Squadron Aircraft: Summary Information

Summary

There follows below lists of the aircraft flown by 550 Squadron. The information used to build this page was taken in the first instance from the lists provided on the original Squadron Association web-site, but has been augmented by new and additional information gathered since that time.

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). There is an exception to this, and that is if the FTR option is selected. In this case the crew lost when the aircraft failed to return will be the only one displayed along with the fate of the men involved.

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
T2 DV189 - - BQ-T2 FTR 1/2 Jan 1944, Berlin.
Crew: 2 KIA, remainder POW
F/O J G Bryson [KIA]
Sgt D F Fadden [PoW]
Sgt T F M Roxby [KIA]
F/Sgt P H Evans [PoW]
Sgt J E Donnan [PoW]
Sgt J J Sawkins [PoW]
Sgt W C Gundry [PoW]
M DV279 - - BQ-M Hit by Flak ex Scholven-Buer 18/19 July 1944.
The crew managed to regain the East Anglia coast.
Crashed at Seething, 9 miles north of Norwich.
Pilot F/O Clark killed, remainder baled out and survived.
http://airforce.ca/awards.php?search=1&keyword=&page=134&mem=&type=rcaf

F/O H A T Clark [KIA]
Sgt W Aspinall [Surv.]
F/Sgt G W James [Surv.]
F/Sgt W E Reed [Surv.]
Sgt P E Binder [Surv.]
Sgt W E Johnson [Surv.]
Sgt D L Marks [Surv.]
E DV306 - - BQ-E FTR 14/15 Jan 1944, Brunswick.
Crew: 6 KIA, 1 PoW.
F/O D W Cobbin [KIA]
Sgt F T Stiling [KIA]
F/O K L Agnew [KIA]
P/O J L McKeown [PoW]
Sgt R Laverick [KIA]
Sgt L K Gilmar [KIA]
Sgt R Willis [KIA]
S DV309 - - BQ-S Crashed Schobbroek 21/22 May 1944.
One of three 550 Sqdn lancasters lost on this operation. See: LL851, LM319.
See Westerlo memorial page (link to original web-site)

This aircraft is listed as the 67th victim, of Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer a German Luftwaffe night fighter pilot (known as "The Night Ghost Of St. Trond") and the highest scoring night fighter ace in the history of aerial warfare.
Combat reports list it as downed: 22.5.1944 at 01:51, 3km NW Tongerooge
This is one of two 550 aircraft believed downed this night-figher pilot (see also ME428).
/original-site-archive/memwesterloo.htm

/pages/550-sqdn-westerlo-commemorations.php

http://en.tracesofwar.com/article/33974/Memorial--Crash-Lancaster-Mk-I-DV309-BQ-S.htm

http://www.luftwaffe.cz/schnaufer.html

P/O G W Hinde [KIA]
Sgt T L J Whittick [KIA]
Sgt D Hughes [KIA]
F/Sgt C C Sharland [KIA]
Sgt D R M Davies [KIA]
Sgt E C Beacham [KIA]
Sgt W A J Young [KIA]
X2 DV343 - - BQ-X2 FTR 23/24 Dec 1943, Berlin.
Lost without trace. Crew all KIA. All commemorated on the Runnymede memorial
Sgt Scott (18) amongst the youngest airmen to be killed on Bomber Command operations.
Nov 2022 update: Shot down by night fighter pilot Oberfeldwebel Karl-Heinz Scherfling of the 12./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Leeuwarden airfield.
P/O D C Dripps [KIA]
Sgt J C Scott [KIA]
F/O J E Stewart [KIA]
Sgt W T Sibley [KIA]
Sgt D Campbell [KIA]
Sgt R Gillies [KIA]
F/O G C Orme [KIA]
R DV345 - - BQ-R Berlin operation. Caught fire in air 2 Jan 1944, crashed Spalding, Lincolnshire.
One of two 550 Sqdn Lancasters lost on this operation. Crew all killed.
F/O R H Mawle [KIA]
Sgt P P O'Meara [KIA]
F/O G M G de Menten de Horne [KIA]
Sgt J R Rounding [KIA]
Sgt M G Capel [KIA]
Sgt C W Taylor [KIA]
Sgt E Skelton [KIA]
G ED562 - - BQ-G We dood it. Abandoned (Needham Market, Suffolk) 18 Jul 1944, Revigny.
One of three 550 Sqdn lancasters lost on this operation
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G2 ED730 - - BQ-G2 Mid-air collision with 100 Sqdn Lancaster (ND327) outbound 23/24 Dec 1943.
Crew all KIA
Sgt D G Davies [KIA]
Sgt H F J Woods [KIA]
Sgt M E Giles [KIA]
F/Sgt J R E Legere [KIA]
Sgt L F Wright [KIA]
Sgt J C Atherton [KIA]
Sgt J McConnell [KIA]
F ED905 Press on Regardless 100 BQ-F Ton-up Lanc (one of three in 550 Sqdn).
103 Sqn PM-X, 166 Sqn AS-X, 550, No.1 Lancaster Finishing School, 1656 HCU Crashed 20 August 1945
/pages/bomber-command-books.php#TonUpLancs

