08/11/1946

Scrapped

L7566 survived the war serving with 44 Sqn - 83 Sqn (for 2 days) - 207 Sqn - 1660 HCU - 3 LFS - 1668 HCU - 1651 HCU and back to 1668 HCU before being scrapped.

31/08/1942

Missing

Nuremberg

L7567 served with 44 Sqn - 50 Sqn and 49 Sqn before being lost on a raid on Nuremburg.

16/07/1942

Crashed

L7568 served with 44 Sqn before crashing on 10th July 1942.

16/10/1946

Scrapped

L7569 served with 44 Sqn being immediately transferred to 97 Sqn. It then served with 61 Sqn and 106 Sqn - before returning to 44 Sqn. It transferred to No.4 School of Technical training on 19/09/1942 and was scrapped after the war.

09/04/1942

Missing

Gardening

L7570 served with 44 Sqn being immediately transferred to 97 Sqn. Its first operation on 20th March 1942 was a Gardening op in the Necarine area. Flying low after take-off - the starboard wing tip hit a roof in Boston - the port wing tip was also damaged. It crash landed at Frieston where the aircraft was caught by the tide. All crew were uninjured - but the aircraft was struck off charge 3 weeks later. This was the first operational Lancaster loss. The tail and fuselage are now at East Kirby.

18/09/1942

Missing

Essen

L7571 served with 97 Sqn - 61 Sqn and was on loan with 207 Sqn before being lost on an operation to Essen on 07/09/1942.

29/04/1942

Missing

Trondheim Fjord (Tirpitz)

L7572 served with 97 Sqn and was lost on its 3rd op attacking the German battleship Tirpitz in Trondheim Bay.

17/04/1942

Shot Down

Augsburg

L7573 served with 97 Sqn and was shot down attacking Augsburg less than 2 months after delivery on its 3rd operation. On the last operation - this aircraft was the formation leader.

01/12/1943

Crashed

Berlin

L7574 served with 97 Sqn and 467 Sqn before being lost on 22nd November 1943 on an attack on Berlin.

15/11/1943

Crashed

L7575 served with 97 Sqn and 1654 HCU before crashing and being destroyed by fire on 24th October 1943.

01/08/1944

Missing

Stuttgart

L7576 served with 97 Sqn (no ops) - 44 Sqn - 1661 HCU - 1660 HCU and 622 Sqn before being lost on 29th July 1944.

02/03/1943

Crashed

L7577 served with 97 Sqn - 106 Sqn and 1654 HCU before being written off in March 1943.