 2025-June-27
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5846
s/n R5846
P
Metropolitan-Vickers
R 5846
Merlin
Known Units: 3 LFS;1654 HCU
last update: 2025-June-27
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5847
s/n R5847
Metropolitan-Vickers
R 5847
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-June-27
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5848
s/n R5848
Metropolitan-Vickers
R 5848
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-June-27
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5849
s/n R5849
Metropolitan-Vickers
R 5849
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-June-27
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5850
s/n R5850
Metropolitan-Vickers
R 5850
Merlin
Known Units: ;1661
last update: 2025-June-27
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5851
s/n R5851
Metropolitan-Vickers
R 5851
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-June-27
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5852
s/n R5852
Y
Metropolitan-Vickers
R 5852
Merlin
Known Units: 207 Sqn;83 Sqn
last update: 2025-June-27
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5853
s/n R5853
Metropolitan-Vickers
R 5853
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-June-27
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5854
s/n R5854
C
Metropolitan-Vickers
R 5854
Merlin
Known Units: 1 LFC
last update: 2025-June-27
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5855
s/n R5855
Metropolitan-Vickers
R 5855
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-June-27
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5856
s/n R5856
Q
Metropolitan-Vickers
R 5856
Merlin
Known Units: 61 Sqn
last update: 2025-June-27
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5857
s/n R5857
F
Metropolitan-Vickers
R 5857
Merlin
Known Units: 83 Sqn
last update: 2025-June-27
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5858
s/n R5858
Metropolitan-Vickers
R 5858
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-June-27
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5859
s/n R5859
Metropolitan-Vickers
R 5859
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-June-27
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5860
s/n R5860
Metropolitan-Vickers
R 5860
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-June-27
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5861
s/n R5861
Metropolitan-Vickers
R 5861
Merlin
Known Units: ;106
To No. 106 Sqn, Jun 11942. Missing on operation to Wilhelmshaven 8/9 Jul 1942. 41 Operational hourslast update: 2025-February-05
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5862
s/n R5862
Metropolitan-Vickers
R 5862
Merlin
Known Units: 44;1660HCU;166
Delivered to No. 44 Sqn (KM-V), then transferred to No. 1660 HCU, then to No. 166 Sqn (AS-N2). Missing on operation to Berlin 20/21 Jan 1944. 328 operational hours.last update: 2025-February-05
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5863
s/n R5863
Metropolitan-Vickers
R 5863
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-June-27
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5864
s/n R5864
Metropolitan-Vickers
R 5864
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-June-27
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5865
s/n R5865
P
Metropolitan-Vickers
R 5865
Merlin
Known Units: 1654 HCU
last update: 2025-June-27
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5866
s/n R5866
Metropolitan-Vickers
R 5866
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-June-27
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5867
s/n R5867
Metropolitan-Vickers
R 5867
Merlin
Known Units: ;207
last update: 2025-June-27
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5868
s/n R5868
Q
Metropolitan-Vickers
R 5868
Merlin
Known Units: 83 Sqn
last update: 2025-June-27
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5888
s/n R5888
Metropolitan-Vickers
R 5888
Merlin
Known Units: ;61
One of the first production batch from Metropolitan Vickers originally ordered as a Manchester Mk.1but completed as a Lancaster. Delivered to No. 61 Sqn, June 1942. Seconded to Coastal Command on anti-U-boat activities July-August 1942. Missing from operation to Dusseldorf 10/11 Sept 1942. 127 Operational hours.last update: 2025-February-05
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5889
s/n R5889
M
Metropolitan-Vickers
R 5889
Merlin
Known Units: 1661 HCU
last update: 2025-June-27
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5890
s/n R5890
Metropolitan-Vickers
R 5890
Merlin
Known Units: ;49
Delivered to no. 49 Sqn 7 Jul 1942. Missing on operation to Essen 16/17 Sep 1942. 137 operational hours.last update: 2025-February-05
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5891
s/n R5891
Metropolitan-Vickers
R 5891
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-June-27
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5892
s/n R5892
Metropolitan-Vickers
R 5892
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-June-27
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5893
s/n R5893
Metropolitan-Vickers
R 5893
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-June-27
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5894
s/n R5894
U
Metropolitan-Vickers
R 5894
Merlin
Known Units: 9 Sqn
Aircraft was delivered to No. 49 Sqn Jul or Aug 1942. Transferred to No. 9 Sqn (WS-U) Jan 1943, then to No. 57 Sqn Feb 1943. Hit an overhead HT cable on return from Berlin 1/2 Mar 1943 and crashed at Riseholm, near Scampton.last update: 2025-February-05
Bombing Berlin Germany 1943-03-01 to 1943-03-02
157 (B) Sqn (RAF) RAF Scampton
57 Squadron RAF (Corpus Non Animum Muto) RAF Scampton. Lancaster BI aircraft R 5894 DX-T, back over England returning from an operation against targets in Berlin, Germany, flew into electrical power lines and crashed near Riseholme, Lincolnshire, 3 miles South-South-East of RAF Scampton. The aircraft and entire crew were lost in the crash
1943-March-02 KIA RCAF Flying Officer John Fergus Greenan 2023-11-28 1943-March-02 KIA RCAF Sergeant John Burns Mallett 2023-11-28 1943-March-02 KIA RAFVR Sergeant Frank Cyril Edward Miller 2023-11-28 1943-March-02 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Frederick Warren Music 2023-11-28 1943-March-02 KIA RAFVR Sergeant Harold William Ricketts 2023-11-28 1943-March-02 KIA RAFVR Sergeant Ronald Harold Percival Roberts 2023-11-28 1943-March-02 KIA RAFVR Sergeant Herbert Henry Turkentine 2023-11-28 Lancaster Mk.I serial R5895
s/n R5895
Metropolitan-Vickers
R 5895
Merlin
Known Units: ;207
Delivered to No. 97 Sqn Conversion Flight, then to No. 1660 Conversion Unit, then to No. 207 Sqn via No. 32 MU. Missing on mission to Magdeburg 21/22 Jan 1944. 381 operational hours.last update: 2025-February-05
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5896
s/n R5896
N
Metropolitan-Vickers
R 5896
Merlin
Known Units: 15 Sqn
last update: 2025-June-27
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5897
s/n R5897
?