/original-site-archive/lib/image036.jpg

/documents/public/Lancasters-Crews/FlLtDAShaw/index.php

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Q ED942 - - BQ-Q FTR 25/26 Feb 1944, Ausburg. Crew: 6 KIA, 1 PoW.
One of two 550 Sqdn Lancasters lost on this operation
F/O G B Hoddle [KIA]
Sgt D P Dingle [PoW]
F/O J W Bryan [KIA]
Sgt K M Fairbairn [KIA]
Sgt S G Hubbard [KIA]
F/Sgt J K Boothroyd [KIA]
Sgt T F Quine [KIA]
O EE107 - - BQ-O FTR 21/22 Jan 1944, Magdeburg.
Crew 6 KIA, 1 PoW.
Crash site located in Bernburg by researcher in contact with the web-site.
/documents/public/Lancasters-Crews/WOGKPeasgood/index.php

W/O G K Peasgood [KIA]
Sgt S Sykes [PoW]
F/Sgt W P Morris [KIA]
F/Sgt G Walker [KIA]
F/Sgt S J Richards [KIA]
Sgt S J L Jones [KIA]
Sgt P P Clarkin [KIA]
C EE193 - - BQ-C FTR 30 Aug 1944, Stettin.
Crashed in the Baltic. Crew all KIA, only one body recovered.
F/Sgt Battersby buried at Reerso Churchyard, in Denmark.
An Association member (Prof. Ole Seberg of Copenhagen University) wrote an article in the Grimsby Telegraph, see link.
/documents/public/Lancasters-Crews/EE193/index.php

/documents/public/Lancasters-Crews/FODFNeilson/Images/IMG_2665.jpg

W/O W H S Ansell [KIA]
F/Sgt G W Battersby [KIA]
F/O C R Cameron [KIA]
F/O I H R Hood [KIA]
Sgt A Anderson [KIA]
Sgt E W Parker [KIA]
Sgt O Tabuteau [KIA]
H JA712 - - BQ-H FTR 27/28 May 1944, Aachen.
See Rebecq Memorial Project (unveiled May 2011)
/documents/public/Rebecq-Memorial-Project/index.php

P/O E C Purney [KIA]
Sgt J L Sheahan [KIA]
Sgt T E Flanagan [KIA]
Sgt E J Molnar [Evd.]
Sgt D Yardley [PoW]
Sgt K H F de Lengerke [KIA]
Sgt P C M King [KIA]
W JA918 - - BQ-W FTR 9/10 May 1944, Mardyck.
Crew all KIA.
F/O E V Sage [KIA]
Sgt H P Robinson [KIA]
F/O O L Albutt [KIA]
Sgt W C Taylor [KIA]
F/O D A Goulden [KIA]
Sgt W W Hopper [KIA]
Sgt E G R Pepper [KIA]
H JA934 - - BQ-H FTR 16 Feb 1944, Berlin.
Crew all KIA.
F/Sgt R E Woodger [KIA]
Sgt D L Jones [KIA]
F/Sgt J D McIntosh [KIA]
F/Sgt A H Stockton [KIA]
Sgt R W J Wivell [KIA]
Sgt V H Mate [KIA]
Sgt D Willsdon [KIA]
K JB604 - - BQ-K FTR 23/44 December 1943, Berlin. Crew all KIA.
Listed as 100 Sqdn ND327 on Lostbombers site
F/Sgt W R Cooper [KIA]
Sgt G W Claydon [KIA]
Sgt A R Laurence [KIA]
F/Sgt G W Guest [KIA]
Sgt R W Theobald [KIA]
Sgt J Rawson [KIA]
Sgt J A Jordan [KIA]
P LL747 - - BQ-P FTR 16/17 Jun 1944, Sterkrade.
Crew all survived as PoWs.
One of three 550 Sqdn Lancasters lost on this operation.
Cause of loss and crash-site not established
F/O G H Packham [PoW]
Sgt C C C Pettit [PoW]
Sgt J Matthews [PoW]
Sgt J S Jenkins [PoW]
Sgt F A Willson [PoW]
Sgt J Jackson [PoW]
Sgt E J Morgan [PoW]
O LL796 BQ-O (or Q?) - BQ-O FTR 12 Jul 1944, Revigny.
Collided with 103 Sqdn Lancaster.
Crew all KIA.
One of three 550 Sqdn Lancasters lost on this operation.
F/O W Boocock [KIA]
Sgt G T Sutherland [KIA]
F/O M C Eckhold [KIA]
F/Sgt A J W Mudford [KIA]
Sgt L E Dagless [KIA]
Sgt M Muir [KIA]
Sgt T Setchfield [KIA]
K LL810 - - BQ-K FTR 27/28 May 1944, Aachen.
Probable claim by Hptm Hans-Karl Kemp Stab III/NJG4 - North west of Brussels: 2,800m at 03:05. (source: Nachtjagd Combat Archives 1944 Part 3 - Theo Boiten)
Crew all KIA.
Buried in the Wevelgem Communal Cemetery in Belgium
P/O D McCrae [KIA]
Sgt R A Drury [KIA]
F/O M Shapiro [KIA]
F/Sgt F G Lebano [KIA]
Sgt A G Hall [KIA]
Sgt C A Bonner [KIA]
Sgt A H Brown [KIA]
H LL826 - - BQ-H FTR 03/04 May 1944, Mailly. Crew all KIA F/L A J Grain [KIA]
Sgt J Stanley [KIA]
F/O M R Oliver [KIA]
F/O E C Jones [KIA]
F/O H W Batt [KIA]
Sgt J Ellis [KIA]
Sgt K R Dye [KIA]
Maj S Whipp [KIA]
E LL836 - - BQ-E FTR 10/11 Apr 1944, Aulnoye.
Crew all KIA
F/L W H Waycott [KIA]
F/O J J Logan [KIA]
F/L R W Picton [KIA]
Sgt K P C Williams [KIA]
Sgt T H Guest [KIA]
F/O J F Potter [KIA]
Sgt W Essar [KIA]
Q LL837 - - BQ-Q FTR 14/15 Jul 1944, Revigny.
Crew all KIA, inc. W/Cmdr P E G G Connolly (Commanding Officer) and F/Lt K W L Fuller (Senior Gunnery Officer).
W/Cdr P E G G Connolly [KIA]
F/L K W L Fuller [KIA]
Sgt J R Penton [KIA]
Sgt J D Naunton [KIA]
F/O N Nunns [KIA]
Sgt J T Kermack [KIA]
Sgt C J Watson [KIA]
V LL851 - - BQ-V FTR 21/22 May 1944, Duisburg.
Crew all KIA. Buried Sint Niklaas Church.
One of three 550 Sqdn Lancasters lost on this operation. See DV309, LM319
/pages/550-sqdn-photos.php#LL851

