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ED782

Avro 683 Lancaster III

Built by:

Avro, Manchester

Contract:

B.69247/40

Works Order:

7671

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ED782

Delivered:

1943-03-26

Struck Off:

1943-07-31

Shot Down

Fate:

Story
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Memorial:

Served with 61 Sqn. Shot down by a night fighter flown by Oblt Gunther Stege of 8./NJG3 at 00.30hrs, crashing in the North Sea near the Frisian Islands, 30kms North East of Heligoland.

Last Flight Details (if lost)

Home Base:

Syerston

Mission:

Hamburg

Squadron:

61

Role

Pilot

Flt Eng

Nav

Bomb Aimer

WOp/AG

Air Gunner

Air Gunner

Rank

P/O

P/O

Sgt

Sgt

Flt Sgt

Sgt

Sgt

Service No.

Name

Service

Fate

IBCC Link

Memorial

JM

EHM

CK

AEG

CD

DN

Phillips

Harbour

Morrow

White

Brown

Hunter

R

Foster

145145

RAFVR

Killed

52803

RAF

Killed

R/129107

RCAF

Killed

1386561

RAFVR

Killed

1272049

RAFVR

Killed

R/55947

RCAF

Killed

1390814

RAFVR

Killed

Movements
Serial
Date
Unit
Notes
ED782
1943-03-26
61 Sqn
ED782
1943-07-29
Cat E
Missions Flown
Serial
Date
Sqn
Code
Base
Mission
T/O
Land
ED782
1943-04-03
61
QR
V
Syerston
Essen
1919
0112
ED782
1943-04-13
61
QR
V
Syerston
Spezia
2034
0656
ED782
1943-04-14
61
QR
V
Syerston
Stuttgart
2214
0455
ED782
1943-04-16
61
QR
V
Syerston
Pilsen
2114
0637
ED782
1943-04-18
61
QR
V
Syerston
Spezia
2100
0639
ED782
1943-04-20
61
QR
V
Syerston
Stettin
2130
0631
ED782
1943-04-26
61
QR
V
Syerston
Duisburg
2356
0538
ED782
1943-04-28
61
QR
V
Syerston
Gardening (Silverthorne I)
2032
0615
ED782
1943-04-30
61
QR
V
Syerston
Essen
0025
0546
ED782
1943-05-04
61
QR
V
Syerston
Dortmund
2200
0333
ED782
1943-05-13
61
QR
V
Syerston
Pilsen
2151
0045
ED782
1943-05-25
61
QR
V
Syerston
Dusseldorf
2324
0432
ED782
1943-05-27
61
QR
V
Syerston
Essen
2149
0338
ED782
1943-05-29
61
QR
V
Syerston
Wuppertal
2221
0341
ED782
1943-06-11
61
QR
V
Syerston
Dusseldorf
2247
0332
ED782
1943-06-12
61
QR
V
Syerston
Bochum
2221
0352
ED782
1943-06-21
61
QR
V
Syerston
Krefeld
2322
0352
ED782
1943-06-22
61
QR
V
Syerston
Mulheim
2229
0322
ED782
1943-06-24
61
QR
V
Syerston
Wuppertal
2220
0338
ED782
1943-06-25
61
QR
V
Syerston
Gelsenkirchen
2254
0350
ED782
1943-06-28
61
QR
V
Syerston
Cologne
2248
0335
ED782
1943-07-03
61
QR
V
Syerston
Cologne
2220
0350
ED782
1943-07-08
61
QR
V
Syerston
Cologne
2230
0410
ED782
1943-07-12
61
QR
V
Syerston
Turin
2238
0813
ED782
1943-07-24
61
QR
V
Syerston
Hamburg
2232
0337
ED782
1943-07-25
61
QR
V
Syerston
Essen
2222
0050
ED782
1943-07-27
61
QR
V
Syerston
Hamburg
2243
0403
ED782
1943-07-29
61
QR
V
Syerston
Hamburg
2235
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