Metropolitan-Vickers
R 5897
Merlin
Known Units: ;49
last update: 2025-June-27
Bombing Nuremberg Germany 1942-08-28 to 1942-08-29
49 (B) Sqn (RAF) RAF Scrampton
Aircraft R5897 lost during bombing mission to Nuremberg. Flight Sergeant Capton (RCAF), and Sergeant Breivis (American in RCAF) three RAF, and two RAAF crew members were also killed.
Flight Sergeant EG Burton (RAF), Sergeants GA Swan (RAAF), JD Osbaldeston (RAF), K Newbury (RAAF), and EC Ibbotson (RAF) were also killed.
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5898
s/n R5898
S
Metropolitan-Vickers
R 5898
Merlin
Known Units: 9 Sqn
Delivered to No. 49 Sqn Jul 1942. Transferred to No. 44 Sqn (KM-G) Jan 1943. Missing on operation to Duisburg 9/10 April 1943. 308 flying hours.last update: 2025-February-05
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5899
s/n R5899
Metropolitan-Vickers
R 5899
Merlin
Known Units: ;106
last update: 2025-June-27
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5900
s/n R5900
X
Metropolitan-Vickers
R 5900
Merlin
Known Units: 106 Sqn
last update: 2025-June-27
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5901
s/n R5901
X
Metropolitan-Vickers
R 5901
Merlin
Known Units: 44 Sqn
last update: 2025-June-27
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5902
s/n R5902
T
Metropolitan-Vickers
R 5902
Merlin
Known Units: 50 Sqn
last update: 2025-June-27
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5903
s/n R5903
R
Metropolitan-Vickers
R 5903
Merlin
Known Units: 44 Sqn;44 Sqn
last update: 2025-June-27
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5904
s/n R5904
L
Metropolitan-Vickers
R 5904
Merlin
Known Units: 1661 HCU;1661 HCU;15 Sqn;15 Sqn
First to No. 95 Sq, then to No. 1661CU Nov 1942, then to No. 15 Sq (LS-G). Missing on operation to Homburg 20/21 Jul 1944. 504 flying hours.last update: 2025-February-05
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5905
s/n R5905
R
Metropolitan-Vickers
R 5905
Merlin
Known Units: 44 Sqn
last update: 2025-June-27
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5906
s/n R5906
D
Metropolitan-Vickers
R 5906
Merlin
Known Units: 3 LFS;15 Sqn
last update: 2025-June-27
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5907
s/n R5907
M
Metropolitan-Vickers
R 5907
Merlin
Known Units: 9 Sqn
last update: 2025-June-27
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5908
s/n R5908
Metropolitan-Vickers
R 5908
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-June-27
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5909
s/n R5909
Metropolitan-Vickers
R 5909
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-June-27
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5910
s/n R5910
L
Metropolitan-Vickers
R 5910
Merlin
Known Units: 1654 HCU
last update: 2025-June-27
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5911
s/n R5911
C
Metropolitan-Vickers
R 5911
Merlin
Known Units: 83 Sqn
last update: 2025-June-27
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5912
s/n R5912
Metropolitan-Vickers
R 5912
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-June-27
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5913
s/n R5913
G
Metropolitan-Vickers
R 5913
Merlin
Known Units: 83 Sqn
last update: 2025-June-27
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5914
s/n R5914
Metropolitan-Vickers
R 5914
Merlin
Known Units:
last update: 2025-June-27
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5915
s/n R5915
X
Metropolitan-Vickers
R 5915
Merlin
Known Units: 9 Sqn
last update: 2025-June-27
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5916
s/n R5916
R
Metropolitan-Vickers
R 5916
Merlin
Known Units: 9 Sqn
last update: 2025-June-27
Lancaster Mk.I serial R5917
s/n R5917
N
Metropolitan-Vickers
R 5917
Merlin
Known Units: 9 Sqn
last update: 2025-June-27