http://www.inmemories.com/Cemeteries/stniklaas.htm

P/O P J Dukelow [KIA]
Sgt D S Bruty [KIA]
P/O L R Dunham [KIA]
Sgt L R Towsley [KIA]
Sgt D A W Mayo [KIA]
P/O H E MacDuff [KIA]
Sgt S A Jarvis [KIA]
X LL852 - - BQ-X FTR 15/16 Mar 1944, Stuttgart.
One of two 550 Sqdn Lancasters lost on this operation (see also LM392).
Crew: 6 KIA, 1 PoW
F/L J F Craig [KIA]
Sgt K Thompson [KIA]
Sgt R D Samuels [KIA]
Sgt K R Sumner [KIA]
Sgt D E Nutter [KIA]
Sgt H C Petty [PoW]
Sgt L W F Overend [KIA]
H LM134 - - BQ-H FTR 16/17 June 1944, Sterkrade.
Crew all KIA (only three of the EIGHT crew (2nd pilot flying) were recovered).
LM134 crashed between Achterberg and Veenendaal in Holland.
Aircraft may have been shot down by a German night fighter pilot Heinz Str?ning. (Source : Patrick Baumann)
One of three 550 Sqdn Lancasters lost on this operation (See also LL747 and ME840)

The ORB records LM134 "H" on multiple flights AFTER the loss on 16 June 44 to Sterkade with the Neilson crew.
F/L A D McConnell [KIA]
F/O D F Neilson [KIA]
F/O H B Brett [KIA]
Sgt A T Paget [KIA]
Sgt E W Webb [KIA]
F/O J M McKay [KIA]
Sgt J E Legg [KIA]
W/O J K Murray [KIA]
O LM273 - - BQ-O FTR 23 Feb 1945, Pforzheim.
Crew: 3 KIA, 4 PoWs (injured).
One of two No.550 Sqdn Lancasters lost on this operation.
/pages/550-sqdn-photos.php#LM273

F/O D H Grundy [POW]
W/O E W King [POW]
P/O R T Sowter [KIA]
W/O R C McLauchlan [POW]
F/Sgt L F Figg [POW]
Sgt E C Jarvis [KIA]
Sgt E J MacKenzie [KIA]
V LM301 - - BQ-V FTR 3 Dec 1943, Berlin.
Crew 6 KIA, 1 PoW. ORB lists this aircraft as NM301
W/O A T S Collier [KIA]
Sgt F Turner [KIA]
F/Sgt P A Lee [KIA]
F/Sgt H S Bennett [KIA]
F/Sgt J A Cromie [PoW]
Sgt W F Dowson [KIA]
Sgt E A Topham [KIA]
A LM319 - - BQ-A FTR 22 May 1944, Duisburg.
Crew all KIA.
One of three 550 Sqdn aircraft lost on this operation. See DV309; LL851.

