Lancaster (Total: 7,377, Canadian: 409, Group 407)
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 
Harold A Skaarup Web Page Lancaster W4102, Mk.I
s/n W4102
Avro
W 4102
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4103, Mk.I
s/n W4103
Avro
W 4103
Merlin
last update: 2025-February-05
Lancaster W4104, Mk.I
s/n W4104
Avro
W 4104
Merlin
last update: 2025-February-05
Lancaster W4105, Mk.I
s/n W4105
Avro
W 4105
Merlin
last update: 2025-February-05
Lancaster W4106, Mk.I
s/n W4106
Avro
W 4106
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4107, Mk.I
s/n W4107
Avro
W 4107
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4108, Mk.I
s/n W4108
Avro
W 4108
Merlin
Lancaster W4109, Mk.I
s/n W4109
Avro
W 4109
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4110, Mk.I
s/n W4110
Avro
W 4110
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4111, Mk.I
s/n W4111
Avro
W 4111
Merlin
last update: 2025-February-05
1942-September-10 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant John Lawrence Blair 2024-11-12 1942-September-10 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Frank Wilfred Kidson 2025-01-23 1942-September-10 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Albert Benjamin McLellan 2025-01-23 1942-September-10 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Louis Poch 2025-01-23 1942-September-10 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant James Harold Boston Woolgar 2025-01-23 Lancaster W4112, Mk.I
s/n W4112
Avro
W 4112
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4113, Mk.I
s/n W4113
Avro
W 4113
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4114, Mk.I
s/n W4114
Avro
W 4114
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4115, Mk.I
s/n W4115
Avro
W 4115
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4116, Mk.I
s/n W4116
Avro
W 4116
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4117, Mk.I
s/n W4117
Avro
W 4117
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4118, Mk.I
s/n W4118
Avro
W 4118
Merlin
last update: 2025-February-05
Lancaster W4119, Mk.I
s/n W4119
Avro
W 4119
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4120, Mk.I
s/n W4120
Avro
W 4120
Merlin
last update: 2025-February-05
Lancaster W4121, Mk.I
s/n W4121
Avro
W 4121
Merlin
last update: 2025-February-05
Lancaster W4122, Mk.I
s/n W4122
Avro
W 4122
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4123, Mk.I
s/n W4123
Avro
W 4123
Merlin
last update: 2025-February-05
Lancaster W4124, Mk.I
s/n W4124
Avro
W 4124
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4125, Mk.I
s/n W4125
Avro
W 4125
Merlin
last update: 2025-February-05
Lancaster W4126, Mk.I
s/n W4126
Avro
W 4126
Merlin
last update: 2025-February-05
Lancaster W4127, Mk.I
s/n W4127
Avro
W 4127
Merlin
last update: 2025-February-05
Lancaster W4128, Mk.I
s/n W4128
Avro
W 4128
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4129, Mk.I
s/n W4129
Avro
W 4129
Merlin
Lancaster W4130, Mk.I
s/n W4130
Avro
W 4130
Merlin
last update: 2025-February-05
Lancaster W4131, Mk.I
s/n W4131
Avro
W 4131
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4132, Mk.I
s/n W4132
Avro
W 4132
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4133, Mk.I
s/n W4133
Avro
W 4133
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4134, Mk.I
s/n W4134
Avro
W 4134
Merlin
Claim by Oblt Manfred Meurer 3/NJG1 - 3 km. South East Roermond: 4.000m at 20.23.Crashed between Asselt (Limburg) and Roermond Holland.
last update: 2025-February-05Lancaster W4135, Mk.I
s/n W4135
Avro
W 4135
Merlin
last update: 2025-February-05
Lancaster W4136, Mk.I
s/n W4136
Avro
W 4136
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4137, Mk.I
s/n W4137
Avro
W 4137
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4138, Mk.I
s/n W4138
Avro
W 4138
Merlin
last update: 2025-February-05
Lancaster W4139, Mk.I
s/n W4139
Avro
W 4139
Merlin
last update: 2025-February-05
Lancaster W4140, Mk.I
s/n W4140
Avro
W 4140
Merlin
last update: 2025-February-05
Lancaster W4154, Mk.I
s/n W4154
Avro
W 4154
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4155, Mk.I
s/n W4155
Avro
W 4155
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4156, Mk.I
s/n W4156
Avro
W 4156
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4157, Mk.I
s/n W4157
Avro
W 4157
Merlin
last update: 2025-February-05
Lancaster W4158, Mk.I
s/n W4158
Avro
W 4158
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4159, Mk.I
s/n W4159
Avro
W 4159
Merlin
Claim by Oblt Ludwig Becker 12/NJG1 - Hackfort 7 km. South East of Zutphen: 800-1,000m at 19:23. Crashed at Hackfort West of Vorden.Pilot: R/102678 WOII Alan Dick Foote RCAF - Vorden General Cemetery Collective Grave 5-6.
last update: 2025-February-05Lancaster W4160, Mk.I
s/n W4160
Avro
W 4160
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4161, Mk.I
s/n W4161
Avro
W 4161
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4162, Mk.I
s/n W4162
Avro
W 4162
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4163, Mk.I
s/n W4163
Avro
W 4163
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4164, Mk.I
s/n W4164
Avro
W 4164
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4165, Mk.I
s/n W4165
Avro
W 4165
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4166, Mk.I
s/n W4166
Avro
W 4166
Merlin
last update: 2025-February-05
Lancaster W4167, Mk.I
s/n W4167
Avro
W 4167
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4168, Mk.I
s/n W4168
Avro
W 4168
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4169, Mk.I
s/n W4169
Avro
W 4169
Merlin
last update: 2025-February-05
Lancaster W4170, Mk.I
s/n W4170
Avro
W 4170
Merlin
Lancaster W4171, Mk.I
s/n W4171
Avro
W 4171
Merlin
Lancaster W4172, Mk.I
s/n W4172
Avro
W 4172
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Bombing Munich Germany 1943-03-10 to 1943-03-10
207 (B) Sqn (RAF) RAF Langar
Battle of the Ruhr
264 aircraft - 142 Lancasters, 81 Halifaxes, 41 Stirlings. 8 aircraft - 5 Lancasters, 2 Halifaxes, I Stirling - lost, 3.0 per cent of the force.
