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PB251

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PB251

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Avro 683 Lancaster III

Built by:

Avro, Manchester

Contract:

1807

Works Order:

Delivered:

1944-07-01

Struck off:

1945-03-23

Fate:

Shot Down

Memorial:
Story

Served with 44 Sqn. Hit by flak during an attack on the Deutsche Erdolwerke refinery, the aircraft crashed near Albersdorf.

Last Flight Details (if lost)

Home Base:

Spilsby

Mission:

Hamburg

Squadron:

44

Role

Pilot

Killed

Nav

Bomb Aimer

Wop/AG

Air Gunner

Air Gunner

Rank

F/O

Sgt

Sgt

Flt Sgt

Sgt

Sgt

Sgt

Name

BF

Hennessy

A

Boothman

DH

Davies

K

Kay

JA

Lyons

GA

White

H

Richards

Service No.

Service

RAFVR

187897

RAFVR

1594342

RAFVR

1600464

1548867

RAFVR

2203534

RAFVR

RAFVR

1590596

1836954

RAFVR

IBCC Link

Fate

Memorial

Flt Eng

Killed

Killed

Killed

Killed

Killed

Killed

Movements
Serial
Date
Unit
Notes
PB251
1944-07-01
32 MU
PB251
1944-07-12
44 Sqn
PB251
1945-03-22
Cat E
Click on date to see further details
Missions Flown
Serial
Date
Sqn
Code
Base
Mission
T/O
Land
PB251
1944-07-18
44
KM
O
Dunholme Lodge
Caen
0352
0728
PB251
1944-07-19
44
KM
O
Dunholme Lodge
Thiverny
1926
2345
PB251
1944-07-20
44
KM
O
Dunholme Lodge
Courtrai
2303
0234
PB251
1944-07-24
44
KM
O
Dunholme Lodge
Stuttgart
2139
0647
PB251
1944-07-25
44
KM
O
Dunholme Lodge
Stuttgart
2131
0633
PB251
1944-07-26
44
KM
O
Dunholme Lodge
Givors
2113
0637
PB251
1944-07-28
44
KM
O
Dunholme Lodge
Stuttgart
2204
0612
PB251
1944-07-30
44
KM
O
Dunholme Lodge
Cahagnes
0623
1200
PB251
1944-07-31
44
KM
O
Dunholme Lodge
Joigny Laroche
1718
2305
PB251
1944-08-01
44
KM
O
Dunholme Lodge
Siracourt
1515
1946
PB251
1944-08-02
44
KM
O
Dunholme Lodge
Trossy
1420
1855
PB251
1944-08-03
44
KM
O
Dunholme Lodge
Trossy
1142
1629
PB251
1944-08-05
44
KM
O
Dunholme Lodge
St Leu D’Esserant
1116
1534
PB251
1944-08-06
44
KM
O
Dunholme Lodge
Bois de Cassan
0954
1344
PB251
1944-08-07
44
KM
O
Dunholme Lodge
Secqueville
2121
0121
PB251
1944-08-09
44
KM
O
Dunholme Lodge
Chatellerault
2039
0313
PB251
1944-08-12
44
KM
O
Dunholme Lodge
Brunswick
2110
0327
PB251
1944-08-14
44
KM
O
Dunholme Lodge
Brest
1806
2245
PB251
1944-08-15
44
KM
O
Dunholme Lodge
Deenen
1004
1348
PB251
1944-08-16
44
KM
O
Dunholme Lodge
Gardening
2100
0535
PB251
1944-08-18
44
KM
O
Dunholme Lodge
Foret de Lisle Adam II
1136
1624
PB251
1944-08-25
44
KM
O
Dunholme Lodge
Darmstadt
2029
2227
PB251
1944-08-26
44
KM
O
Dunholme Lodge
Konigsberg
2037
0644
PB251
1944-08-29
44
KM
O
Dunholme Lodge
Konigsberg
2031
0652
PB251
1944-08-31
44
KM
O
Dunholme Lodge
Auchy Les Hesdin
1543
2001
PB251
1944-09-01
44
KM
O
Dunholme Lodge