[Prior to 550 Sqdn was with 101 Sqdn when it was damaged Berlin 21/1/1944, pilot F/O KNIGHTS - both gunners were killed, and W/OP injured, by cannon fire.]
Sgt K A Essex [KIA]
Sgt A W McWhirter [KIA]
F/Sgt F J W Smith [KIA]
F/Sgt R E Porter [KIA]
Sgt A Symonds [KIA]
Sgt P L McIver [KIA]
Sgt R E Muffett [KIA]
- LM379 - - - FTR 27 Nov 1943, Berlin.
Crew 5 KIA, 2 PoW (1 confined in hospital due to injuries).
F/L P J M Prangley [KIA]
Sgt A K Ward [KIA]
F/O G H R F Harris [KIA]
P/O J W Lowe [PoW]
Sgt R Redfern [KIA]
Sgt P W Smith [PoW]
Sgt F C Diggle [KIA]
J LM392 - - BQ-J FTR 15/16 Mar 1944, Stuttgart.
One of two 550 Sqdn Lancasters lost on this operation (see also LL852).
Shot down by a night- fighter.
Crew all KIA
F/L J S G Crawford [KIA]
Sgt J R Powell [KIA]
F/O P A Lockton [KIA]
Sgt J N Andrew [KIA]
Sgt W J Green [KIA]
Sgt W V Moss [KIA]
Sgt W B Robertson [KIA]
N LM425 - - BQ-N FTR 30/31 Mar 1944, Nuremburg.
Crew: 4 KIA, 3 PoW.
One of two 550 Sqdn Lancasters lost on this operation (see also ND425).
http://en.tracesofwar.com/article/12471/Memorial-Lancaster-LM425.htm

F/Sgt A H Jefferies [KIA]
Sgt H Simpson [KIA]
F/Sgt D S Jeffrey [PoW]
Sgt S A Keirle [PoW]
Sgt W G Upton [PoW]
Sgt J W Whitley [KIA]
Sgt R H Paxton [KIA]
T LM455 - - BQ-T FTR 28/29 Jul 1944, Stuttgurt.
Crew all KIA.
One of two 550 Sqdn Lancasters lost on this operation (see also NE164)
F/O P M Roche [KIA]
Sgt P A O Adams [KIA]
F/O R W Archer [KIA]
F/O D Rudd [KIA]
F/O S G Spakowski [KIA]
F/O R F Calderhead [KIA]
F/O E T Meaker [KIA]
U LM461 - 1 BQ-U FTR 20 Feb 1944, Leipzig. Lost on first operation.
Crew 3 KIA, 5 PoW.
German researchers believe aircraft shot down by Oblt. Paul Zorner III./NJG 3 out of Lueneburg as his 3rd claim (out of 4) on this one night, and may have located the wreck (2 km E of Sichau, 12 km W of Gardelegen).
Book due to be published November 2011 (Scherzer Militaer Verlag), Title Aufschlagbrand.
F/Sgt J P Harrison [PoW]
W/O J I Miller [KIA]
Sgt R E White [PoW]
Sgt D V H Evans [PoW]
Sgt P H Hurst [PoW]
Sgt G E Brown [PoW]
Sgt T K M Williams [KIA]
Sgt F C Thomas [KIA]
S LM647 - 1 BQ-S FTR 13 Jul 1944, Revigny.
Lost on first operation.
Six crew KIA, one died of injuries later.
One of three 550 Sqdn Lancasters lost on this operation
P/O J E H Davies [KIA]
Sgt A D Baker [KIA]
Sgt D B MacKenzie [KIA]
Sgt C M Pyke [KIA]
F/O N A Davies [KIA]
Sgt G Taylor [KIA]
Sgt D A Donoghue [KIA]
X ME301 - - BQ-X FTR 4/5 Apr 1945, Luetzkendorf.
Crew all KIA
F/O M D Hayes [KIA]
Sgt H Hartley [KIA]
F/Sgt E H Hagyard [KIA]
F/Sgt M V Fuller [KIA]
W/O A T Gill [KIA]
Sgt R S Smith [KIA]
Sgt D Gunn [KIA]
O ME428 - - BQ-O FTR 7/8 Mar 1945, Dessau.
Crew 3 KIA, 4 PoW.
All of this crew had been involved in a serious incident while on the raid to Pforzheim on 23/24 February 1945.
One of three 550 Sqdn Lancasters lost on this operation. See also ME503, PA995.
Book published 1 December 2011 (Scherzer Militaer Verlag) presents evidence that this aircraft was the 121st, and last victim, of Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer a German Luftwaffe night fighter pilot (known as "The Night Ghost Of St. Trond") and the highest scoring night fighter ace in the history of aerial warfare.
This is one of two 550 aircraft believed downed by this night-figher pilot (see also DV309).

