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R5733

Avro 683 Lancaster I

Built by:

Avro, Manchester

Contract:

B.69274/40

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R5733

Works Order:

7671

Delivered:

1942-07-11

Struck off:

1947-05-07

Scrapped

Fate:

Memorial:
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Story

Survived the war. Served with 50 Sqn, 44 Sqgn, 1654 HCU, 3LFS, 6 LFS.

Last Flight Details (if lost)

Home Base:

Mission:

Squadron:

Role

Rank

Name

Service No.

Service

Fate

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Memorial

Movements
Serial
Date
Unit
Notes
R5733
1942-07-11
50 Sqn
R5733
1942-11-14
44 Sqn
R5733
1943-01-26
Cat B
R5733
1943-02-02
Cat AC
R5733
1945-03-06
44 Sqn
R5733
1943-05-12
ROS
R5733
1943-05-22
44 Sqn
R5733
1943-06-13
1654 HCU
R5733
1943-08-29
Cat AC
R5733
1943-09-22
Recat B
R5733
1944-01-15
AW/CN
R5733
1944-04-09
5 MU
R5733
1944-04-29
3 LFS
R5733
1944-07-04
AV Roe
R5733
1944-10-13
AW/CN
R5733
1944-11-03
46 MU
R5733
1945-01-16
32 MU
R5733
1945-02-09
6 LFS
R5733
1946-01-09
231 Sqn
R5733
1946-04-27
20 MU
R5733
1947-05-07
SOC
Missions Flown
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Serial
Date
Sqn
Code
Base
Mission
T/O
Land
R5733
1942-07-29
50
VN
O
Swinderby
Saarbrucken
0009
0420
R5733
1942-08-01
50
VN
O
Swinderby
Dusseldorf
0055
0530
R5733
1942-08-09
50
VN
O
Swinderby
Le Havre
2137
0103
R5733
1942-08-10
50
VN
O
Swinderby
Gardening (Silverthorn)
2207
0421
R5733
1942-08-17
50
VN
O
Swinderby
Osnabruck
2132
0204
R5733
1942-08-20
50
VN
O
Swinderby
Tanker Attack
0245
1108
R5733
1942-08-24
50
VN
O
Swinderby
Frankfurt
2106
0235
R5733
1942-08-27
50
VN
O
Swinderby
Kassel
2132
0226
R5733
1942-08-28
50
VN
O
Swinderby
Nurenburg
2109
2320
R5733
1942-09-01
50
VN
O
Swinderby
Saarbrucken
2341
0458
R5733
1942-09-02
50
VN
O
Swinderby
Karlsruhe
2318
0447
R5733
1942-09-04
50
VN
O
Swinderby
Bremen
0014
0502
R5733
1942-09-06
50
VN
O
Swinderby
Duisburg
0058
0508
R5733
1942-09-10
50
VN
O
Swinderby
Dusseldorf
2030
0046
R5733
1942-09-13
50
VN
O
Swinderby
Bremen
2317
0346
R5733
1942-09-16
50
VN
O
Swinderby
Essen
2009
0129
R5733
1942-09-18
50
VN
O
Swinderby
Gardening (Pollock)
1917
0229
R5733
1942-09-19
50
VN
O
Swinderby
Munich
2010
0402
R5733
1942-09-23
50
VN
O
Swinderby
Wismar
2249
0545
R5733
1942-10-05
50
VN
O
Swinderby
Aachen
1919
2336
R5733
1942-10-13
50
VN
O
Swinderby
Kiel
1855
0041
R5733
1942-10-17
50
VN
O
Skellingthorpe
Le Creusot
1205
2159
R5733
1942-10-22
50
VN
O
Skellingthorpe
Genoa
1722
0200
R5733
1942-11-09
50
VN
O
Skellingthorpe
Hamburg
1806
2324
R5733
1942-11-13
50
VN
O
Skellingthorpe
Genoa
1849
0238
R5733
1942-11-20
50
VN
O
Skellingthorpe
Turin
1829
0253
R5733
1942-11-22
50
VN
O
Skellingthorpe
Stuttgart
1835
0214
R5733
1942-12-21
50
VN
O
Skellingthorpe
Munich
1742
0103
R5733
1943-03-29
44
KM
P
Waddington
Berlin
2138
0546
R5733
1943-04-03
44
KM
P
Waddington
Essen
1942
0053
R5733
1943-04-04
44
KM
P
Waddington
Kiel
2111
0244
R5733
1943-04-10
44
KM
P
Waddington
Frankfurt
0026
0616
R5733
1943-04-13
44
KM
P
Waddington
Spezia
2039
0642
R5733
1943-04-16
44
KM
P
Waddington
Pilsen
2113
0646
R5733
1943-04-18
44
KM
P
Waddington
Spezia
2103
0715
R5733
1943-04-26
44
KM
P
Waddington
Duisburg
0010
0506
R5733
1943-04-28
44
KM
P
Waddington
Gardening (Jasmine)
2049
0416
R5733
1943-05-04
44
KM
P
Waddington
Dortmund
2136
0310

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