Aircraft

130 Lancaster bombers served with the 550 squadron. Although I would like to include a small amount on every aircraft, I have not been able to find information on every one. If you have any information that I could add, please email.

 

ID

Service Number

Name

ops.

Baker-
Queenie

History

'A' Flight

A

LL800

 

 

 

 To 1660CU  SOC 30/05/46

LM319

 

 

 

FTR 22 May '44

ME390

 

 

 

 Scrapped 07/05/47

NF963

 

 

 

Crashed 4 Oct '44 - near Ellingstring, near Masham, Yorkshire

Richard Allenby (http://www.allenby.info/) says:
the Flight Engineer was being given flying practice when the engine failed. the Flight Engineer didn't know how to react and the aircraft ended up breaking up in the air, somehow.

NN715

 

 

 

FTR 21/22 Feb '45

B

EE139

Phantom of the Ruhr

121
(61)

Baker

100 Sqn AR-A, HW-R, 550, 1656 HCU
Survived the war. Scrapped 19 February 1946

NG336

 

 

 

FTR 16 Mar '45

C

JB345

 

 

 

 To 5MU – Scrapped ??/07/47

RA503

 

 

 

 SOC 23/11/45

D

LL748

 

 

 

 To 1LFS – 1656CU – 1662CU – 1656CU SOC 06/12/45

E

LL836

 

 

 

FTR 10/11 Apr '44, Aulnoye

F

ED905

Press on Regardless

100

Freddie

103 Sqn PM-X, 166 Sqn AS-X, 550, No.1 Lancaster Finishing School, 1656 HCU Crashed 20 August 1945

ME556

 

 

 

FTR 7 June '44

G

ND403

 

 

 

FTR 12/13 May '44

H

JA712

 

 

 

FTR 27/28 May '44

LL826

 

 

 

 FTR Mailly  03-04/05/44

LM134

 

 

 

FTR 16/17 June '44

J

LL811

Bad Penny II

 

Jig

Credited with opening the D-day attack when they dropped the first string of bombs on 5th June 1944. The crews were awarded the 'Croix de Guerre'

K

LL810

 

 

 

FTR on 27/28 May 1944. Crew are buried in the Wevelgem Communal Cemetery in Belgium.

LL834

 

 

 

 Ditched off Donna Nook (2 Eng cut)  22/04/44

'B' Flight

L

LL850

 

 

 

Wrecked 8 July '44

M

DV200

 

 

 

 To 1LFS – 1662CU – BCIS – SOC 25/07/46

DV279

 

 

 

 Crashed at Seething ex Scholven-Buer 18-19/07/44

NG331

 

 

 

FTR 5/6 Jan '45

N

W5005

SS-Nan

94

Nan

Ditched in Humber estuary 26/27 Aug '44

LM425

 

 

 

FTR 30/31 Mar '44 Nuremburg

O

DV305

 

 

 

Wrecked 31 Jan '44

HK800

 

 

 

 SOC 03/06/47

LL796

 

 

 

FTR 12 July '44

P

LL747

 

 

 

FTR 16/17 Jun '44

Q

ED942

 

 

 

FTR 25/26 Feb '44

LL837

 

 

 

FTR 14/15 July '44

ME548

 

 

 

FTR 18 Mar '45

R

ME503

 

 

 

FTR 7/8 Mar '45 Dessau

S

DV309

 

 

Sugar

Crashed, Schobbroek 21/22 May 1944
'Westerlo Memorial page'

LM229

 

 

 

Swung on take-off 4 July '44

LM647

 

 

 

FTR 13 Jul '44

PD343

 

 

 

 Missing in Transit (Italy – UK) 29/09/45

T

PD255

 

 

 

FTR 2 Nov '44

U

LL831

 

 

 

 To 1LFS – 1667CU – 1656CU SOC 17/12/45

V

LL851

 

 

 

FTR 21/22 May '44

NF962

 

 

 

FTR 31 Aug '44

PA309

 

 

 

FTR 22 May '44

PA995

The Vulture Strikes

101

 

FTR 11 March 1945, Dessau

PD208

 

 

 

 Crashed at Wansford ex Fontaine-le-Pin 14/08/44

W

JA918

 

 

 

FTR 9/10 May '44

X

LL852

 

 

 

FTR 15/16 Mar '44

ME301

 

 

 

FTR 4/5 Apr '45

Z

RA502

 

 

 

Collided with 170 Sqn Lanc. crashed at Fleville, (France) 1 February 1 '45

'C' Flight

A2

NF931

 

 

 

 To 100 Sqdn SOC 22/05/47

B2

NF932

 

 

 

Blew up 13 Feb '45 (Dresden)

RF136

 

 

 

 Overshot Pomigliano (Italy) Crashed  06/10/45

C2

 

 

 

 

 

D2

 

 

 

 

 

E2

NG132

 

 

 

Shot down by intruder, Humber Estuary 18:00 17 Mar '45 (the last Bomber Command aircraft to be shot down over the UK in WWII)

F2

NG133

 

 

 

FTR 14 Oct '44

NG221

 

 

 

 SOC 26/10/45

PA268

 

 

 

 SOC 03/09/46

G2

LM228

 

 

 

 SOC 23/03/46

H2

 

 

 

 

 

J2

 

 

 

 

 