The ORB lists this aircraft as ME248. The is assumed to be a typo in the ORB (for the following reasons). According to the ORB LM273 "O" was lost with the F/O Grundy crew Pforzheim (23 Feb 1945); the replacement "O" arrived sometime shortly after this. The first appearance of a new "O" appears to be 2 March, as ME248 "O". This aircraft only carries out 3 raids, being lost on the third (7/8 Mar 1945, Dessau). The investigations documentation from 1947-1949 (RCAF Archives, Ottawa), all record ME428. Aside from this the ORB has *many* errors so it seems entirely possible ME248 is another typo, and ME428 is the correct number.
See F/O R D Harris crew web-page for details, including the RCAF Archive investigations on the loss of this crew.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinz-Wolfgang_Schnaufer

F/O R D Harris [KIA]
Sgt K J B Smith [KIA]
Sgt E R Robinson [KIA]
R ME503 - 1 BQ-R FTR 7/8 Mar 1945, Dessau.
Lost on first operation.
Crew: 5 KIA, 2 PoWs confined in hospital due injuries until repatriation to UK 3 April 1945.
One of three 550 Sqdn Lancasters lost on this operation. See also ME428, PA995.
P/O S W Nielson [KIA]
Sgt A Finnigan [POW]
F/Sgt B M Trowbridge [KIA]
Sgt R Kerr [KIA]
Sgt J H Stuart-Ritson [KIA]
Sgt R F Stevens [POW]
Sgt C A DeLaveleye [KIA]
Q ME548 - 1 BQ-Q FTR 18 Mar 1945, Hanau.
Lost on first operation.
Crew: 2 KIA, remainder gathered up by units of the US Army.
F/L N A Burrows [KIA]
Sgt R C Smith [Surv.]
Sgt A Wilson [Surv.]
Sgt R F J Gorman [Surv.]
Sgt L B Towson [KIA]
Sgt A J Miles [Surv.]
F/O W K Campbell [Surv.]
F ME556 - - BQ-F FTR 6/7 Jun 1944, Aachen/Acheres.
Crew all KIA
P/O T M J Shervington [KIA]
Sgt A Small [KIA]
W/O J R Mawhinney [KIA]
Sgt K R Ansell [KIA]
Sgt E R Hall [KIA]
Sgt A C Griffiths [KIA]
Sgt R G Dennett [KIA]
D ME581 - - BQ-D FTR 22/23 Apr 1944, Duesseldorf.
Crew all KIA (Buried in Heverlee War Cemetery).
Force of impact left four metres deep crater, near which now stands a Memorial dedicated to the crew from the local inhabitiants.
/documents/public/Lancasters-Crews/FOPGMilburn/index.php

http://en.tracesofwar.com/article/44455/Monument-Lancaster-ME-581.htm

F/O P G Milburn [KIA]
Sgt J Palfrey [KIA]
F/Sgt N W E Burdett [KIA]
F/O B B Ashley [KIA]
Sgt S W Courtenay [KIA]
P/O S M Clarke [KIA]
F/O D W Magan [KIA]
E ME582 - - BQ-E FTR 25/26 Feb 1944, Ausburg.
Crew all KIA (buried in Liesse Communal Cemetery).
One of two 550 Sqnd Lancasters lost on this operation.
Sgt C Tattersall [KIA]
Sgt W Johnstone [KIA]
Sgt W R Williams [KIA]
Sgt H Stollar [KIA]
Sgt A Hatfield [KIA]
Sgt J L Powell [KIA]
Sgt P L Colman [KIA]
V ME840 - - BQ-V FTR 16/17 Jun 1944, Sterkrade.
Crew 6 KIA, 1 (F/O Roy Kay) evaded capture.
F/Lt Tizard was the Squadron Gunnery Leader.
One of three 550 Sqdn Lancasters lost on this operation.
/documents/public/Lancasters-Crews/SqdnLeaderGSSmith/index.php

http://www.aircrewremembered.com/raf1944/5/smithgavin.html

S/L G S Smith [KIA]
F/Sgt R Townsend [KIA]
F/O R Kay [Evd.]
F/O J J Berg [KIA]
F/O L Pulfrey [KIA]
F/L St. J Tizard [KIA]
F/O J Heath [KIA]
D ND396 - - BQ-D FTR 30/31 Jan 1944, Berlin.
One of two No.550 Sqdn Lancasters lost on this operation. See also DV305.
Crew all survived (all PoW).
Hit by Flak approaching Berlin at 20,000ft and crash-landed.
Crash site may now be established near Wittenberge by German researchers in contact with this web-site.
Book due to be published November 2011 (Scherzer Militaer Verlag), Title Aufschlagbrand.