The wind caused this raid to be concentrated on the western half of Munich rather than on the centre of the city, but much damage was caused. 291 buildings were destroyed, 660 severely damaged and 2,134 less seriously damaged; these included many public buildings - I I hospitals, the cathedral, 4 churches and 14 'cultural' buildings for example - but also 3 wholesale and 22 retail business premises were completely destroyed and no less than 294 military buildings were hit, including the headquarters of the local Flak brigade, which was burnt out. The most serious industrial damage was at the B.M.W. factory where the aero-engine assembly shop was put out of action for 6 weeks. Many other industrial concerns were hit, including 141 small, back-street-type workshops which were destroyed.
The detailed Munich reports show that 208 people were killed and 425 injured. The dead included: 2 party officials on duty, IO soldiers, I Hitler Youth boy serving at a Flak site, 2 policemen and 4 foreigners. The local Flak fired 14,234 rounds of ammunition - 2,314 of 105 mm, 8,328 of 88 mm, 3,592 of 20 mm - and 7 night fighters were reported as being on duty in the Munich area but only 1 bomber, unidentified because of its explosion in the air, was shot down over the city. source: The Bomber Command War Diaries, Martin Middlebrook and Chris Everitt
Lancaster W4172 was attacked by a Fw190 night-fighter and a JU 88. Shot down by Ofw. Reinhard Kollak of the 7./NJG 4, flying Bf 110 F-4 3C+LR from Juvincourt airfield.and crashed 01:59 10 Mar 1943 near Lavannes (Marne) 12 km NE of Reims France.Having taken off from Langar 2041, 9 Mar 1943 .Both Brown and Brownhill say they were shot down after leaving the target: Brown says "while we were over Saarbrucken one of the engines caught fire and almost immediately afterwards we were attacked by a fighter.". Brownhill says "we were attacked by night fighters and the aircraft was set on fire."
1943-March-10 Evader RAF Sergeant Richard Brown 2024-05-14 1943-March-10 Evader RAF Warrant Officer 1 Gordon Isaiah Brownhill 2024-11-22 1943-March-10 PoW RCAF Warrant Officer 2nd Class William Garvey Lishman 2024-05-03 1943-March-10 KIA RAFVR Sergeant George Sydney Margetson 2024-05-14 1943-March-10 KIA RAFVR Sergeant George Mortimore 2024-05-14 1943-March-10 KIA RAFAAF Sergeant Richard Hall Warren 2024-05-04 1943-March-10 KIA RAFVR Flight Sergeant Ivor Wood 2024-05-04 
Lancaster W4173, Mk.I
s/n W4173
Avro
W 4173
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4174, Mk.I
s/n W4174
Avro
W 4174
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4175, Mk.I
s/n W4175
Avro
W 4175
Merlin
Lancaster W4176, Mk.I
s/n W4176
Avro
W 4176
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4177, Mk.I
s/n W4177
Avro
W 4177
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4178, Mk.I
s/n W4178
Avro
W 4178
Merlin
Lancaster W4179, Mk.I
s/n W4179
Avro
W 4179
Merlin
last update: 2025-February-05
Lancaster W4180, Mk.I
s/n W4180
Avro
W 4180
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4181, Mk.I
s/n W4181
Avro
W 4181
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4182, Mk.I
s/n W4182
Avro
W 4182
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4183, Mk.I
s/n W4183
Avro
W 4183
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4184, Mk.I
s/n W4184
Avro
W 4184
Merlin
last update: 2025-February-05
Lancaster W4185, Mk.I
s/n W4185
Avro
W 4185
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
1942-December-21 KIA RAFVR Sergeant Jack Hilton Baker 2024-11-05 1942-December-21 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Robert Guy Clarkson 2024-02-29 1942-December-21 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant John Frederick Edwards 2022-07-26 1942-December-21 KIA RAF Pilot Officer Edward Fenwicke-Clennell 2022-05-20 1942-December-21 KIA RAFVR Pilot Officer John Alexander Wilson Moffat 2022-05-20 1942-December-21 PoW RAF Sergeant Peter Myram Slater 2022-05-20 1942-December-21 KIA RAFVR Flight Sergeant Jack Passmore Warren 2022-05-20 Lancaster W4186, Mk.I
s/n W4186
Avro
W 4186
Merlin
last update: 2025-February-05
Lancaster W4187, Mk.I
s/n W4187
Avro
W 4187
Merlin
last update: 2025-February-05
Lancaster W4188, Mk.I
s/n W4188
Avro
W 4188
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4189, Mk.I
s/n W4189
Avro
W 4189
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4190, Mk.I
s/n W4190
Avro
W 4190
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4191, Mk.I
s/n W4191
Avro
W 4191
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4192, Mk.I
s/n W4192
Avro
W 4192
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4193, Mk.I
s/n W4193
Avro
W 4193
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4194, Mk.I
s/n W4194
Avro
W 4194
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4195, Mk.I
s/n W4195
Avro
W 4195
Merlin
last update: 2025-February-05
Lancaster W4196, Mk.I
s/n W4196
Avro
W 4196
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4197, Mk.I
s/n W4197
Avro
W 4197
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4198, Mk.I
s/n W4198
Avro
W 4198
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4199, Mk.I
s/n W4199
Avro
W 4199
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4200, Mk.I
s/n W4200
Avro
W 4200
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4201, Mk.I
s/n W4201
Avro
W 4201
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4213,
s/n W4213
W 4213
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4230, Mk.I
s/n W4230
Avro
W 4230
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4231, Mk.I
s/n W4231
Avro
W 4231
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4232, Mk.I
s/n W4232
Avro
W 4232
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4233, Mk.I
s/n W4233
Avro
W 4233
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Bombing Kiel Germany 1942-10-13 to 1942-10-14
61 (B) Sqn (RAF) RAF Syerston
61 Squadron (Per Puram Tunantes) RAF Syerston. Returning over England from an operation against targets in Kiel, Germany, the flak-damaged Lancaster BI aircraft W 4233 became lost in poor weather conditions. While trying to determine it's position, the Lancaster crashed into high ground fifteen miles north-east of Thirsk, at Bilsdale, East Moor, Yorkshire
Navigator, Pilot Officer L C R Leach (RCAF) and Bomb Aimer, Sergeant R Court (RAFVR) were killed in action. The Pilot, Flight Sergeant H E Game (RAF) was severely injured and died of his injuries in hospital 1942-10-15