Brest
1128
1745
PB251
1944-09-03
44
KM
O
Dunholme Lodge
Deelen
1523
1950
PB251
1944-09-09
44
KM
O
Dunholme Lodge
Munchengladbach
0257
0733
PB251
1944-09-11
44
KM
O
Dunholme Lodge
Darmstadt
2049
0255
PB251
1944-09-12
44
KM
O
Dunholme Lodge
Stuttgart
1900
0211
PB251
1944-09-17
44
KM
O
Dunholme Lodge
Boulogne
0713
1021
PB251
1944-09-18
44
KM
O
Dunholme Lodge
Gardening
1824
2305
PB251
1944-09-19
44
KM
O
Dunholme Lodge
Munchengladbach
1853
2338
PB251
1944-09-23
44
KM
O
Dunholme Lodge
Handorf
1854
0023
PB251
1944-09-26
44
KM
O
Dunholme Lodge
Karlsruhe
0027
0730
PB251
1944-09-27
44
KM
O
Dunholme Lodge
Kaiserslauten
2155
0457
PB251
1944-10-05
44
KM
O
Spilsby
Wilhelmshaven
0819
1320
PB251
1944-10-06
44
KM
O
Spilsby
Bremen
1733
2218
PB251
1944-10-07
44
KM
O
Spilsby
Walcheren
1209
1505
PB251
1944-10-11
44
KM
O
Spilsby
Veere Flushing
1311
1600
PB251
1944-10-14
44
KM
O
Spilsby
Brunswick
2306
0557
PB251
1944-10-19
44
KM
O
Spilsby
Nurnberg
1724
0112
PB251
1944-10-28
44
KM
O
Spilsby
Bergen
2218
0513
PB251
1944-10-30
44
KM
O
Spilsby
Westkapelle
1041
1310
PB251
1944-11-01
44
KM
O
Spilsby
Homburg
1344
1831
PB251
1944-11-02
44
KM
O
Spilsby
Dusseldorf
1626
2138
PB251
1944-11-04
44
KM
O
Spilsby
Ladbergen
1744
2256
PB251
1944-11-06
44
KM
O
Spilsby
Gravenhorst
1641
2300
PB251
1944-11-11
44
KM
O
Spilsby
Harburg
1639
2157
PB251
1944-11-16
44
KM
O
Spilsby
Duren
1243
1746
PB251
1944-11-21
44
KM
O
Spilsby
Gravenhorst
1744
0026
PB251
1944-11-22
44
KM
O
Spilsby
Trondheim
1548
0333
PB251
1944-11-26
44
KM
O
Spilsby
Munich
2345
0901
PB251
1944-12-04
44
KM
O
Spilsby
Heilbronn
1625
2336
PB251
1944-12-06
44
KM
O
Spilsby
Giesson
1657
2348
PB251
1944-12-08
44
KM
O
Spilsby
Heinbach Dam
0850
1345
PB251
1944-12-17
44
KM
O
Spilsby
Munich
1615
0216
PB251
1944-12-18
44
KM
O
Spilsby
Gdynia
1651
0306
PB251
1944-12-28
44
KM
O
Spilsby
Shipping at Horten
1940
0243
PB251
1944-12-31
44
KM
O
Spilsby
Gardening (Yew Tree)
1620
2308
PB251
1945-01-01
44
KM
O
Spilsby
Gravenhorst
1702
0012
PB251
1945-01-05
44
KM
O
Spilsby
Royan
0105
0826
PB251
1945-01-06
44
KM
O
Spilsby
Houffalize
0029
0531
PB251
1945-01-07
44
KM
O
Spilsby
Munich
1702
0234
PB251
1945-01-13
44
KM
O
Spilsby
Politz
1628
0313
PB251
1945-03-03
44
KM
O
Spilsby
Ladbergen
1840
0143
PB251
1945-03-05
44
KM
O
Spilsby
Bohlen
1712
0247
PB251
1945-03-06
44
KM
O
Spilsby
Sassnitz
1831
0414
PB251
1945-03-07
44
KM
O
Spilsby
Harburg
1823
0116
PB251
1945-03-11
44
KM
O
Spilsby
Essen
1208
1737
PB251
1945-03-12
44
KM
O
Spilsby
Dortmund
1328
1856
PB251
1945-03-14
44
KM
O
Spilsby
Lutzkendorf
1704
0258
PB251
1945-03-16
44
KM
O
Spilsby
Wurzburg
1744
0203
PB251
1945-03-20
44
KM
O
Spilsby
Bohlen
2343
0839
PB251
1945-03-22
44
KM
O
Spilsby
Hamburg
0129
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