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NF988

Avro 683 Lancaster I

Built by:

Armstrong Whitworth

Contract:

239/SAS/C4 ( C )

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NF988

Works Order:

Delivered:

1944-09-27

Struck off:

1945-02-22

Fate:

Shot Down

Story

Served with 50 Sqn (4 days) and 61 Sqn. Believed to have been hit by flak during an attack on a oil plant, the bale-out order was given but only the rear gunner escaped.

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Memorial:
Last Flight Details (if lost)

Home Base:

Skellingthorpe

Mission:

Hamburg

Squadron:

61

Role

Pilot

Flt Eng

Nav

Bomb Aimer

WOp/AG

Air Gunner

Air Gunner

Flt Eng

Rank

F/L

Flt Sgt

F/O

Flt Sgt

W/O

Flt Sgt

Sgt

F/O

Name

Service No.

Service

Fate

IBCC Link

Memorial

SE

Killed

RAFVR

Miller

131087

G

Killed

RAFVR

Mcchrystal

1520473

HA

Killed

RAFVR

Hunt

154281

RT

Killed

RAFVR

Galloway

1399222

GD

Killed

RAAF

Mummery

419732

IA

Killed

RAFVR

Hay

1593269

JE

PoW

Norcutt

HG

Killed

RAFVR

Underwood

150656

Movements
Serial
Date
Unit
Notes
NF988
1944-09-05
50 Sqn
NF988
1944-10-01
61 Sqn
NF988
1945-03-08
Cat E
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Missions Flown
Serial
Date
Sqn
Code
Base
Mission
T/O
Land
NF988
1944-10-05
61
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Skellingthorpe
Wilhelmshaven
0720
1310
NF988
1944-10-06
61
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Skellingthorpe
Bremen
1736
2232
NF988
1944-10-07
61
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Skellingthorpe
Flushing
1211
1513
NF988
1944-10-11
61
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Skellingthorpe
Flushing
1320
1641
NF988
1944-10-14
61
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Skellingthorpe
Brunswick
2301
0548
NF988
1944-10-19
61
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Skellingthorpe
Nuremberg
1735
0035
NF988
1944-10-23
61
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Skellingthorpe
Flushing
1430
1748
NF988
1944-10-28
61
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Skellingthorpe
Bergen
2237
0528
NF988
1944-11-01
61
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Skellingthorpe
Homberg
1358
1755
NF988
1944-11-02
61
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Skellingthorpe
Dusseldorf
1620
2139
NF988
1944-11-06
61
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Skellingthorpe
Gravenhorst
1645
2204
NF988
1944-11-11
61
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Skellingthorpe
Harburg
1630
2139
NF988
1944-11-16
61
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Skellingthorpe
Duren
1222
1742
NF988
1944-11-21
61
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Skellingthorpe
Dortmund
1720
2317
NF988
1944-11-22
61
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Skellingthorpe
Trondheim
1544
0319
NF988
1944-11-26
61
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Skellingthorpe
Munich
2332
0910
NF988
1944-12-04
61
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Skellingthorpe
Heilbronn
1622
2315
NF988
1944-12-06
61
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Skellingthorpe
Giessen
1700
2330
NF988
1944-12-11
61
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Skellingthorpe
Heimbach
1205
1725
NF988
1944-12-17
61
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Skellingthorpe
Munich
1634
0155
NF988
1944-12-18
61
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Skellingthorpe
Gdynia
1652
0333
NF988
1944-12-21
61
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Skellingthorpe
Politz
1643
0232
NF988
1944-12-28
61
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Skellingthorpe
Moss
1933
0241
NF988
1944-12-30
61
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Skellingthorpe
Houffalize
0223
0726
NF988
1945-01-01
61
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Skellingthorpe
Gravenhorst
1649
2311
NF988
1945-01-04
61
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Skellingthorpe
Royan
0052
0709
NF988
1945-01-05
61
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Skellingthorpe
Houffalize
0040
0612
NF988
1945-01-07
61
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Skellingthorpe
Munich
1655
0202
NF988
1945-01-13
61
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Skellingthorpe
Politz
1653
0329
NF988
1945-01-16
61
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Skellingthorpe
Brux
1754
0315
NF988
1945-02-01
61
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Skellingthorpe
Siegen
1617
2225
NF988
1945-02-02
61
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Skellingthorpe
Karlsruhe
2005
0339
NF988
1945-02-07
61
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Skellingthorpe
Ladbergen
2110
0341
NF988
1945-02-08
61
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Skellingthorpe
Politz
1646
0239
NF988
1945-02-13
61
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Skellingthorpe
Dresden
1753
0404
NF988
1945-02-19
61
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Skellingthorpe
Bohlin
2315
0750
NF988
1945-02-20
61
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Skellingthorpe
Gravenhorst
2153
0258
NF988
1945-02-24
61
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Skellingthorpe
Ladbergen
1350
1840
NF988
1945-03-03
61
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Skellingthorpe
Ladbergen
1845
0033
NF988
1945-03-05
61
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Skellingthorpe
Bohlen
1722
0251
NF988
1945-03-06
61
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Skellingthorpe
Sassnitz
1806
0319
NF988
1945-03-07
61
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Skellingthorpe
Hamburg
1743
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