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R5552

Avro 683 Lancaster I

Built by:

Avro, Manchester

Contract:

B.69274/40

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R5552

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Works Order:

7671

Delivered:

1942-04-25

Struck off:

1943-12-31

Missing

Fate:

Memorial:
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Served with 97 Sqn. Allocated to 166 Sqn in November 1943 it was lost a month later.

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Missions Flown
Click on date to see op details

Memorial

Serial
Date
Sqn
Code
Base
Mission
T/O
Land
R5552
1942-05-07
97
OF
P
Woodhall Spa
Warnemunde
2200
0403
R5552
1942-05-30
97
OF
P
Woodhall Spa
Cologne
0008
0454
R5552
1942-05-30
97
OF
P
Woodhall Spa
Cologne
0042
0433
R5552
1942-06-01
97
OF
P
Woodhall Spa
Essen
0016
0412
R5552
1942-06-25
97
OF
P
Woodhall Spa
Bremen
0004
0525
R5552
1942-06-27
97
OF
P
Woodhall Spa
Bremen
0003
0437
R5552
1942-06-29
97
OF
P
Woodhall Spa
Bremen
2350
0430
R5552
1942-07-02
97
OF
P
Woodhall Spa
Bremen
2349
0500
R5552
1942-07-08
97
OF
P
Woodhall Spa
Wilhelmshaven
0005
0405
R5552
1942-07-11
97
OF
P
Woodhall Spa
Danzig
1641
0306
R5552
1942-07-13
97
OF
P
Woodhall Spa
Duisburg
0052
0449
R5552
1942-07-23
97
OF
P
Woodhall Spa
Duisburg
0043
0419
R5552
1942-07-25
97
OF
P
Woodhall Spa
Duisburg
0029
0345
R5552
1942-07-26
97
OF
P
Woodhall Spa
Hamburg
2325
0345
R5552
1942-07-29
97
OF
P
Woodhall Spa
Saarbrucken
0007
0448
R5552
1942-08-01
97
OF
P
Woodhall Spa
Dusseldorf
0106
0444
R5552
1942-08-04
97
OF
P
Woodhall Spa
Gardening (Nectarine)
0221
0538
R5552
1942-08-09
97
OF
P
Woodhall Spa
Osnabruck
0036
0247
R5552
1942-08-24
97
OF
P
Woodhall Spa
Frankfurt
2122
0246
R5552
1942-08-27
97
OF
P
Woodhall Spa
Kassel
2117
0248
R5552
1942-08-28
97
OF
P
Woodhall Spa
Nurnberg
2110
0338
R5552
1942-09-01
97
OF
P
Woodhall Spa
Saarbrucken
0001
0530
R5552
1942-09-13
97
OF
P
Woodhall Spa
Bremen
2252
0327
R5552
1942-09-14
97
OF
P
Woodhall Spa
Wilhelmshaven
2029
0038
R5552
1942-09-18
97
OF
P
Woodhall Spa
Gardening (Spinach)
1917
0432
R5552
1942-09-19
97
OF
P
Woodhall Spa
Munich
2016
0335
R5552
1942-09-23
97
OF
P
Woodhall Spa
Wismar
2307
0532
R5552
1942-10-05
97
OF
P
Woodhall Spa
Aachen
1913
0002
R5552
1942-10-15
97
OF
P
Woodhall Spa
Cologne
1918
2326
R5552
1942-10-17
97
OF
P
Woodhall Spa
Le Creusot
1159
2205
R5552
1942-11-13
97
OF
P
Woodhall Spa
Genoa
1832
0500
R5552
1942-11-22
97
OF
P
Woodhall Spa
Stuttgart
1844
0213
R5552
1942-11-28
97
OF
P
Woodhall Spa
Turin
1908
0302
R5552
1942-12-08
97
OF
P
Woodhall Spa
Turin
1908
0302
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