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ME732

Avro 683 Lancaster I

Built by:

Metropolitan-Vickers

Contract:

2221

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ME732

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Works Order:

Delivered:

1944-03-23

Struck off:

1944-09-24

Fate:

Shot Down

Memorial:
Story
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Served with 61 Sqn. Attacked and brought down by a night fighter, crashing on Hoffkampstraat Almelo at 2113 hrs, hitting the school and the home of the Netelenbos family killing six people on the ground.

Last Flight Details (if lost)

Home Base:

Skellingthorpe

Mission:

Munster

Squadron:

61

Role

Pilot

Flt Eng

Nav

Bomb Aimer

WOp/AG

Air Gunner

Air Gunner

Pilot

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Rank

F/L

Sgt

Flt Sgt

F/O

Sgt

Sgt

Sgt

F/O

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Name

Service No.

Service

Fate

IBCC Link

Memorial

DER

Stone

152068

RAFVR

Killed

FA

Scales

1629785

RAFVR

Killed

E

Hill

1436352

RAFVR

Killed

WS

Burns

J/22423

RCAF

Killed

PM

Matthews

1204048

RAFVR

Killed

EWF

Ravenhill

1399220

RAFVR

PoW

AR

Fellows

1818897

RAFVR

Evaded

NF

183600

RAFVR

Killed

Aldred

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Movements
Serial
Date
Unit
Notes
ME732
1944-03-23
AV Roe
ME732
1944-03-31
61 Sqn
ME732
1944-04-25
Cat AC
ME732
1944-04-29
61 Sqn
ME732
1944-08-03
Cat AC
ME732
1944-09-01
61 Sqn
ME732
1944-09-24
Cat E
Missions Flown
Click on date to see further details
Serial
Date
Sqn
Code
Base
Mission
T/O
Land
ME732
1944-04-10
61
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Coningsby
Tours
2221
0432
ME732
1944-04-11
61
QR
P
Coningsby
Aachen
2044
0051
ME732
1944-04-18
61
QR
P
Skellingthorpe
Juvisy
2115
0137
ME732
1944-04-20
61
QR
P
Skellingthorpe
La Chapelle
2247
0336
ME732
1944-04-22
61
QR
P
Skellingthorpe
Brunswick
2306
0510
ME732
1944-04-24
61
QR
P
Skellingthorpe
Munich
2101
0650
ME732
1944-05-03
61
QR
P
Skellingthorpe
Mailly-le-Camp
2155
0334
ME732
1944-05-19
61
QR
P
Skellingthorpe
Tours
2216
0324
ME732
1944-05-21
61
QR
P
Skellingthorpe
Duisburg
2241
0337
ME732
1944-05-22
61
QR
P
Skellingthorpe
Brunswick
2247
0458
ME732
1944-05-24
61
QR
P
Skellingthorpe
Eindhoven
2303
0211
ME732
1944-05-27
61
QR
P
Skellingthorpe
Nantes
2256
0345

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