In fact all the ORB pages state "NB396" (including for the FTR operation). So a little uncertainty whether NB396 or ND396.
Sgt G Hunter [PoW]
Sgt J C Cartwright [PoW]
F/O G Pickavance [PoW]
Sgt L I Smith [PoW]
Sgt W C Frost [PoW]
Sgt T W Vittle [PoW]
Sgt C V Gale [PoW]
C ND425 - - BQ-C FTR 30/31 Mar 1944, Nuremburg.
One of two 550 Sqdn Lancasters lost on this operation (see also LM425).
Shot down by night-fighter, exploded over Unterspiesheim, 11 km SSE of Schweinfurt
/documents/public/Lancasters-Crews/ND425/SgtWilfredBarratt/index.php

F/Sgt C G Foster [KIA]
Sgt J McGhie [KIA]
F/Sgt J C Garratt [KIA]
Sgt R Johnson [KIA]
Sgt E W Wash [KIA]
Sgt W Barratt [KIA]
Sgt R G Johns [KIA]
J ND733 - - BQ-J To 9 Sqdn, then 463.
Shot up by night-fighter, abandoned over Juvincourt 16/17 Apr 1945.
630 Sqdn crew baled out and survived.
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O NE164 - 1 BQ-O FTR 28/29 July 1944.
Lost on first operation with 550 Sqdn en-route to Stuttgart.
Crew: 2 KIA, 1 captured and murdered by civilians 31 Jul 1944, 3 PoW.
F/O William Dinney RCAF evaded capture - file 6/646/2311 in National Archive.
One of two 550 Sqdn Lancasters lost on this operation (see also LM455.)
F/O H Jones [KIA]
Sgt J R Drury [PoW]
Sgt F H Habgood [KIA]
Sgt D Hunter [PoW]
Sgt R B Cumberlidge [PoW]
Sgt I Williams [KIA]
P/O W Dinney [Evd.]
B2 NF932 - - BQ-B2 Blew up 13 Feb 1945, Dresden, Operation Thunderclap. Crew KIA.
At aged 42 Sgt E.T. Smith was one of the oldest airmen to have been KIA on Bomber Command Operations in WW11
P/O J R Byrne [KIA]
F/L E S Allen [KIA]
F/Sgt E T Smith [KIA]
F/Sgt A B Dennison [KIA]
F/Sgt G A Maginley [KIA]
Sgt R G Crump [KIA]
F/O J E Murray-Shirreff [KIA]
V NF962 - 1 BQ-V FTR 31 Aug 1944, Agenville.
Crew all KIA, inc. W/Cdr Sisley (commanding officer)
W/Cdr A F M Sisley [KIA]
P/O P C Siddall [KIA]
Sgt R MacLeod [KIA]
Sgt H H M Connolly [KIA]
F/Sgt H G Thomas [KIA]
F/Sgt A S Parsons [KIA]
Sgt D P Gates [KIA]
Sgt T Hamilton [KIA]
A NF963 - - BQ-A Crashed 4 Oct 1944, near Ellingstring, near Masham, Yorkshire.
Lost on training operations. Pilot listed in ORB as UNKNOWN but was in fact F/O Hayter who was the only survivor.
Sgt L A Bassman [KIA]
F/O T Y Thomas [KIA]
F/O R R Bradshaw [KIA]
Sgt A J Pearce [KIA]
Sgt J P Sheridan [KIA]
Sgt J McVey [KIA]
D NF998 - - BQ-D Wrecked. Ops 23/24 Feb 1945 to Pforzheim.
Hit by weapons from another aircraft.
Read account of the final flight of this aircraft (link to original site)
/original-site-archive/histmemoirspforzheim.htm