The rest of the crew, Flight Engineer, Sergeant H Scattergood (RAF), Wireless Operator/Air Gunner, Sergeant L S J Hamblett (RAF), Mid-Upper Air Gunner, Sergeant E C Hawkins (RAF), and Rear Air Gunner, Sergeant E T Lund (RAFVR) all survived the crash with injuries
Sergeant Lund is believed to have walked to a farm house to get help despite having suffered two broken ankles in the crash
1942-October-14 KIA RAFVR Sergeant Ronald Court 2024-05-04 1942-October-14 KIA RAF Flight Sergeant Henry Ernest Game 2023-11-04 1942-October-14 Survived RAF Sergeant Lawrence Sidney James Hamblett 2023-11-04 1942-October-14 Survived RAF Sergeant Ernest Charles Hawkins 2023-11-04 1942-October-14 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Leonard Charles Robert Leach 2023-11-04 1942-October-14 Survived RAFVR Sergeant Edmund Thornley Lund 2023-11-04 1942-October-14 Survived RAF Sergeant Harry Scattergood 2023-11-04 Lancaster W4234, Mk.I
s/n W4234
Avro
W 4234
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4235, Mk.I
s/n W4235
Avro
W 4235
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4236, Mk.I
s/n W4236
Avro
W 4236
Merlin
last update: 2025-February-05
Lancaster W4237, Mk.I
s/n W4237
Avro
W 4237
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4238, Mk.I
s/n W4238
Avro
W 4238
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4239, Mk.I
s/n W4239
Avro
W 4239
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4240, Mk.I
s/n W4240
Avro
W 4240
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4241, Mk.I
s/n W4241
Avro
W 4241
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4242, Mk.I
s/n W4242
Avro
W 4242
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4243, Mk.I
s/n W4243
Avro
W 4243
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4244, Mk.I
s/n W4244
Avro
W 4244
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4245, Mk.I
s/n W4245
Avro
W 4245
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4246, Mk.I
s/n W4246
Avro
W 4246
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4247, Mk.I
s/n W4247
Avro
W 4247
Merlin
Lancaster W4248, Mk.I
s/n W4248
Avro
W 4248
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4249, Mk.I
s/n W4249
Avro
W 4249
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4250, Mk.I
s/n W4250
Avro
W 4250
Merlin
last update: 2025-February-05
Lancaster W4251, Mk.I
s/n W4251
Avro
W 4251
Merlin
Lancaster W4252, Mk.I
s/n W4252
Avro
W 4252
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4253, Mk.I
s/n W4253
Avro
W 4253
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4254, Mk.I
s/n W4254
Avro
W 4254
Merlin
Lancaster W4255, Mk.I
s/n W4255
Avro
W 4255
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4256, Mk.I
s/n W4256
Avro
W 4256
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4257, Mk.I
s/n W4257
Avro
W 4257
Merlin
Lancaster W4258, Mk.I
s/n W4258
Avro
W 4258
Merlin
Lancaster W4259, Mk.I
s/n W4259
Avro
W 4259
Merlin
last update: 2025-February-05
Lancaster W4260, Mk.I
s/n W4260
Avro
W 4260
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4261, Mk.I
s/n W4261
Avro
W 4261
Merlin
last update: 2025-February-05
1943-January-13 KIA RCAF Warrant Officer 2 Joseph Aleo 2024-10-17 1943-January-13 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Duncan Hugh Alexander Dewar 2024-10-17
1943-January-13 KIA RCAF Warrant Officer 2 Maurice Andrew Phair 2024-10-17 1943-January-13 KIA RCAF Warrant Officer 2 James Edward Quinn 2024-10-17 1943-January-13 KIA RCAF Warrant Officer 2 Russell C Zavitz 2024-10-17 Lancaster W4262, Mk.I
s/n W4262
Avro
W 4262
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4263, Mk.I
s/n W4263
Avro
W 4263
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4264, Mk.I
s/n W4264
Avro
W 4264
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4265, Mk.I
s/n W4265
Avro
W 4265
Merlin
last update: 2025-February-05
Lancaster W4266, Mk.I
s/n W4266
Avro
W 4266
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4267, Mk.I
s/n W4267
Avro
W 4267
Merlin
last update: 2025-February-05
1943-January-27 KIFA RAFVR Flying Officer Thomas Henry Anthony 2024-11-02 1943-January-27 KIFA RAFVR Sergeant Snowdon Cawood Bradley 2025-02-18 1943-January-27 KIFA RAFVR Sergeant Eric William Campbell 2025-02-18 1943-January-27 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Robert Alfred Chapman 2025-02-18 1943-January-27 Survived Long, Long 2025-02-18 1943-January-27 KIFA RAF Sergeant Ronald Bainbridge Wetherell 2025-02-18 1943-January-27 KIFA RAFVR Sergeant William Haseltine Wood 2025-02-18 Lancaster W4268, Mk.I
s/n W4268
Avro
W 4268
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4269, Mk.I
s/n W4269
Avro
W 4269
Merlin
last update: 2025-February-05
Bombing Duisburg Germany 1943-05-12 to 1943-05-13
61 (B) Sqn (RAF) RAF Syerston
From ORB:
Fourteen aircraft were ordered from the Squadron for operations against Duisburg, Thirteen aircraft attacked the target from heights varying from 16,500 to 21,000 feet bombing the TI [Target Indicator] markers. Several large explosions were seen. The defences were rather spasmodic. Photographs were taken which revealed fires and slight ground detail together with gun flashes. One aircraft failed to return [W4269].
Hit by Flak and crashed 0206 into the Zuiderzeepark at Amsterdam where all were originally buried.
Additional Crew not Canadian, all RAF, all Killed in Action:
- Pilot - Flight Sergeant Peter Henry Alderton
- Flight Engineer - Sergeant Sydney Lupton
- Navigator - Sergeant Robert Edward Sloan
- Air Gunner - Sergeant John Thomas
- Air Gunner - Sergeant Charles Douglas Whitehall
Lancaster W4270, Mk.I
s/n W4270
Avro
W 4270
Merlin
last update: 2025-February-05
Lancaster W4271, Mk.I
s/n W4271
Avro
W 4271
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4272, Mk.I
s/n W4272
Avro
W 4272
Merlin
last update: 2025-February-05
Bombing Berlin Germany 1944-02-15 to 1944-02-15
622 (B) Sqn (RAF) Mildenhall
Battle of Berlin
After a rest of more than 2 weeks for the regular bomber squadrons, 891 aircraft - 561 Lancasters, 314 Halifaxes, 16 Mosquitoes -were dispatched. This was the largest force sent to Berlin and the largest non-1,000 bomber force sent to any target, exceeding the previous record of 826 aircraft (which included Stirlings and Wellings tons) sent to Dortmund on the night of 23/24 May 1943. It was also the first time that more than 500 Lancasters and more than 300 Halifaxes were dispatched. The quantity of bombs dropped, 2,642 tons, was also a record.
