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DV187

Avro 683 Lancaster I/III

Built by:

Metropolitan-Vickers

Contract:

B.69275/40

Works Order:

GO.122195

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PH

A

DV187

Delivered:

1943-06-29

Struck Off:

1943-08-28

Shot down

Fate:

Kay Crew.jpg
Memorial:
Story

Served with 12 Sqn. Believed shot down by Hptm Ludwig Meister and crashed 20km SE of Schweinfurt.

Last Flight Details (if lost)

Home Base:

Nuremburg

Mission:

12

Squadron:

Role

Pilot

Flt Eng

Nav

Bomb Aimer

WOp/AG

Air Gunner

Air Gunner

Rank

W/O

Sgt

Sgt

P/O

Sgt

Sgt

Sgt

Name

Service No.

Fate

Service

IBCC Link

Memorial

LW

KJ

E

G

RW

EW

RW

Aspden
Bevis
Kelloway
King
Dobbins
Clayton
Chew

1336697

Killed

RAFVR

1171184

Killed

RAFVR

R/115923

Killed

RCAF

134722

Killed

RAFVR

1178204

Killed

RAFVR

1006016

Killed

RAFVR

1810131

Killed

RAFVR

Missions Flown
Serial
Date
Sqn
Code
Base
Mission
T/O
Land
DV187
1943-07-08
12
PH
A
Wickenby
Cologne
2241
0255
DV187
1943-07-12
12
PH
A
Wickenby
Turin
2224
0807
DV187
1943-07-24
12
PH
A
Wickenby
Hamburg
2302
0354
DV187
1943-07-29
12
PH
A
Wickenby
Hamburg
2205
0317
DV187
1943-08-02
12
PH
A
Wickenby
Hamburg
2351
0516
DV187
1943-08-09
12
PH
A
Wickenby
Mannheim
2310
0533
DV187
1943-08-10
12
PH
A
Wickenby
Nuremberg
2137
0458
DV187
1943-08-12
12
PH
A
Wickenby
Milan
2109
0551
DV187
1943-08-15
12
PH
A
Wickenby
Milan
2006
0441
DV187
1943-08-17
12
PH
A
Wickenby
Peenemunde
2128
0450
DV187
1943-08-22
12
PH
A
Wickenby
Leverkusen
2115
0213
DV187
1943-08-23
12
PH
A
Wickenby
Berlin
2034
0406
DV187
1943-08-27
12
PH
A
Wickenby
Nuremberg
2128
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