NG252 WS-R

Avro Lancaster I

Code letters	WS-R
Squadron	No. 9 Squadron
Mark	I
Fate	Lost on operations
Lost	1 January 1945

A Avro Lancaster (representative type, not this airframe) — Representative photo of a Avro Lancaster — not this individual aircraft.
ⓘ licence & credit
Cpl Phil Major ABIPP / OGL v1.0, via Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Battle_of_Britain_Memorial_flight_Avro_Lancaster_(cropped).jpg

Notes

Dived into the ground shortly after take-off from Bardney for the Ladbergen operation on 1 January 1945, after losing power on one or both port engines; six of the crew were killed.

Operations flown

Operation Dortmund–Ems Canal (1 January 1945) — Crashed outbound

Crew: R C Flynn (Bomb aimer) · C Booth (Flight engineer) · Edgar Harvey Cooper (Mid-upper gunner) · P Grant (Navigator) · Clifford Sinclair Newton (Pilot) · E S Stevens (Rear gunner) · L G Kelly (Wireless operator)