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DS673

Avro 683 Lancaster II

Built by:

Armstrong Whitworth

Contract:

Delivered:

239/SAS/C4( C )

Works Order:

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

Rank

Sgt

Sgt

Sgt

Sgt

Sgt

Flt Sgt

Sgt

Service No.

Name

Fate

Service

IBCC Link

Memorial

RW

WH

LE

HA

DH

DW

KE

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

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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