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E2 NG132 - - BQ-E2 Shot down by intruder (Fw Rudi Morenz from 1V.NJG2),
Humber estuary 18:00 17 Mar 1945.
The last Bomber Command aircraft to be shot down over the UK in WWII
P/O A C Lockyer [KIA]
Sgt F E Drawbridge [Surv.]
Sgt W Berry [KIA]
W/O H L Farmer [KIA]
Sgt L Elliott [KIA]
Sgt S Matthews [KIA]
Sgt D Lucey [KIA]
F2 NG133 - - BQ-F2 FTR 14 Oct 1944, Duisburg operation.
One of two 550 Sqdn Lancasters lost on this operation. See also PD319.
Pilot thrown clear, remainder of crew KIA
F/O A Abrams [PoW]
Sgt K W Nettleton [KIA]
F/Sgt J W Brown [KIA]
F/Sgt R F Veness [KIA]
Sgt P L Brooker [KIA]
Sgt A P Soper [KIA]
F/Sgt K R Salton [KIA]
L NG192 - 1 BQ-L FTR 19/20 Oct 1944, Stuttgart.
Lost on first operation.
Crew all KIA.
F/L A Wynne Thomas [KIA]
Sgt M R F Harris [KIA]
Sgt M Austin [KIA]
Sgt J E Knott [KIA]
Sgt J D Garland [KIA]
Sgt R Garrad [KIA]
Sgt A E Lukeman [KIA]
J NG251 - - BQ-J FTR 06/07 Dec 1944, Leuna.
Crew all KIA.
Crashed after being crippled by flak 12 km W from the centre of Leipzig.
F/L J P Morris [KIA]
Sgt A G Furber [KIA]
F/O A Leonard [KIA]
Sgt H J Bailey [KIA]
Sgt G C Dennis [KIA]
Sgt T J Hooper [KIA]
Sgt W Roberts [KIA]
Q NG287 - 1 BQ-Q FTR 15/16 Mar 1945, Misburg.
Crew: 5 KIA, 2 injured.
F/O R F Wallace [KIA]
Sgt W Field [KIA]
Sgt H J E Brownett [KIA]
F/O R W Stephens [KIA]
Sgt G B C Capon [Evd.]
Sgt R H Laney [PoW]
Sgt I F Tait [KIA]
M NG331 - - BQ-M FTR 5/6 Jan 1945, Hannover.
Believed shot down by flak, wreckage scattered over a radius of 800m to 1km.
Crew: 6 KIA, 1 PoW
/documents/public/Lancasters-Crews/FOJCAdams/index.php

F/O J C Adams [KIA]
Sgt W P Scott [KIA]
F/Sgt B Sterman [KIA]
F/O W R Elcoate [KIA]
F/Sgt F Papple [KIA]
F/O F S Renton [KIA]
Sgt K D Winstanley [PoW]
B NG336 - - BQ-B FTR 16 Mar 1945.
Crew: 6 KIA, 1 PoW (F/L R.J.Liefooghe was interned in Camp 5A).
F/L R J Liefooghe [PoW]
Sgt I Jones [KIA]
F/Sgt A E Higgins [KIA]
F/O R E Hughes [KIA]
F/Sgt V C Davidson [KIA]
Sgt D Anthony [KIA]
Sgt F E Self [KIA]
P NG363 - 1 BQ-P FTR 07/08 Jan 1945, Munich.
Crew: 6 KIA, 1 PoW (inj)
F/O C J Clarke [KIA]
Sgt J T Tunstall [KIA]
F/Sgt H E Miell [KIA]
F/O A J Coldwell [PoW]
Sgt L O Precieux [KIA]
F/Sgt F W Bradley [KIA]
F/Sgt L A J Gauthier [KIA]
A NN715 - - BQ-A FTR 21/22 Feb 1945, Duisburg.
Two crew killed, remainder PoWs.
W/Cmdr Bell was 550 Sqdn Commander and remained a PoW until Liberation.
/documents/public/Lancasters-Crews/FlLtDEALuger/index.php

/pages/550-sqdn-photos.php#FlLtDEALuger

/pages/550-sqdn-photos.php#WingCommanderBryanBell

W/Cdr B Bell [PoW]
F/L D E A Luger [KIA]
Sgt R L Gibbs [PoW]
F/O S R Angill [PoW]
Sgt R Gray [PoW]
Sgt G Hancock [KIA]
Sgt F G Jones [KIA]
Sgt D B Boyce [PoW]
E PA991 - 2 BQ-E FTR 28/29 Aug 1944, Wemars Cappel.
Crew: 3 KIA, 4 POW.
The three airmen killed are buried in Bollezeele Communal Cemetery.
The Pas de Calais area was liberated by Allied troops a few days later and thus the three 550 aircrew lost were the last fatal casualties in the Bomber Command campaign against the V-1 flying bomb.
http://www.raf.mod.uk/bombercommand/aug44.html

S/L K MacAleavey [PoW]
F/O S C Beeson [PoW]
Sgt K J R Hewlett [PoW]
F/Sgt F Neal [PoW]
Sgt J K Norgate [KIA]
Sgt J A Trayhorn [KIA]
Sgt H S Picton [KIA]
V PA995 The Vulture Strikes 101 BQ-V Ton-up Lanc (one of three in 550 Sqdn).
FTR 7/8 March 1945, Dessau.
3 KIA, rest PoW (inc. confined in hospital due to injuries).
One of three 550 Sqdn Lancasters lost on this operation. See also ME428, ME503.
/pages/bomber-command-books.php#TonUpLancs

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/original-site-archive/histmemdhdresden.htm

/documents/public/Lancasters-Crews/FOGEBlackler/index.php

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F/O C J Jones [KIA]
Sgt S J Webb [POW]
P/O J Buckmaster [KIA]
F/Sgt L W Harvey [KIA]
Sgt F M Main [POW]
Sgt M B Smith [POW]
Sgt S Pelham [POW]
M PB562 - 1 BQ-M FTR 6 Nov 1944, Gelsenkirchen.
McCarthy crew all KIA.