The German controllers were able to plot the bomber stream soon after it left the English coast but the swing north over Denmark for the approach flight proved too far distant for many of the German fighters. The German controller ordered the fighters not to fly over Berlin, leaving the target area free for the Flak, but mapy fighters ignored him and attacked bombers over the city. The diversion to Frankfurt¬on-Oder failed to draw any fighters: 43 aircraft - 26 Lancasters, 17 Halifaxes - were lost, 4·8 per cent of the force.
Berlin was covered by cloud for most of the raid. Heavy bombing fell on the centre and south-western districts but many places out in the country again re-corded bombs, with 59 people being killed there. Damage in Berlin was extensive with 599 large and 572 medium fires and nearly 1,000 houses and 526 temporary wooden barracks, of which there were now a large number in Berlin, destroyed. Some of Berlin's most important war industries were hit, including the large Sie-mensstadt area. 320 people were killed - 196 civilians, 34 service personnel, 9 air-raid workers, 80 foreign workers and 1 prisoner of war. The diminishing proportion of civilian casualties reflects the large-scale evacuation which had now taken place but a further 260 civilians were recorded as being 'buried alive' and it is not known how many of these survived,
This was really the end of the true 'Battle of Berlin'; only one more raid tool pince on the city in this period and that was not for more than a month.
source: The Bomber Command War Diaries, Martin Middlebrook and Chris Everitt
1944-February-15 KIA RAFVR Sergeant Basil John Allen 2024-11-02 1944-February-15 KIA RAFVR Sergeant Clifford Althea Brown 2025-03-08 1944-February-15 KIA RAFVR Sergeant Frank Edward Walter Chapman 2024-01-30
1944-February-15 KIA RAAF Trevor Llewellyn Griffiths 2025-03-08 1944-February-15 KIA RAFVR Sergeant John William Griffiths 2025-03-08 1944-February-15 KIA RAFVR Flight Sergeant Harold Morral 2025-03-08 1944-February-15 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Robert Clifton Taylor 2025-03-08 1944-February-15 KIA RAFVR Sergeant Phillip William Wright 2025-03-08 Lancaster W4273, Mk.I
s/n W4273
Avro
W 4273
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4274, Mk.I
s/n W4274
Avro
W 4274
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4275, Mk.I
s/n W4275
Avro
W 4275
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4276, Mk.I
s/n W4276
Avro
W 4276
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4277, Mk.I
s/n W4277
Avro
W 4277
Merlin
last update: 2025-February-05
Minelaying Oresund Sweden (Daffodil) 1943-01-09 to 1943-01-09
(B) Sqn (RAF) RAF Waddington
44 Rhodesia Squadron (Fulmina Regis lusta). Lancaster aircraft W 4277 lost to enemy action whilst laying mines off the Danish Coast..
Claim by Fw Ernst Baader 4/NJG3 - 8674 B1 in See: 2,700m at 21:10
Crashed Sost Skov (Forest) near Rise-Hjarup 3 km NNW of Aabenraa Denmark
Six RAF members of the crew, Flying Officer A.G. Cameron, Sergeants A.R.A. Colonna, J. Hutchison, J.H. Lightfoot, D.B. Mogg, and S. Wright were also killed.
Source of Personnel and grave marker images via "Airwar over Denmark" (http://www.flensted.eu.com/19430001.shtml)
1943-January-09 KIA RAFVR Flying Officer Andrew Greenhill Cameron 2025-02-04 1943-January-09 KIA RAFVR Sergeant Adriano Alfred Robert Colonna 2025-02-04 1943-January-09 KIA RAF Sergeant Jonathan Hutchinson 2025-02-04 1943-January-09 KIA RAF Sergeant John Henry Lightfoot 2025-02-04 1943-January-09 KIA RAFVR Sergeant Mogg,Dennis Bryant Mogg 2025-02-04 1943-January-09 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Milton James Paige 2025-02-04 1943-January-09 KIA RAFVR Sergeant Sydney Wright 2025-02-04 Lancaster W4278, Mk.I
s/n W4278
Avro
W 4278
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4279, Mk.I
s/n W4279
Avro
W 4279
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4301, Mk.I
s/n W4301
Avro
W 4301
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4302, Mk.I
s/n W4302
Avro
W 4302
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4303, Mk.I
s/n W4303
Avro
W 4303
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4304, Mk.I
s/n W4304
Avro
W 4304
Merlin
last update: 2025-February-05
Lancaster W4305, Mk.I
s/n W4305
Avro
W 4305
Merlin
last update: 2025-February-05
Lancaster W4306, Mk.I
s/n W4306
Avro
W 4306
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4307, Mk.I
s/n W4307
Avro
W 4307
Merlin
last update: 2025-February-05
Lancaster W4308, Mk.I
s/n W4308
Avro
W 4308
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4309, Mk.I
s/n W4309
Avro
W 4309
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4310, Mk.I
s/n W4310
Avro
W 4310
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4311, Mk.I
s/n W4311
Avro
W 4311
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4312, Mk.I
s/n W4312
Avro
W 4312
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4313, Mk.I
s/n W4313
Avro
W 4313
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4314, Mk.I
s/n W4314
Avro
W 4314
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4315, Mk.I
s/n W4315
Avro
W 4315
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4316, Mk.I
s/n W4316
Avro
W 4316
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Bombing Bochum Germany 1943-06-13 to 1943-06-13
460 () Sqn (RAAF) RAF Binbrook
460 Australia Squadron (Strike And Return). While on a mission to Bochum, Germany, Lancaster W 4316 was shot down by a night fighter. RCAF Sgt. J.C. Cornish (air gunner) was taken Prisoner of War. Casualties included RAAF Flt. Sgt's. A. Gordon (air gunner) and D.C.P. Lundie (navigator); RAF Sgt's. R.O. Vaughan (pilot), L.F.C. Day (flight engineer), and D.A. Thomas (wireless operator / air gunner); and RAF Flying Officer C.W.R. Young (bomb aimer).Lancaster W4317, Mk.I
s/n W4317
Avro
W 4317
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4318, Mk.I
s/n W4318
Avro
W 4318
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4319, Mk.I
s/n W4319
Avro
W 4319
Merlin
Lancaster W4320, Mk.I
s/n W4320
Avro
W 4320
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4321, Mk.I
s/n W4321
Avro
W 4321
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4322, Mk.I
s/n W4322
Avro
W 4322
Merlin
last update: 2025-February-05
Lancaster W4323, Mk.I
s/n W4323
Avro
W 4323
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4324, Mk.I
s/n W4324
Avro
W 4324
Merlin
Lancaster W4325, Mk.I
s/n W4325
Avro
W 4325
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4326, Mk.I
s/n W4326
Avro
W 4326
Merlin
last update: 2025-February-05
Lancaster W4327, Mk.I
s/n W4327
Avro
W 4327
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4328, Mk.I
s/n W4328
Avro
W 4328
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4329, Mk.I
s/n W4329
Avro
W 4329
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4330, Mk.I
s/n W4330
Avro
W 4330
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4331, Mk.I
s/n W4331
Avro
W 4331
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4332, Mk.I
s/n W4332
Avro
W 4332
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4333, Mk.I
s/n W4333
Avro
W 4333
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4334, Mk.I
s/n W4334
Avro
W 4334
Merlin
last update: 2025-February-05
Lancaster W4335, Mk.I
s/n W4335
Avro
W 4335
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4336, Mk.I
s/n W4336
Avro
W 4336
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4337, Mk.I
s/n W4337
Avro
W 4337
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4338, Mk.I
s/n W4338
Avro
W 4338
Merlin
last update: 2025-February-05
Lancaster W4339, Mk.I
s/n W4339
Avro
W 4339
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4340, Mk.I
s/n W4340
Avro
W 4340
Merlin
Lancaster W4351,
s/n W4351
W 4351
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4355, Mk.I
s/n W4355
Avro
W 4355
Merlin
last update: 2025-February-05
Lancaster W4356, Mk.I
