Aircraft Flown on Operations
W4992 - GZ "A" - Lancaster III - Merlin 28 - Metro Vickers (Contractor)
Mark III Production - Trafford Park and Mosley Road (132 Aircraft)
Contract No. B69275/40 (132 aircraft) W4983 - W5012
7 Operations - Struck off Charge 23 June 1943
20.5.43 - P/O Ashburner - Gardening Bordeaux
25.5.43 - Sgt Kroemer - Dusseldorf
27.5.43 - Sgt Kroemer - Essen
29.5.43 - Sgt Forbes - Wuppertal
11.6.43 - F/S Tucker - Dusseldorf
12.6.43 - F/S Tucker - Bochum
14.6.43 - F/S Tucker - Oberhausen [Missing]
W4794 - GZ "D" - Lancaster I - Merlin XX - Metro Vicker (Contractor)
Mark I Production - Trafford Park and Mosley Road (948 Aircraft)
Contract No. B69275/40 (268 aircraft) W4761 - W4800
4 Operations - Posted to 1667 CU - 16.6.43
23.5.43 - Sgt Forbes - Dortmund
25.5.43 - F/O Weeks - Dusseldorf
27.5.43 - F/O Weeks - Essen
29.5.43 - F/O Weeks - Wuppertal
ED996 - GZ "J" - Lancaster III - Merlin 28 - A.V.Roe (Contractor)
Newton Heath / Chadderton (2,138 Aircraft)
Contract No. B69274/40 (488 aircraft) ED967 - ED999
3 Operations - Struck off Charge - 3.6.43
25.5.43 - Sgt Forbes - Dusseldorf
27.5.43 - Sgt Forbes - Essen
29.5.43 - F/L Goudge - Wuppertal [Missing]
LM328 - GZ "F" / PH "F2" - Lancaster III - Merlin 28 - A.V.Roe (Contractor)
Yeadon (642 Aircraft)
Contract No. 1087 (485 aircraft) LM311 - LM346
8 Operations - Struck off Charge - 22.7.43
20.6.43 - Sgt Hopton - Gardening Cinnamon & Deodar
21.6.43 - Sgt Sargent - Krefeld
24.6.43 - Sgt Forbes - Wuppertal
25.6.43 - Sgt Sargent - Gelsenkirchen
28.5.43 - Sgt Hopton - Cologne
03.7.43 - Sgt Sargent - Cologne
08.7.43 - F/O Ashburner - Cologne
12.7.43 - Sgt Forbes - Turin [Missing]
ED548 - GZ "J" / PH "J2" - Lancaster I - Merlin XX - A.V.Roe (Contractor)
Newton Heath / Chadderton (839 Aircraft)
Contract No. B69274/40 (536 aircraft) ED548
6 Operations so far
11.6.43 - Sgt Forbes - Dusseldorf
12.6.43 - Sgt Forbes - Bochum
14.6.43 - Sgt Borland - Oberhausen
24.6.43 - Sgt Sargent - Wuppertal
25.6.43 - Sgt Kroemer - Gelsenkirchen
03.7.43 - Sgt Forbes - Cologne [Abandoned]
LM321 - GZ "H" / GZ "H2" - Lancaster III - Merlin 28 - A.V.Roe (Contractor)
Yeadon (642 Aircraft)
Contract No. 1087 (485 aircraft) LM311 - LM346
LM321 amassed an amazing 69 operations (that I know of). I would like to thank Alan Chambers for his invaluable help in listing these operations. See Photo Album for pictures of LM321.
12 Squadron
20.5.43 - S/L Knight - Gardening St Jean De Lux
23.5.43 - S/L Knight - Dortmund
25.5.43 - P/O Ashburner - Dusseldorf
29.5.43 - S/L Knight - Wupperthal
11.6.43 - F/O Weeks - Dusseldorf
12.6.43 - F/O Ford - Bochum
14.6.43 - S/L Knight - Oberhausen
16.5.43 - P/O Ashburner - Cologne
22.6.43 - Sgt Forbes - Mulheim
24.6.43 - S/L Knight - Wuppertal
08.7.43 - F/O Wood - Cologne
12.7.43 - F/O Wood - Turin
24.7.43 - F/O Wood - Hamburg
25.7.43 - Sgt Hopton - Essen
27.7.43 - F/L Wood - Hamburg
29.7.43 - F/L Wood - Hamburg
02.8.43 - F/S Sargent - Hamburg
09.8.43 - F/S Hutchinson - Mannheim
10.8.43 - S/L Roden - Nuremburg
12.8.43 - F/S Hutchinson - Milan
17.8.43 - F/L Wood - Peenemunde
22.8.43 - F/O Lighton - Leverkausen
23.8.43 - F/O Lighton - Berlin
27.8.43 - F/S Hopton - Nuremburg
30.8.43 - F/L Wood - Munchen Gladbach
31.8.43 - F/L Wood - Berlin
03.9.43 - F/L Wood - Berlin
05.9.43 - F/S Hopton - Mannheim
06.9.43 - F/S Hopton - Munich
22.9.43 - F/L Wood - Hanover
23.9.43 - F/O Bracewell - Mannheim
29.9.43 - P/O Currie - Bochum
02.10.43 - F/O Bracewell - Munich
460 Squadron
07.10.43 - Scott - Stuttgart
18.10.43 - Scott - Hannover
20.10.43 - Scott - Leipzig
22.10.43 - Scott - Kassel
03.11.43 - Scott - Dusseldorf
26.11.43 - Moore - Berlin
02.12.43 - Hills - Berlin
03.12.43 - Howell - Leipzig
550 Squadron
20.12.43 - F/S C.G. Foster - Berlin
23.12.43 - F/S C.G. Foster - Berlin
29.12.43 - F/O G.B. Hoddle - Berlin
100 Squadron
05.01.44 - P/O F.H. Tritton - Stettin
14.01.44 - P/O F.H. Tritton - Brunswick
15.03.44 - F/S J. Littlewood - Stuttgart
18.03.44 - F/S D.W. Sutton - Munich
22.03.44 - Sgt W.J. Shaw - Frankfurt
24.03.44 - F/O E.L. Eames - Berlin
26.03.44 - G/C R.A.C. Carter - Essen
30.03.44 - Sgt D.E. Walton - Nuremburg
20.04.44 - P/O E.D. King - Cologne
22.04.44 - P/O E.D. King - Dusseldorf
24.04.44 - P/O J.D. Rees - Karlsruhe
26.04.44 - P/O J.D. Rees - Essen
27.04.44 - P/O M.C. Hennessey - Freidrichshaven
03.05.44 - P/O J.A. Orr - Mailly le Camp
06.05.44 - F/L E.L. Eames - Aubigne Racon
21.05.44 - P/O D.G. Mills - Duisburg
22.05.44 - P/O J.H. Shaw - Dortmund
24.05.44 - P/O T.G. Page - Aachen
27.05.44 - P/O J.H. Shaw - Merville
31.05.44 - F/L H. Paston-Williams - Tergnier
02.06.44 - F/L M.R. Robertson - Bernaval
05.06.44 - P/O J.H. Shaw - Caisbecq
06.06.44 - P/O J.H. Shaw - Vire
07.06.44 - P/O T.F. Cook - Foret de Cerisy
10.06.44 - P/O H.W.L. Skinner - Acheres - [Missing]
LM321 was posted to 460 Sqdn on 4.10.43, then 550 Sqdn on 16.12.43, then to 100 Sqdn on 4.1.44 eventually going missing 10.6.44