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R5502

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Avro 683 Lancaster I

Built by:

Avro, Manchester

Contract:

B.69274/40

Works Order:

7671

Delivered:

1942-03-15

Struck off:

1942-08-28

Missing

Fate:

Memorial:
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R5502

M

OF

Story

Served with 97 Sqn until going missing on a mission to Nuremburg.

Last Flight Details (if lost)

Home Base:

Woodhall Spa

Mission:

Nuremberg

Role

Pilot

Flt Eng

Nav

Bomb Aimer

W/Op

Air Gunner

Air Gunner

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Rank

Flt Sgt

Sgt

Sgt

Sgt

Sgt

Sgt

Sgt

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Squadron:

97

Name

JH

WE

EV

VA

CH

HJ

B

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Dinning

Spooner

Cope

Hamon

Brummitt

Endley

Quinn

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Service No.

Service

404992

RAAF

1479837

RAFVR

1006396

RAFVR

1173236

RAFVR

1051139

RAFVR

1153736

RAFVR

646803

RAF

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Fate

Killed

Killed

Killed

Killed

Killed

Killed

Killed

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Movements
Serial
Date
Unit
Notes
R5502
1942-03-15
97 Sqn
R5502
1942-08-29
Cat E
Missions Flown
Click on date to see op details
Serial
Date
Sqn
Code
Base
Mission
T/O
Land
R5502
1942-03-25
97
OF
M
Woodhall Spa
Essen
1945
2345
R5502
1942-04-10
97
OF
M
Woodhall Spa
Essen
2202
0228
R5502
1942-04-28
97
OF
M
Lossiemouth
Tirpitz
2100
0500
R5502
1942-05-02
97
OF
M
Woodhall Spa
Gardening (Daffodil)
2225
0540
R5502
1942-05-04
97
OF
M
Woodhall Spa
Stuttgart
2246
0434
R5502
1942-05-16
97
OF
M
Woodhall Spa
Gardening (Daffodil)
2219
0420
R5502
1942-05-19
97
OF
M
Woodhall Spa
Mannheim
2241
0412
R5502
1942-05-30
97
OF
M
Woodhall Spa
Cologne
0007
0435
R5502
1942-06-01
97
OF
M
Woodhall Spa
Essen
2346
0203
R5502
1942-06-02
97
OF
M
Woodhall Spa
Essen
0026
0355
R5502
1942-06-04
97
OF
M
Woodhall Spa
Dieppe
2325
0251
R5502
1942-06-17
97
OF
M
Woodhall Spa
Gardening (Nectarine)
0129
0444
R5502
1942-06-19
97
OF
M
Woodhall Spa
Osnabruck
2356
0218
R5502
1942-06-20
97
OF
M
Woodhall Spa
Emden
2357
0316
R5502
1942-06-21
97
OF
M
Woodhall Spa
Gardening (Nectarine)
2357
0344
R5502
1942-06-25
97
OF
M
Woodhall Spa
Bremen
2342
0430
R5502
1942-06-27
97
OF
M
Woodhall Spa
Bremen
2341
0410
R5502
1942-06-29
97
OF
M
Woodhall Spa
Bremen
2317
0156
R5502
1942-07-08
97
OF
M
Woodhall Spa
Wilhelmshaven
0002
0139
R5502
1942-07-23
97
OF
M
Woodhall Spa
Duisburg
0041
0503
R5502
1942-08-11
97
OF
M
Woodhall Spa
Mainz
2250
0347
R5502
1942-08-12
97
OF
M
Woodhall Spa
Gardening (Nectarine I)
0125
0445
R5502
1942-08-15
97
OF
M
Woodhall Spa
Dusseldorf
0022
0505
R5502
1942-08-24
97
OF
M
Woodhall Spa
Frankfurt
2139
0240
R5502
1942-08-28
97
OF
M
Woodhall Spa
Nurnberg
2102
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