s/n W4356
Avro
W 4356
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4357, Mk.I
s/n W4357
Avro
W 4357
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4358, Mk.I
s/n W4358
Avro
W 4358
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4359, Mk.I
s/n W4359
Avro
W 4359
Merlin
last update: 2025-February-05
Lancaster W4360, Mk.I
s/n W4360
Avro
W 4360
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4361, Mk.I
s/n W4361
Avro
W 4361
Merlin
last update: 2025-February-05
Lancaster W4362, Mk.I
s/n W4362
Avro
W 4362
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4363, Mk.I
s/n W4363
Avro
W 4363
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4364, Mk.I
s/n W4364
Avro
W 4364
Merlin
last update: 2025-February-05
Lancaster W4365, Mk.I
s/n W4365
Avro
W 4365
Merlin
last update: 2025-February-05
Lancaster W4366, Mk.I
s/n W4366
Avro
W 4366
Merlin
last update: 2025-February-05
Lancaster W4367, Mk.I
s/n W4367
Avro
W 4367
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4368, Mk.I
s/n W4368
Avro
W 4368
Merlin
last update: 2025-February-05
Lancaster W4369, Mk.I
s/n W4369
Avro
W 4369
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4370, Mk.I
s/n W4370
Avro
W 4370
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4371, Mk.I
s/n W4371
Avro
W 4371
Merlin
Lancaster W4372, Mk.I
s/n W4372
Avro
W 4372
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4373, Mk.I
s/n W4373
Avro
W 4373
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4374, Mk.I
s/n W4374
Avro
W 4374
Merlin
last update: 2025-February-05
Lancaster W4375, Mk.I
s/n W4375
Avro
W 4375
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4376, Mk.I
s/n W4376
Avro
W 4376
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4377, Mk.I
s/n W4377
Avro
W 4377
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4378, Mk.I
s/n W4378
Avro
W 4378
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4379, Mk.I
Lancaster W4380, Mk.I
s/n W4380
Avro
W 4380
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4381, Mk.I
s/n W4381
Avro
W 4381
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4382, Mk.I
s/n W4382
Avro
W 4382
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4383, Mk.I
s/n W4383
Avro
W 4383
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4384, Mk.I
s/n W4384
Avro
W 4384
Merlin
Lancaster W4761, Mk.I
s/n W4761
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
W 4761
Merlin
last update: 2025-February-05
Lancaster W4762, Mk.I
s/n W4762
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
W 4762
Merlin
Lancaster W4763, Mk.I
s/n W4763
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
W 4763
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4764, Mk.I
s/n W4764
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
W 4764
Merlin
Lancaster W4765, Mk.I
s/n W4765
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
W 4765
Merlin
Lancaster W4766, Mk.I
s/n W4766
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
W 4766
Merlin
Lancaster W4767, Mk.I
s/n W4767
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
W 4767
Merlin
Lancaster W4768, Mk.I
s/n W4768
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
W 4768
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4769, Mk.I
s/n W4769
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
W 4769
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4770, Mk.I
s/n W4770
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
W 4770
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4771, Mk.I
s/n W4771
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
W 4771
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4772, Mk.I
s/n W4772
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
W 4772
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4773, Mk.I
s/n W4773
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
W 4773
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4774, Mk.I
s/n W4774
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
W 4774
Merlin
Lancaster W4775, Mk.I
s/n W4775
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
W 4775
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4776, Mk.I
s/n W4776
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
W 4776
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4777, Mk.I
s/n W4777
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
W 4777
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4778, Mk.I
s/n W4778
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
W 4778
Merlin
Lancaster W4779, Mk.I
s/n W4779
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
W 4779
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4780, Mk.I
s/n W4780
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
W 4780
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4781, Mk.I
s/n W4781
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
W 4781
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4782, Mk.I
s/n W4782
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
W 4782
Merlin
last update: 2025-February-05
1942-December-08 PoW RCAF Warrant Officer 2nd Class Walter Enoch Currier 2024-06-05 1942-December-08 PoW RCAF Warrant Officer 2nd Class Donald Fraser MacDonald 2023-09-08 1942-December-08 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Ernest Caldwell McLean 2023-08-28 1942-December-08 KIA RCAF Warrant Officer 2nd Class Francis Paul Desmond Quinn 2023-08-28 Lancaster W4783, Mk.I
s/n W4783
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
W 4783
Merlin
last update: 2025-February-05
Lancaster W4784, Mk.I
s/n W4784
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
W 4784
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4785, Mk.I
s/n W4785
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
W 4785
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4786, Mk.I
s/n W4786
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
W 4786
Merlin
Lancaster W4787, Mk.I
s/n W4787
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
W 4787
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4788, Mk.I
s/n W4788
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
W 4788
Merlin
Lancaster W4789, Mk.I
s/n W4789
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
W 4789
Merlin
Lancaster W4790, Mk.I
s/n W4790
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
W 4790
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4791, Mk.I
s/n W4791
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
W 4791
Merlin
Lancaster W4792, Mk.I
s/n W4792
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
W 4792
Merlin
Lancaster W4793, Mk.I
s/n W4793
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
W 4793
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4794, Mk.I
s/n W4794
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
W 4794
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4795, Mk.I
s/n W4795
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
W 4795
Merlin
Lancaster W4796, Mk.I
s/n W4796
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
W 4796
Merlin
Lancaster W4797, Mk.I
s/n W4797
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
W 4797
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4798, Mk.I
s/n W4798
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
W 4798
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4799, Mk.I
s/n W4799
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
W 4799
Merlin
Lancaster W4800, Mk.I
s/n W4800
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
W 4800
Merlin
Lancaster W4815, Mk.I
s/n W4815
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
W 4815
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4816, Mk.I
s/n W4816
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
W 4816
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4817, Mk.I
s/n W4817
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
W 4817
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4818, Mk.I
s/n W4818
