Squadron Aircraft: Summary Information

Summary

Listed below is the information available for this aircraft which served in 550 Squadron.

Aircraft Details: The column headers should be fairly self-explanatory. The final column (Web links) contains, where given, links to other items on this web-site or indeed to external sources where further information or photographs, etc can be found.

Associated Aircrew: This is the list of servicemen known to have flown on this aircraft at some time or other, it is not a particular crew (that can be found on other lists available on the site such as the crew shown on a specific operation, etc).

Definitions of the abbreviations used are available: here.

In compiling these lists particular thanks are due, as listed below, to sites without which it would have been next to impossible to put the information together. Many thanks to the providers of these pages whose work is gratefully acknowledged.

URI Description Other Information
https://www.lancasterbombers.net/form-78-aircraft-movement-cards/ Lancaster movement cards.
The site which can be searched for specific aircraft numbers or ranges of numbers.
An examples of use includes:
http://lancasterbombersinfo.ipage.com/Data/Form-78s/Lancaster/NG392-NG503/mobile/index.html:
Movement cards in the range NG392-NG503 ("flick" through the pages to the service number you seek).

https://www.lancasterbombers.net/abbreviations-form-78/
Abbreviations used on movement cards.
http://www.lancaster-archive.com/ For anyone wishing to locate further Lancaster histories, or to trace Lancaster losses for a raid. Website produced by Lancaster and Manchester Bomber Historian who can be reached on email at: Larry Wright
http://www.lostbombers.co.uk/ In the cases of bombers that Failed to Return (FTR) this site has been invaluable. The web-site, however, appears to have gone offline at some point in time (unclear when).

Aircraft Details

Aircraft Details Associated Aircrew
Id Service Number Name No. of Ops BQ-Code Other Information Web Links Name
U LL831 - - BQ-U LL831 confusingly listed as "J" and "U" on different ORB pages. Assumed "U" is correct as LL811 is already listed a J-Jig

To 1LFS, 1667CU, 1656CU, SOC 12 Dec 1945
- F/O G E Blackler
F/O M A Buchanan
F/O W F Cox
F/O M L Dubois
F/O D D S Ferguson
F/O R G Fink
P/O P Maxwell
F/O W D Robertson
F/L N L Rose
F/L F S Steele
F/O I A Stevenson
F/O D W Summons
F/O V A Thygessen
P/O A D Young
F/L R E G Waite
Sgt C C Jerman
Sgt H Tulip
F/Sgt A Bodill
P/O R Hopman
F/O G H Packham
Sgt C C C Pettit
Sgt J Matthews
Sgt J S Jenkins
Sgt F A Willson
Sgt J Jackson
Sgt E J Morgan
W/O W H S Ansell
F/Sgt G W Battersby
F/O C R Cameron
F/O I H R Hood
Sgt A Anderson
Sgt E W Parker
Sgt O Tabuteau
F/O H Jones
Sgt J R Drury
F/Sgt C W Sawyers
Sgt F H Habgood
Sgt D Hunter
Sgt R B Cumberlidge
Sgt I Williams
F/O E V Sage
Sgt H P Robinson
F/O O L Albutt
Sgt W C Taylor
F/O D A Goulden
Sgt W W Hopper
Sgt E G R Pepper
F/Sgt J Hough
Sgt H Hindle
Sgt A W Tucker
F/Sgt E Moody
F/Sgt J B Lake
Sgt G A Thomson
Sgt E J Walsh
P/O H S Vaughan
Sgt R W Metcalfe
P/O L C Davies
F/Sgt D Porter
Sgt T Elliott
Sgt W J Watson
Sgt L D Purser
Sgt W J Killick
F/Sgt A E Stebner
F/O M S Merevitz
Sgt P E Cooksey
Sgt J A Ringrow
Sgt W A Drake
F/Sgt J K Sharpe
F/Sgt G R Martin
F/Sgt F G Ferguson
F/Sgt R E Sloan
F/Sgt R E McKenzie
Sgt R W Willey
F/Sgt F Fowkes
F/Sgt S J Oslund
Sgt P R Greenhalf
Sgt C Whitters
Sgt R Greathead
P/O R A Jones
Sgt S G Conrath
F/O A H Crich
F/O D J Bremner
Sgt E K C Smith
Sgt J C Johnson
Sgt W C T Freeman
Sgt A R Gow
Sgt W R Ross
F/Sgt H P Nichols
F/Sgt J W Bold
F/Sgt E Mozley
Sgt J Nicholson
Sgt M McCutcheon
F/O J J W Dawson
Sgt E W C Edmunds
F/Sgt F W Willmer
F/Sgt K P Brady
Sgt J M Palmer
Sgt J Earnshaw
F/Sgt W H Harkness
Sgt A W E Walters
Sgt B St. J Railton-Jones
Sgt W G Merills
Sgt W G Roberts
Sgt R Smith
Sgt R Finlay
F/O E C Packham
Sgt A Pavlovitch
Sgt A E Howting
F/O H B Parker
Sgt K L Willis
F/O R C Foote
F/O E G Caswell
Sgt G W Page
F/O J S Tointon
Sgt G S Spragg
F/O G S Devereau
Sgt S H Ward
Sgt C W Cross
Sgt C A P Noble
F/Sgt W Horlor
Sgt G E Mills
Sgt J R McNamara
F/O J C Young
Sgt H Wood
Sgt R Eves
Sgt L R R Haynes
Sgt E A Johnson
F/O H B Snelgrove
Sgt E Clarke
P/O A E Sutton
Sgt L E Updike
Sgt W G Beney
F/Sgt M A Draper
Sgt T J Murphy
F/Sgt W H Westley
F/Sgt K M MacAuley
Sgt H M Urquhart
Sgt J T Bayliss
Sgt V O Gillingham
F/L G S Nankivell
F/O A Benger
F/Sgt J W Arnold
W/O J J Boland
Sgt J F O'Halloran
P/O D A McLeod
F/O J C Nicoll
F/O F D Leith
F/S D A Jones
W/O M J Moran
Sgt G Reading
F/O G H Markes
Sgt K J Brotherhood
F/Sgt F W L Mann
Sgt V T Wilkes
Sgt F N M Petch
Sgt L G Buckell
Sgt D J Driscoll
F/O J E L John
Sgt D E Scuffell
Sgt C F L Blancher
F/O J Meek
Sgt R Lee
Sgt C A McDonald
Sgt A J Fitzgerald
Sgt W T Woodhams
F/Sgt D T Morrison
F/Sgt W W Fitch
F/Sgt E N Pearson
F/Sgt M O Olsen
Sgt C Cowperthwaite
F/Sgt D C Barton
Sgt R C G Ashby
F/O W H Twitchell
F/Sgt A H Ingram
Sgt S Sulley
Sgt S G Reeve
Sgt K Coleman
F/O S G Kitson
F/Sgt W R Williams
F/Sgt J H F Rowe
W/O F E Barrett
F/O H G Cook
F/Sgt G H Davidson
F/Lt G N Young
Sgt D A Driver
Sgt E A Wills
Sgt K Thornley
Sgt J H Taylor
Sgt J F Donald
Sgt F V Steele
S/L K MacAleavey
S/L A P Gainsford
F/L A D McConnell

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The details were last updated: 22 April 2024


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