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ND973

Avro 683 Lancaster III

Built by:

Avro, Manchester

Contract:

1807

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KM

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ND973

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Works Order:

Delivered:

1944-04-30

Struck off:

1944-06-27

Fate:

Fate

Story

Served with 44 Sqn. Outward-bound, the aircraft was caught by the night fighter crew of Oberleutnant Lau, Unteroffizier Backhaus & Gefreiter Reinecke in a Bf 110 G-4 of 4./NJG 1, who had taken off from Deelen airfield.

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Memorial:
Last Flight Details (if lost)

Home Base:

Dunholme Lodge

Mission:

Wesseling

Squadron:

44

Role

Pilot

Flt Eng

Nav

Bomb Aimer

Wop/AG

Air Gunner

Air Gunner

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Rank

P/O

Sgt

W/O

W/O

W/O

Sgt

Sgt

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Fate

Service

Service No.

Name

IBCC Link

Memorial

G

Killed

RAFVR

175006

Baxter

D

Killed

RAFVR

926074

Betterton

BAM

Killed

RCAF

R/153722

Rutherford

S

R/156003

Young

Killed

RCAF

K

Killed

RAF

631611

Scholes

DA

Killed

RCAF

R/191422

Taylor

DRRL

1851249

Whitfield

Killed

RAFVR

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Movements
Serial
Date
Unit
Notes
ND973
1944-04-30
32 MU
ND973
1944-05-04
44 Sqn
ND973
1944-06-22
Cat E
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Missions Flown
Serial
Date
Sqn
Code
Base
Mission
T/O
Land
ND973
1944-06-09
44
KM
A
Dunholme Lodge
Etampes
2148
0218
ND973
1944-06-12
44
KM
A
Dunholme Lodge
Caen
0002
0433
ND973
1944-06-14
44
KM
A
Dunholme Lodge
Aunay-Sur-Odon
2241
0323
ND973
1944-06-16
44
KM
A
Dunholme Lodge
Beauvoir
2258
0241
ND973
1944-06-21
44
KM
A
Dunholme Lodge
Wesseling
2313
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