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
W 4818
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4819, Mk.I
s/n W4819
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
W 4819
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4820, Mk.I
s/n W4820
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
W 4820
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4821, Mk.I
s/n W4821
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
W 4821
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4822, Mk.I
s/n W4822
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
W 4822
Merlin
Lancaster W4823, Mk.I
s/n W4823
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
W 4823
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4824, Mk.I
s/n W4824
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
W 4824
Merlin
Lancaster W4825, Mk.I
s/n W4825
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
W 4825
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4826, Mk.I
s/n W4826
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
W 4826
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4827, Mk.I
s/n W4827
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
W 4827
Merlin
Lancaster W4828, Mk.I
s/n W4828
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
W 4828
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4829, Mk.I
s/n W4829
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
W 4829
Merlin
Lancaster W4830, Mk.I
s/n W4830
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
W 4830
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4831, Mk.I
s/n W4831
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
W 4831
Merlin
Lancaster W4832, Mk.I
s/n W4832
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
W 4832
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4833, Mk.I
s/n W4833
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
W 4833
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4834, Mk.I
s/n W4834
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
W 4834
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4835, Mk.I
s/n W4835
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
W 4835
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4836, Mk.I
s/n W4836
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
W 4836
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4837, Mk.I
s/n W4837
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
W 4837
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4838, Mk.I
s/n W4838
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
W 4838
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4839, Mk.I
s/n W4839
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
W 4839
Merlin
Lancaster W4840, Mk.I
s/n W4840
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
W 4840
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Bombing Essen Germany 1943-01-03 to 1943-01-03
9 (B) Sqn (RAF) RAF Waddington
Claim by Uffz. Christian K_ltringer 7./NJG1 5223b9: 1 km. South of Velp: 5,600m at 20:15.Crashed near steam pumping station in Overhagense Weide at Velp.The RCAF members of the crew were initially buried at Velp. Reinterred 12 October 1945. Source John Jones
1943-January-03 KIA RCAF Flight Sergeant Robert Lloyd Dickie 2025-01-30 1943-January-03 KIA RAFVR Flight Lieutenant Douglas Herbert Scott Lonsdale DFC 2025-01-30 1943-January-03 KIA RCAF Warrant Officer 2 Robert Richmond Moore 2025-01-30 1943-January-03 KIA RAFVR Sergeant James Ivor Morris 2025-01-30 1943-January-03 KIA RAFVR Sergeant Albert Thomas Riley 2025-01-30 1943-January-03 KIA RCAF Flying Officer Kenneth Read Smith 2025-01-30 1943-January-03 KIA RAFVR Sergeant Arthur Douglas Smitherman 2025-01-30 Lancaster W4841, Mk.I
s/n W4841
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
W 4841
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4842, Mk.I
s/n W4842
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
W 4842
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4843, Mk.I
s/n W4843
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
W 4843
Merlin
Lancaster W4844, Mk.I
s/n W4844
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
W 4844
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4845, Mk.I
s/n W4845
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
W 4845
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4846, Mk.I
s/n W4846
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
W 4846
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4847, Mk.I
s/n W4847
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
W 4847
Merlin
Lancaster W4848, Mk.I
s/n W4848
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
W 4848
Merlin
Lancaster W4849, Mk.I
s/n W4849
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
W 4849
Merlin
Lancaster W4850, Mk.I
s/n W4850
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
W 4850
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4851, Mk.I
s/n W4851
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
W 4851
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4852, Mk.I
s/n W4852
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
W 4852
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4853, Mk.I
s/n W4853
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
W 4853
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4854, Mk.I
s/n W4854
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
W 4854
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4855, Mk.I
s/n W4855
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
W 4855
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4856, Mk.I
s/n W4856
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
W 4856
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4857, Mk.I
s/n W4857
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
W 4857
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4858, Mk.I
s/n W4858
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
W 4858
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4859, Mk.I
s/n W4859
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
W 4859
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4860, Mk.I
s/n W4860
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
W 4860
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4861, Mk.I
s/n W4861
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
W 4861
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4862, Mk.I
s/n W4862
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
W 4862
Merlin
Lancaster W4863, Mk.I
s/n W4863
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
W 4863
Merlin
Lancaster W4864, Mk.I
s/n W4864
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
W 4864
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4879, Mk.I
s/n W4879
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
W 4879
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4880, Mk.I
s/n W4880
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
W 4880
Merlin
Lancaster W4881, Mk.I
s/n W4881
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
W 4881
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Bombing Berlin Germany 1943-12-02 to 1943-12-02
460 () Sqn (RAAF) RAF Binbrook, Lincolnshire, England
460 Australia Squadron (Strike And Return). Lancaster aircraft W 4881 was attacked by a night fighter during a raid on Berlin, Germany, and exploded. Killed were RCAF W/O II I. Rodin (air gunner); RAAF Pilot Officer J.H.J. English (DFC) (pilot), RAAF Sgt's. R.O. Cole (wireless operator / air gunner) and A.E. Kan (air gunner). Taken Prisoners of War were RAAF Pilot Officer N.J. Anderson (navigator); RAF Flt. Sgt. A.W. Catty (bomb aimer), and RAF Sgt. W.L. Miller (flight engineer).Four of the aircraft taking part in the raid that night carried a War Correspondent, including Australian Norman Stockton, age 40, a journalist for Australian Associated News (specifically the Sydney Sun). Stockton was also killed on Lancaster W4881.
