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 | Associated Aircrew | Id | Service Number | Name | No. of Ops | BQ-Code | Other Information | Web Links | Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| X | ME687 | - | - | BQ-X | To 576, FTR 23 May 1944 Dortmund | - |
P/O W J Bibby P/O N S Rogers P/O D McCrae Sgt R A Drury F/O M Shapiro F/Sgt F G Lebano Sgt A G Hall Sgt C A Bonner Sgt A H Brown Sgt A H Bowers Sgt J E Legg P/O W Dinney Sgt F C Wilkinson F/Sgt B G Todd Sgt W H Ansell Sgt N S Smart 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 F P McLoughlin F/O J P Rennie F/O A N Shedock Sgt A J Jeffries Sgt R J Kimbrey Sgt A R Blackburn Sgt H J Pearce F/O H T A Evans Sgt N C Jenkins F/Sgt D Salmon F/Sgt M E Mills Sgt J H Marshall W/O R A Rember Sgt L Whybrow F/O E E Radcliffe Sgt R W Smalley Sgt K Hibbert Sgt J Tweedie Sgt D H Phillips S/L P A Nicholas |
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The details were last updated: 13 April 2024
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