Sgt. Kendrew (of the McCarthy crew) was originally buried in Gelsenkirchen-Hullen cemetery (no other members of the crew were recovered). This perhaps indicates that the aircraft came down somewhere in the target area.
F/O L J T McCarthy [KIA]
Sgt J D Shilcock [KIA]
Sgt T W Farmer [KIA]
F/Sgt F L J Colbourn [KIA]
Sgt S J Lovett [KIA]
Sgt L Kendrew [KIA]
F/O F M Kennedy [KIA]
V PD208 - - BQ-V Crashed at Wansford ex Fontaine-le-Pin 15 Aug 1944 F/Sgt J Hough [KIA]
Sgt H Hindle [KIA]
Sgt A W Tucker [KIA]
F/Sgt E Moody [KIA]
F/Sgt J B Lake [KIA]
Sgt G A Thomson [KIA]
Sgt E J Walsh [KIA]
R PD221 - - BQ-R FTR 3/4 Feb 1945, Bottrop.
Crew all KIA.
At 18, Sgt Taerum was amongst the youngest airmen killed on Bomber Command operations.
F/O R G Nye [KIA]
Sgt C Stuart [KIA]
Sgt J Holding [KIA]
Sgt J F Moyle [KIA]
W/O W J Howson [KIA]
F/Sgt W H Cook [KIA]
F/Sgt L C Taerum [KIA]
T PD255 - - BQ-T FTR 2 Nov 1944, Duesseldorf.
Cause of loss not established.
Crew all KIA. The air-gunner on this flight (Sgt Ted Morgan) was standing in for usual F/Lt Foster crew air-gunner for who was ill.
F/L D J Foster [KIA]
Sgt F P Newcombe [KIA]
Sgt S Pick [KIA]
F/O H A G Gadd [KIA]
Sgt P R Kingman [KIA]
Sgt J Leonard [KIA]
Sgt V C Morgan [KIA]
G PD319 - - BQ-G FTR 14 Oct 1944, Duisburg.
One of two 550 Sqdn Lancasters lost on this operation. See also NG133.
Crew all KIA.
All buried in Holland at Venray War Cemetery
/documents/public/Lancasters-Crews/FOHDodds/index.php

F/O H Dodds [KIA]
P/O A R Brown [KIA]
Sgt A Laidlaw [KIA]
Sgt H Lewis [KIA]
F/Sgt C W Beckingham [KIA]
F/O D J K White [KIA]
F/O H Black [KIA]
H PD320 - - BQ-H FTR 24 Mar 1945, Dortmund.
Crew all KIA.
All buried in the Reichswald Forest War Cemetery.
F/L J B Barnes [KIA]
Sgt J W Geran [KIA]
F/Sgt J Stobbs [KIA]
F/Sgt D F Reid [KIA]
F/Sgt J G Day [KIA]
P/O W E McDonald [KIA]
P/O E Lindsay [KIA]
B PD343 - - BQ-B Missing in transit (Italy - UK) 29 Sep 1945

{Ed: complete list of army service personnel (name, rank, service number) now available (thanks to IBCC record).]
/documents/public/Lancasters-Crews/PORRMatthews/index.php

P/O R R Matthews [KIA]
F/Sgt R Henderson [KIA]
F/Sgt A O Chapman [KIA]
F/Sgt D A Isley [KIA]
F/Sgt D Gosling [KIA]
Sgt J H Peckham [KIA]
Z RA502 - 1 BQ-Z Collided with 170 Sqn Lanc.
Crashed at Fleville, (France) 1 February 1945.
See Fleville memorial page (link to original web-site)
/original-site-archive/memfleville.htm

F/O A W L Lohrey [Surv.]
F/Sgt V B Cassapi [Surv.]
F/Sgt E C Westhorpe [Surv.]
F/Sgt W G Anderson [Surv.]
Sgt N Tinsley [KIA]
Sgt A James [KIA]
F/Sgt A Jarnell [Surv.]
B2 RF136 - - BQ-B2 Overshoot Pomigliano (Italy), Crashed 06 Oct 1945 - F/Sgt C W Graham [Inj.]
Sgt C E G Bream [Inj.]
N W5005 SS-Nan 94 BQ-N
On ops to Kiel ditched in Humber estuary approx. one mile off Killingholme Haven 26/27 Aug 1944.
No injuries
[At some stage this aircraft was fitted with a mid-under gunner position, in an attempt to counter night-fighters, and several crews flew with an 8th man in this position.]
P/O R Hopman [Surv.]
F/Sgt J K Sharpe [Surv.]
F/Sgt G R Martin [Surv.]
F/Sgt F G Ferguson [Surv.]
F/Sgt R E Sloan [Surv.]
F/Sgt R E McKenzie [Surv.]
Sgt A W E Walters [Surv.]

Summary

TOTAL number of records found 71

The details were last updated: 06 March 2024


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