Lancaster W4882, Mk.I
s/n W4882
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
W 4882
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4883, Mk.I
s/n W4883
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
W 4883
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4884, Mk.I
s/n W4884
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
W 4884
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4885, Mk.I
s/n W4885
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
W 4885
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4886, Mk.I
s/n W4886
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
W 4886
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4887, Mk.I
s/n W4887
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
W 4887
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4888, Mk.I
s/n W4888
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
W 4888
Merlin
Lancaster W4889, Mk.I
s/n W4889
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
W 4889
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4890, Mk.I
s/n W4890
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
W 4890
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4891, Mk.I
s/n W4891
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
W 4891
Merlin
last update: 2025-February-05
Lancaster W4892, Mk.I
s/n W4892
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
W 4892
Merlin
Lancaster W4893, Mk.I
s/n W4893
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
W 4893
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4894, Mk.I
s/n W4894
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
W 4894
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4895, Mk.I
s/n W4895
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
W 4895
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4896, Mk.I
s/n W4896
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
W 4896
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
1943-March-08 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Walter Raymond Affleck 2024-11-01 1943-March-08 KIA RCAF Warrant Officer 2nd Class Robert Douglas Strong 2024-07-09 1943-March-08 KIA RCAF Warrant Officer 2nd Class Robert Harvey Ward 2024-07-10 1943-March-08 KIA RCAF Pilot Officer Murray Edward White DFM 2024-07-12 Lancaster W4897, Mk.I
s/n W4897
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
W 4897
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4898, Mk.I
s/n W4898
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
W 4898
Merlin
Lancaster W4899, Mk.I
s/n W4899
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
W 4899
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4900, Mk.I
s/n W4900
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
W 4900
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4901, Mk.I
s/n W4901
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
W 4901
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4902, Mk.I
s/n W4902
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
W 4902
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4903, Mk.I
s/n W4903
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
W 4903
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4904, Mk.I
s/n W4904
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
W 4904
Merlin
Lancaster W4905, Mk.I
s/n W4905
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
W 4905
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4918, Mk.I
s/n W4918
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
W 4918
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4919, Mk.I
s/n W4919
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
W 4919
Merlin
Lancaster W4920, Mk.I
s/n W4920
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
W 4920
Merlin
Lancaster W4921, Mk.I
s/n W4921
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
W 4921
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4922, Mk.I
s/n W4922
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
W 4922
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4923, Mk.I
s/n W4923
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
W 4923
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4924, Mk.I
s/n W4924
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
W 4924
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4925, Mk.I
s/n W4925
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
W 4925
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4926, Mk.I
s/n W4926
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
W 4926
Merlin
last update: 2025-February-05
Lancaster W4927, Mk.I
s/n W4927
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
W 4927
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4928, Mk.I
s/n W4928
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
W 4928
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4929, Mk.I
s/n W4929
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
W 4929
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4930, Mk.I
s/n W4930
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
W 4930
Merlin
Lancaster W4931, Mk.I
s/n W4931
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
W 4931
Merlin
Lancaster W4932, Mk.I
s/n W4932
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
W 4932
Merlin
Lancaster W4933, Mk.I
s/n W4933
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
W 4933
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4934, Mk.I
s/n W4934
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
W 4934
Merlin
Lancaster W4935, Mk.I
s/n W4935
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
W 4935
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4936, Mk.I
s/n W4936
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
W 4936
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4937, Mk.I
s/n W4937
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
W 4937
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4938, Mk.I
s/n W4938
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
W 4938
Merlin
Lancaster W4939, Mk.I
s/n W4939
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
W 4939
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4940, Mk.I
s/n W4940
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
W 4940
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4941, Mk.I
s/n W4941
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
W 4941
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4942, Mk.I
s/n W4942
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
W 4942
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4943, Mk.I
s/n W4943
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
W 4943
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4944, Mk.I
s/n W4944
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
W 4944
Merlin
Lancaster W4945, Mk.I
s/n W4945
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
W 4945
Merlin
last update: 2025-February-05
Lancaster W4946, Mk.I
s/n W4946
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
W 4946
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4947, Mk.I
s/n W4947
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
W 4947
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4948, Mk.I
s/n W4948
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
W 4948
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4949, Mk.I
s/n W4949
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
W 4949
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4950, Mk.I
s/n W4950
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
W 4950
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4951, Mk.I
s/n W4951
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
W 4951
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4952, Mk.I
s/n W4952
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
W 4952
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4953, Mk.I
s/n W4953
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
W 4953
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4954, Mk.I
s/n W4954
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
W 4954
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4955, Mk.I
s/n W4955
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
W 4955
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4956, Mk.I
s/n W4956
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
W 4956
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4957, Mk.I
s/n W4957
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
W 4957
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4958, Mk.I
s/n W4958
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
W 4958
Merlin
Lancaster W4959, Mk.I
s/n W4959
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
W 4959
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4960, Mk.I
s/n W4960
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
W 4960
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4961, Mk.I
s/n W4961
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
W 4961
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4962, Mk.I
s/n W4962
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
W 4962
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4963, Mk.I
s/n W4963
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
W 4963
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4964, Mk.I
s/n W4964
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
W 4964
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4965, Mk.I
s/n W4965
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
W 4965
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4966, Mk.I
