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LM723

Avro 683 Lancaster III

Built by:

Avro, Yeadon

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HW

H

LM723

Contract:

1807

Works Order:

Delivered:

1944-08-28

Struck off:

1945-03-09

Fate:

Crashed

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Story

Served with 100 Sqn. Both port engines and petrol tanks damaged by flak just after bombing. Crash landed near Ghent on its 45th operation.

Memorial:
Last Flight Details (if lost)

Home Base:

Elsham Wolds

Mission:

Cologne

Squadron:

100

Role

Pilot

Flt Eng

Nav

Bomb Aimer

WOp/AG

Air Gunner

Air Gunner

Rank

F/O

Sgt

F/S

F/S

F/S

Sgt

Sgt

Name

Service No.

Fate

Service

IBCC Link

WH

Evans

188950

Safe

JJ

Paxton

1604610

Safe

RAFVR

JL

Pearson

1673277

Safe

RAFVR

AW

Dack

1615599

Safe

RAFVR

JG

Sutherland

1822540

Safe

RAFVR

KWJ

Hodges

1894035

Safe

RAFVR

F

Burdett

2222685

Safe

RAFVR

Missions Flown
Click on date to see further details

Memorial

Serial
Date
Sqn
Code
Base
Mission
T/O
Land
LM723
1944-09-05
100
HW
H
Grimsby
Le Havre
1640
2004
LM723
1944-09-08
100
HW
H
Grimsby
Le Havre
0700
1045
LM723
1944-09-10
100
HW
H
Grimsby
Le Havre
1655
2030
LM723
1944-09-12
100
HW
H
Grimsby
Frankfurt
1835
0140
LM723
1944-09-16
100
HW
H
Grimsby
Leeuwarden Aerodrome
0045
0400
LM723
1944-09-17
100
HW
H
Grimsby
Flushing
1630
1910
LM723
1944-09-20
100
HW
H
Grimsby
Calais
1520
1840
LM723
1944-09-23
100
HW
H
Grimsby
Neuss
1850
2220
LM723
1944-09-25
100
HW
H
Grimsby
Calais
0725
1120
LM723
1944-09-26
100
HW
H
Grimsby
Cap Gris Nez
1025
1325
LM723
1944-09-27
100
HW
H
Grimsby
Calais
0850
1205
LM723
1944-09-28
100
HW
H
Grimsby
Calais
0815
1120
LM723
1944-10-05
100
HW
H
Grimsby
Saarbrucken
1845
0100
LM723
1944-10-07
100
HW
H
Grimsby
Emmerich
1205
1625
LM723
1944-11-16
100
HW
H
Grimsby
Duren
1315
1755
LM723
1944-11-18
100
HW
H
Grimsby
Wanne Eickel
1600
2110
LM723
1944-11-21
100
HW
H
Grimsby
Aschaffenburg
1530
2205
LM723
1944-11-27
100
HW
H
Grimsby
Freiburg
1610
2320
LM723
1944-11-29
100
HW
H
Grimsby
Dortmund
1205
1725
LM723
1944-12-03
100
HW
H
Grimsby
Urft Dam
0755
1240
LM723
1944-12-06
100
HW
H
Grimsby
Merseburg
1635
0050
LM723
1944-12-12
100
HW
H
Grimsby
Essen
1620
2145
LM723
1944-12-17
100
HW
H
Grimsby
Ulm
1515
2250
LM723
1944-12-21
100
HW
H
Grimsby
Bonn
1500
2045
LM723
1944-12-24
100
HW
H
Grimsby
Cologne
1450
1955
LM723
1944-12-26
100
HW
H
Grimsby
St Vith
1320
1730
LM723
1944-12-28
100
HW
H
Grimsby
Munchengladbach
1540
2135
LM723
1944-12-29
100
HW
H
Grimsby
Gelsenkirchen
1505
2120
LM723
1945-01-02
100
HW
H
Grimsby
Nuremburg
1515
2300
LM723
1945-01-05
100
HW
H
Grimsby
Hanover
1905
0001
LM723
1945-01-06
100
HW
H
Grimsby
Hannau
1545
2155
LM723
1945-01-07
100
HW
H
Grimsby
Munich
1830
0310
LM723
1945-01-14
100
HW
H
Grimsby
Merseberg Leuna
1920
0330
LM723
1945-01-16
100
HW
H
Grimsby
Zeitz Troglitz
1715
0115
LM723
1945-02-01
100
HW
H
Grimsby
Ludwigshaven
1605
2235
LM723
1945-02-02
100
HW
H
Grimsby
Wiesbaden
2105
0250
LM723
1945-02-07
100
HW
H
Grimsby
Cleve
1930
0005
LM723
1945-02-13
100
HW
H
Grimsby
Dresden
2155
0715
LM723
1945-02-14
100
HW
H
Grimsby
Chemnitz
2015
0455
LM723
1945-02-20
100
HW
H
Grimsby
Dortmund
2200
0420
LM723
1945-02-21
100
HW
H
Grimsby
Duisburg
1945
0125
LM723
1945-02-23
100
HW
H
Grimsby
Pforzheim
1605
2340
LM723
1945-02-28
100
HW
H
Grimsby
Neuss
0850
1020
LM723
1945-03-01
100
HW
H
Grimsby
Mannheim
1200
1820
LM723
1945-03-02
100
HW
H
Grimsby
Cologne
0704
1136
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