K2

NG135

 

 

 

 SOC 10/12/45

L2

PB707

 

 

 

 SOC 21/05/47

M2

NG243

 

 

Mike squared

 SOC 23/11/45

Details not clear

C

ND425

 

 

 

FTR 30/31 Mar '44, Nuremburg

X

ND972

 

 

 

 SOC 21/05/47

 

DV189

 

 

 

FTR 2 Jan '44

 

DV192

 

 

 

 To 100 Sqdn FTR Friedrichshafen 28/04/44

 

DV306

 

 

 

FTR 15 Jan '44

 

DV343

 

 

 

FTR 23/24 Dec '43

 

DV345

 

 

 

Caught fire in air 2 Jan '44

 

ED536

 

 

 

 To 1LFS – 1667CU – SOC 7/05/47

 

ED562

 

 

 

Abandoned (Needham Market, Suffolk) 18 July '44

 

ED716

 

 

 

 To 166 – 1667CU – SOC 02/06/47

 

ED730

 

 

 

Mid-air collision 23/24 Dec '43

 

EE193

 

 

 

FTR 30 Aug '44

 

HK796

 

0

 

No operations

 

JA934

 

 

 

FTR 16 Feb '44

 

LL838

 

 

 

Wrecked 22 June '44

 

LM182

 

 

 

 SOC 06/11/46

 

LM273

 

 

 

FTR 23 Feb '45

 

LM301

 

 

 

FTR 3 Dec '43

 

LM321

 

 

 

 To 100 Sqdn FTR Acheres 11/06/44

 

LM379

 

 

 

FTR 27 Nov '43

 

LM392

 

 

 

FTR 15/16 Feb '44

 

LM455

 

 

 

FTR 29 Jul '44

 

LM460

 

 

 

 To 1666CU SOC 17/06/47

 

LM461

 

 

 

FTR 20 Feb '44

 

LM727

 

 

 

 To 1FU – 70 SOC 03/06/47

 

ME476

 

 

 

 To 5MU SOC ??/02/46

 

ME499

 

 

 

 Crashed 18/12/46

 

ME519

 

 

 

 SOC 15/05/47

 

ME542

 

 

 

 SOC 15/05/47

 

ME581

 

 

 

FTR 23 Apr '44

 

ME582

 

 

 

FTR 26 Feb '44

 

ME583

 

 

 

 To 1LFS – 1656CU – Scrapped 08/08/46

 

ME687

 

 

 

 To 576 FTR Dortmund 23/05/44

 

ME776

 

 

 

 SOC 04/10/45

 

ME840

 

 

 

FTR 17 Jun '44

 

ND396

 

 

 

FTR 31 Jan '44

 

ND531

 

 

 

FTR 21/22 Jun '44, Wesseling

 

ND733

 

 

 

 To 9 – 463 Abandoned over Juvincourt 17/04/45

 

NE164

 

 

 

FTR 29 July '44

 

NF998

 

 

 

Wrecked, ops 23/24 Feb '45
Read an account of this aircraft's final flight

 

NG120

 

 

 

 SOC 21/11/45

 

NG134

 

 

 

 SOC 23/11/45

 

NG165

 

 

 

 To 166 Sqdn

 

NG192

 

1

 

FTR 19/20 Oct '44

 

NG246

 

 

 

 SOC 23/11/45

 

NG250

 

 

 

 To 100 – SOC 08/03/46

 

NG251

 

 

 

FTR 6 Dec '44

 

NG287

 

 

 

FTR 15/16 Mar '45

 

NG289

 

 

 

 SOC 23/11/45

 

NG290

 

 

 

 To 166 – FTR Munich 08/01/45

 

NG363

 

 

 

FTR 8 Jan '45

 

NG390

 

 

 

 To 100 – SOC 16/03/46

 

NG391

 

 

 

 To 166 FTR Ludwigshafen 02/02/45

 

PA288

 

 

 

 SOC 13/03/48

 

PA991

 

 

 

FTR 29 Aug '44

 

PB514

 

 

 

 SOC 04/10/45

 

PB532

 

 

 

 To 100 – TFU – TCDU Scrapped 03/07/51

 

PB562

 

 

 

FTR 6 Nov '44

 

PB843

 

 

 

 To 1660CU SOC 28/03/46

 

PB864

 

 

 

 To 1660CU Crashed St Claire Eglise 31/05/45

 

PD221

 

 

 

Wrecked 3/4 Feb '45

 

PD313

 

 

 

 SOC 26/10/45

 

PD319

 

 

 

FTR 14 Oct '44

 

PD320

 

 

 

FTR 24 Mar '45

 

PD321

 

 

 

SOC 22/05/47

 

PD382

 

 

 

SOC 23/11/45

 

RA547

 

 

 

SOC 03/09/47

 

RF135

 

 

 

SOC 19/02/46

 

RF214

 

 

 

Scrapped 12/04/51

 

RF237

 

 

 

Scrapped 07/05/47

Thanks to Bob Baxter (Bob's Bomber Command Homepage) for supplying additional details of the aircraft.

Anybody wishing to locate further Lancaster histories, or to trace Lancaster losses for a raid can contact Larry Wright (a Lancaster and Manchester Bomber Historian) or look at his website : http://www.lancaster-archive.com/homeindex.htm

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