s/n W4966
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
W 4966
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4967, Mk.I
s/n W4967
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
W 4967
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4980, Mk.I
s/n W4980
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
W 4980
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4981, Mk.I
s/n W4981
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
W 4981
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4982, Mk.I
s/n W4982
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
W 4982
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4983, Mk.III
s/n W4983
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
W 4983
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4984, Mk.III
s/n W4984
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
W 4984
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Bombing Dortmund Germany 1943-05-24 to 1943-05-24
460 () Sqn (RAAF) RAF Binbrook, England
460 Australia Squadron (Strike And Return). Lancaster aircraft W 4984 went down near Schoonebeek, Holland, 14 km SSE of Emmen, during a night operation over enemy territory. No take-off time was recorded. Casualties included RCAF Flt. Sgt. F.W. Ralph (air gunner); RAAF Flt. Sgt's. J.S. Biffen (wireless operator / air gunner), B.M.T. Davis (pilot), K.D. Dyce (navigator), and F.S. Wright (air gunner); and RAF Sgt. E. Rowlands (flight engineer). RAAF Flt. Sgt. C. Goldthorpe (bomb aimer) was taken Prisoner of War.Lancaster W4985, Mk.III
s/n W4985
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
W 4985
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4986, Mk.III
s/n W4986
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
W 4986
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4987, Mk.III
s/n W4987
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
W 4987
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Bombing Hamburg Germany 1943-07-25 to 1943-07-25
460 () () RAF Binbrook, England
460 Australia Squadron (Strike And Return). Lancaster W4987 took off from RAF Binbrook at 2308 hours on the night of 24/25th July 1943 to attack Hamburg, Germany. Nothing was heard from the aircraft after take-off and it did not return to base. Twenty six aircraft from the squadron took part in the attack. Casualties included RCAF Flt. Sgt. A.J.E. Perron (air gunner); RAAF Flt. Sgt's. A.G. Ashley (pilot), F.S. Forsyth (air gunner), and F.C. Taylor (navigator); RAF Sgt's. J.M. Acheson (bomb aimer), J.V. Joyce (wireless operator), and D.W. Metcalfe (flight engineer).Lancaster W4988, Mk.III
s/n W4988
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
W 4988
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Bombing Berlin Germany 1943-09-04 to 1943-09-04
460 () Sqn (RAAF) RAF Binbrook, Lincolnshire, England
460 Australia Squadron (Strike And Strike Again). Lancaster W4988 was on a bombing mission to Berlin, Germany, when it was hit by both flak and night fighters. RAAF Flt. Sgt. N.J. Conway (navigator) was killed. Taken Prisoners of War were RAAF Pilot Officer L.G. Greenaway (bomb aimer), RCAF Flt. Sgt. H.K. Ward (rear gunner), and RAAF Sgt. A.J. O'Brien (wireless operator / air gunner).Aviation Safety Network provided a detailed description of the events:"While over Berlin the aircraft was caught by several searchlights and attacked by German night fighters and the port outer engine caught fire but Pilot Flying Officer Francis Archibald Randall RAAF managed to get away and by stopping the engine minimising the fire. Shortly after W4988 was caught in the light of flares dropped by the fighters and once again attacked. This time the starboard outer engine caught fire and a fire started in the fuselage just aft of the mid-upper turret. The burning engine was stopped and the fire died. During the combat the Bomb aimer Pilot Officer Lindsay Grafton Greenaway RAAF had left the Lancaster in parachute over Berlin. With only two good engines Randall asked navigator Flight Sergeant Norman James Conway RAAF for a course to take them across Denmark on the return flight. He then changed his mind and asked for a course for Sweden. When they sighted the east coast of Sjælland and could see the lights in Sweden the fire in the starboard engine started again and Randall ordered the crew to bale [sic] out. The first to leave the Lancaster was Flt. Engr. Sergeant Arthur Hilton Johns, Wop Sergeant Allen John O`Brian RAAF and Rear Gunner Flight Sergeant Harry Knight Ward RCAF. Then navigator Flight Sergeant Conway left. Mid-upper gunner Sergeant Herbert Bell parachute had been laying [sic] in the fuselage and had been damaged by bullets from the nightfighter. Randall told Bell to unpack it to see that it was not too badly damaged. Bell then jumped with the unpacked parachute folded in front of his chest. When the parachute unfolded the lines tangled round his neck and injured him. Randall left the plane as the last person. Conway jumped 5th and is believed to have landed in the sea off Sjælland and to have drowned. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial."Lancaster W4989, Mk.III
s/n W4989
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
W 4989
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4990, Mk.III
s/n W4990
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
W 4990
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4991, Mk.III
s/n W4991
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
W 4991
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4992, Mk.III
s/n W4992
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
W 4992
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4993, Mk.III
s/n W4993
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
W 4993
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4994, Mk.III
s/n W4994
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
W 4994
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4995, Mk.III
s/n W4995
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
W 4995
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4996, Mk.III
s/n W4996
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
W 4996
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4997, Mk.III
s/n W4997
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
W 4997
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4998, Mk.III
s/n W4998
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
W 4998
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W4999, Mk.III
s/n W4999
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
W 4999
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W5000, Mk.III
s/n W5000
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
W 5000
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W5001, Mk.III
s/n W5001
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
W 5001
Merlin
Lancaster W5002, Mk.III
s/n W5002
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
W 5002
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W5003, Mk.III
s/n W5003
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
W 5003
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W5004, Mk.III
s/n W5004
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
W 5004
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W5005, Mk.III
s/n W5005
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
W 5005
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W5006, Mk.III
s/n W5006
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
W 5006
Merlin
Lancaster W5007, Mk.III
s/n W5007
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
W 5007
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Bombing Cologne Germany 1943-06-17 to 1943-06-17
460 () () RAF Binbrook, England
460 Australia Squadron (Strike And Return). Lancaster W5007 took off from RAF Binbrook at 2302 hours on the night of 16 June 1943 detailed to attack Cologne, Germany. The aircraft called up Binbrook to say that the hydraulic system had been shot away and they were very badly damaged. Shortly after at 0445 hours on 17 June, W 5007 crashed at Elsham Wolds. Casualties included RCAF Sgt. W. Brodie (air gunner); RAAF Flt. Sgt's. N.O.B. Flitcroft (air gunner), L.M. McDonnell (air bomber), and J.C. Plummer (navigator); and RAF Sgt's. D.J.D. Strath (pilot), D.S. Gent (wireless operator / air gunner) and R.T. Harman (flight engineer). 1943-June-17 KIA RCAF Sergeant William Brodie 2024-11-19 1943-June-17 KIFA RAAF Flight Sergeant Noel Oliver Boyd Flitcroft 2025-03-04 1943-June-17 KIFA RAFVR Sergeant Donald Samuel Gent 2025-03-04 1943-June-17 KIA RAFVR Sergeant Ronald Thomas Harman 2025-03-04 1943-June-17 KIA RAAF Flight Sergeant Leslie Maxwell McDonnell 2025-03-04 1943-June-17 KIA RAAF Flight Sergeant John Clement Plummer 2025-03-04 1943-June-17 KIA RAFVR Sergeant David John Duthie Strath 2025-03-04 Lancaster W5008, Mk.III
s/n W5008
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
W 5008
Merlin
Lancaster W5009, Mk.III
s/n W5009
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
W 5009
Merlin
Lancaster W5010, Mk.III
s/n W5010
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
W 5010
Merlin
Lancaster W5011, Mk.III
s/n W5011
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
W 5011
Merlin
last update: 2025-March-10
Lancaster W5012, Mk.III
s/n W5012
m/d 683
Metropolitan-Vickers
W 5012
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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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.