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W4829

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W4829

V

KM

Avro 683 Lancaster I

Built by:

Metropolitan-Vickers

Contract:

B.69275/40

Works Order:

0

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Memorial:

Shot Down

Fate:

Struck off:

1943-03-05

Delivered:

1942-11-27

Story

Served with 9 Sqn and 44 Sqn. Shot down by Flak of 1. Flak Division over the target and exploded over Berlin-Kopenick. Crashed at 22.30hrs on the corner of Pritstabelstrasse-Kopenzeile in Kopenick.

Last Flight Details (if lost)

Home Base:

Waddington

Mission:

Berlin

Squadron:

44

Role

Pilot

Flt Eng

Nav

Bomb Aimer

Wop/AG

Air Gunner

Air Gunner

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Rank

Sgt

Sgt

Sgt

Sgt

Sgt

Sgt

Sgt

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Name

BF

L

DGJ

LJ

WE

J

CV

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Forman

Farmer

Coombes

Holleron

Toft

Little

Brown

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Service No.

Service

1333660

RAFVR

1118254

RAFVR

1319785

RAFVR

1577048

RAFVR

1268610

RAFVR

984813

RAFVR

1192773

RAFVR

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Fate

Killed

Killed

Killed

Killed

Killed

Killed

Killed

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Movements
Serial
Date
Unit
Notes
W4829
1942-11-27
AV Roe
W4829
1942-12-13
9 Sqn
W4829
1943-01-27
44 Sqn
W4829
1943-03-02
Cat E
Missions Flown

Click on Date to see more details

Serial
Date
Sqn
Code
Base
Mission
T/O
Land
W4829
1942-12-29
9
WS
T
Waddington
Gardening (La Rochelle)
0155
0906
W4829
1943-01-08
9
WS
T
Waddington
Gardening (Baltic)
1826
0035
W4829
1943-01-13
9
WS
T
Waddington
Essen
1717
2240
W4829
1943-01-16
9
WS
T
Waddington
Berlin
1628
0101
W4829
1943-01-17
9
WS
T
Waddington
Berlin
1707
0038
W4829
1943-01-30
44
KM
V
Waddington
Hamburg
0020
0605
W4829
1943-02-02
44
KM
V
Waddington
Cologne
1832
2350
W4829
1943-02-14
44
KM
V
Waddington
Milan
1900
0355
W4829
1943-02-16
44
KM
V
Waddington
Lorient
1846
0136
W4829
1943-02-18
44
KM
U
Waddington
Wilhelmshaven
1816
2359
W4829
1943-02-21
44
KM
V
Waddington
Bremen
1854
2353
W4829
1943-02-25
44
KM
V
Waddington
Nuremberg
1940
0323
W4829
1943-02-26
44
KM
V
Waddington
Cologne
1937
2357
W4829
1943-02-28
44
KM
V
Waddington
St Nazaire
1846
0058
W4829
1943-03-01
44
KM
V
Waddington
Berlin
1846
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