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ED501

Avro 683 Lancaster III

Built by:

Avro, Manchester

Contract:

B.69247/40

Works Order:

7671

WS

R

ED501

Delivered:

1943-01-21

Struck Off:

1943-04-15

Crashed

Fate:

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Memorial:

Served with 9 Sqn. Crashed near Mainz.

Last Flight Details (if lost)

Home Base:

Waddington

Mission:

Frankfurt

Squadron:

9

Role

Pilot

Flt Eng

Nav

Bomb Aimer

WOp/AG

Air Gunner

Air Gunner

Pilot

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Rank

W/C

Sgt

F/O

F/O

Sgt

Sgt

P/O

Sgt

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Service No.

Name

Service

Fate

IBCC Link

Memorial

KBF

W

AJ

BJ

GA

LS

Smith

Thomson

Turner

Smith

Taylor

Fiddes

RVC

Pleaseance

AG

Stone

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36042

RAF

Killed

1111480

RAFVR

Killed

125631

RAFVR

Killed

122746

RAFVR

Killed

413283

RNZAF

Killed

1415512

RAFVR

Killed

51285

RAFVR

Killed

1387857

RAFVR

Killed

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Missions Flown
Serial
Date
Sqn
Code
Base
Mission
T/O
Land
ED501
1943-02-11
9
WS
R
Waddington
Wilhelmshaven
1740
2313
ED501
1943-02-13
9
WS
R
Waddington
Lorient
1905
0105
ED501
1943-02-14
9
WS
R
Waddington
Milan
1857
0305
ED501
1943-02-16
9
WS
R
Waddington
Lorient
1854
0112
ED501
1943-02-18
9
WS
R
Waddington
Wilhelmshaven
1810
2327
ED501
1943-02-21
9
WS
R
Waddington
Bremen
1841
2359
ED501
1943-03-08
9
WS
R
Waddington
Nuremburg
1955
0258
ED501
1943-03-09
9
WS
R
Waddington
Munich
2050
0412
ED501
1943-03-10
9
WS
R
Waddington
Gardening (Sweet Pea)
1806
0107
ED501
1943-03-11
9
WS
R
Waddington
Stuttgart
2025
0252
ED501
1943-03-12
9
WS
R
Waddington
Essen
1920
2344
ED501
1943-03-22
9
WS
R
Waddington
St Nazaire
1905
2335
ED501
1943-03-29
9
WS
R
Waddington
Berlin
2206
0452
ED501
1943-04-03
9
WS
R
Waddington
Essen
2002
0040
ED501
1943-04-08
9
WS
R
Waddington
Duisburg
2040
0223
ED501
1943-04-10
9
WS
R
Waddington
Frankfurt
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