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DS673

Avro 683 Lancaster II

Built by:

Armstrong Whitworth

Contract:

Delivered:

239/SAS/C4( C )

Works Order:

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1943-06-15

Struck Off:

1943-09-01

Shot down

Fate:

Tail_bkgnd.png

KO

V

DS673

Story
Kay Crew.jpg
Memorial:

Served with 115 Sqn. Believed shot down by night fighter and crashed in the sea off Wilhelmshaven.

Last Flight Details (if lost)

Home Base:

East Wretham

Mission:

Hamburg

Squadron:

115

Role

Pilot

Flt Eng

Nav

Bomb Aimer

WOp/AG

Air Gunner

Air Gunner

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Rank

Sgt

Sgt

Sgt

Sgt

Sgt

Flt Sgt

Sgt

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Service No.

Name

Fate

Service

IBCC Link

Memorial

RW

WH

LE

HA

DH

DW

KE

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Bennett
Hodges
Fuller
Sparrow
Read
Bellamy
Schlegel

1338150

Killed

RAFVR

1388688

Killed

RAFVR

1333900

Killed

RAFVR

1318964

Killed

RAFVR

1389067

Killed

RAFVR

903979

Killed

RAFVR

R/152251

Killed

RCAF

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Movements
Serial
Date
Unit
Notes
DS673
1943-06-15
115 Sqn
DS673
1943-08-03
Cat E
Missions Flown
Serial
Date
Sqn
Code
Base
Mission
T/O
Land
DS673
1943-06-25
115
KO
V
East Wretham
Gardening (La Rochelle)
1050
0450
DS673
1943-06-28
115
KO
V
East Wretham
Cologne
0010
0225
DS673
1943-07-03
115
KO
V
East Wretham
Cologne
0015
0440
DS673
1943-07-09
115
KO
V
East Wretham
Gelsenkirchen
2325
0500
DS673
1943-07-13
115
KO
V
East Wretham
Aachen
0030
0500
DS673
1943-07-24
115
KO
V
East Wretham
Hamburg
2240
0415
DS673
1943-07-25
115
KO
V
East Wretham
Essen
2250
0215
DS673
1943-07-27
115
KO
V
East Wretham
Hamburg
2230
0350
DS673
1943-07-29
115
KO
V
East Wretham
Hamburg
2230
0330
DS673
1943-08-02
115
KO
V
East Wretham
Hamburg
2350
-
DS673
1943-10-18
115
KO
V
Little Snoring
Hannover
1814
2202

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