EE139 BQ-B
Avro Lancaster B.III · "Phantom of the Ruhr"
| Code letters | BQ-B |
|---|---|
| Squadron | No. 550 Squadron |
| Mark | B.III |
| Fate | Survived the war |
Notes
Built in 1943, this Lancaster B.III carried the celebrated ‘Phantom of the Ruhr’ nose art — a skeletal hooded figure clutching a bomb. It flew its first thirty operations with No. 100 Squadron at Waltham as HW-R, then a further ninety-one with No. 550 Squadron at North Killingholme as BQ-B, passing its hundredth on 5 September 1944 and reaching 121 in all. One of the select band of Lancaster ‘centurions’, it survived the war, and a Battle of Britain Memorial Flight Lancaster flies today in its markings.
No sorties recorded for this airframe yet.
Source: 550 Squadron Association — The Phantom of the Ruhr, EE139 →