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R5673

Avro 683 Lancaster I

Built by:

Avro, Manchester

Contract:

B.69274/40

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R5673

L

OL

Works Order:

7671

Delivered:

1942-06-15

Struck off:

1942-11-07

Missing

Fate:

Memorial:
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Story

Served with 83 Sqn.

Last Flight Details (if lost)

Home Base:

Wyton

Mission:

Genoa

Squadron:

83

Role

Pilot

Flt Eng

Nav

Bomb Aimer

WOp/AG

Air Gunner

Air Gunner

Rank

WO

Sgt

WO2

Sgt

Sgt

Flt Sgt

Sgt

Name

VR

JLG

ML

WG

E

LH

P

Long

Waite

Roberts

Chapman

MacKay

Morton

Hayward

Service No.

Service

Fate

IBCC Link

R/50377

Killed

RCAF

576297

Killed

RAF

R/87325

Killed

RCAF

925685

Killed

RAFVR

119563

Killed

RAFVR

401242

Killed

RAAF

590955

Killed

RAF

Memorial

Movements
Serial
Date
Unit
Notes
R5673
1942-06-15
83 Sqn
R5673
1942-11-07
Cat E
Missions Flown
Click on date to see op details
Serial
Date
Sqn
Code
Base
Mission
T/O
Land
R5673
1942-06-08
83
OL
L
Scampton
Essen
2337
0044
R5673
1942-06-19
83
OL
L
Scampton
Emden
0017
0436
R5673
1942-06-21
83
OL
L
Scampton
Gardening (Frisian Islands)
0017
0452
R5673
1942-06-25
83
OL
L
Scampton
Bremen
2351
0532
R5673
1942-06-28
83
OL
L
Scampton
Gardening (Bordeaux)
2300
0516
R5673
1942-06-29
83
OL
L
Scampton
Bremen
2349
0457
R5673
1942-07-02
83
OL
L
Scampton
Bremen
2345
0409
R5673
1942-07-08
83
OL
L
Scampton
Wilhelmshaven
0010
0504
R5673
1942-07-14
83
OL
L
Scampton
Gardening (Gironde)
2303
0608
R5673
1942-07-23
83
OL
L
Scampton
Duisburg
0100
0307
R5673
1942-07-25
83
OL
L
Scampton
Duisburg
0030
0444
R5673
1942-07-26
83
OL
L
Scampton
Hamburg
2257
0510
R5673
1942-07-29
83
OL
L
Scampton
Saarbrucken
2339
0421
R5673
1942-07-31
83
OL
L
Scampton
Dusseldorf
0013
0414
R5673
1942-08-05
83
OL
L
Scampton
Cologne
2240
0301
R5673
1942-08-28
83
OL
L
Wyton
Nurnburg
2052
0346
R5673
1942-09-04
83
OL
L
Wyton
Bremen
2359
0447
R5673
1942-09-19
83
OL
L
Wyton
Munich
2014
0345
R5673
1942-10-02
83
OL
L
Wyton
Krefeld
1935
2245
R5673
1942-10-05
83
OL
L
Wyton
Aachen
1920
2330
R5673
1942-11-06
83
OL
L
Wyton
Genoa
2205
N/A

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