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ED493

Avro 683 Lancaster III

Built by:

Avro, Manchester

Contract:

B.69247/40

Works Order:

7671

WS

A

ED493

Delivered:

1943-01-15

Struck Off:

1943-08-07

Shot Down

Fate:

Story
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Memorial:

Served with 9 Sqn. Shot down by Ofw Karl-Heinz Scherfling (IV./NJG1) and crashed into the sea north west of Bergen aan Zee.

Last Flight Details (if lost)

Home Base:

Bardney

Mission:

Hamburg

Squadron:

9

Role

Pilot

Flt Eng

Nav

Bomb Aimer

WOp/AG

Air Gunner

Air Gunner

Rank

Sgt

Sgt

P/O

Sgt

Sgt

Sgt

Sgt

Service No.

Name

Service

Fate

IBCC Link

Memorial

D

RH

TMA

R

GA

LF

MacKenzie

Jones

McCall

Reid

Filleul

Gilkes

WM

Welsh

149962

RAFVR

Killed

620761

RAF

Killed

129597

RAFVR

Killed

657577

RAF

Killed

1196129

RAFVR

Killed

1810281

RAFVR

Killed

1369334

RAFVR

Killed

Missions Flown
Serial
Date
Sqn
Code
Base
Mission
T/O
Land
ED493
1943-01-27
9
WS
A
Waddington
Dusseldorf
1743
2318
ED493
1943-01-30
9
WS
A
Waddington
Hamburg
2335
0332
ED493
1943-02-02
9
WS
A
Waddington
Cologne
1826
2312
ED493
1943-02-04
9
WS
A
Waddington
Turin
1821
0205
ED493
1943-02-07
9
WS
A
Waddington
Lorient
1912
0054
ED493
1943-02-16
9
WS
A
Waddington
Lorient
1908
0050
ED493
1943-02-18
9
WS
A
Waddington
Wilhelmshaven
1759
2305
ED493
1943-02-25
9
WS
A
Waddington
Nuremburg
1950
0300
ED493
1943-03-01
9
WS
A
Waddington
Berlin
1901
0214
ED493
1943-03-03
9
WS
A
Waddington
Hamburg
1855
2349
ED493
1943-03-05
9
WS
A
Waddington
Essen
1905
0030
ED493
1943-03-08
9
WS
A
Waddington
Nuremburg
1953
0254
ED493
1943-03-10
9
WS
A
Waddington
Gardening (Sweet Pea)
1804
0238
ED493
1943-03-11
9
WS
A
Waddington
Stuttgart
2013
0301
ED493
1943-03-26
9
WS
A
Waddington
Duisburg
1906
2324
ED493
1943-03-29
9
WS
A
Waddington
Berlin
2159
0514
ED493
1943-04-02
9
WS
A
Waddington
Lorient
2104
0150
ED493
1943-04-26
9
WS
A
Bardney
Duisburg
0007
0435
ED493
1943-04-28
9
WS
A
Bardney
Gardening (Verbena)
2051
0345
ED493
1943-04-30
9
WS
A
Bardney
Essen
0015
0447
ED493
1943-05-04
9
WS
A
Bardney
Dortmund
2153
0307
ED493
1943-05-13
9
WS
A
Bardney
Pilsen
2125
0451
ED493
1943-05-23
9
WS
A
Bardney
Dortmund
2238
0335
ED493
1943-05-25
9
WS
A
Bardney
Dusseldorf
2325
0356
ED493
1943-05-27
9
WS
A
Bardney
Essen
2202
0302
ED493
1943-05-29
9
WS
A
Bardney
Wuppertal
2215
0342
ED493
1943-06-11
9
WS
A
Bardney
Dusseldorf
2301
0319
ED493
1943-06-12
9
WS
A
Bardney
Bochum
2228
0329
ED493
1943-06-14
9
WS
A
Bardney
Oberhausen
2229
0309
ED493
1943-06-21
9
WS
A
Bardney
Krefeld
2345
0347
ED493
1943-06-22
9
WS
A
Bardney
Mulheim
2309
0407
ED493
1943-06-28
9
WS
A
Bardney
Cologne
2344
0420
ED493
1943-07-03
9
WS
A
Bardney
Cologne
2230
0350
ED493
1943-07-08
9
WS
A
Bardney
Cologne
2230
0405
ED493
1943-07-24
9
WS
A
Bardney
Hamburg
2238
0435
ED493
1943-07-27
9
WS
A
Bardney
Hamburg
2246
0324
ED493
1943-07-29
9
WS
A
Bardney
Hamburg
2234
0310
ED493
1943-08-02
9
WS
Bardney
Hamburg
2326
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