NG362 OJ-S

Avro Lancaster I

Code lettersOJ-S
SquadronNo. 149 Squadron (East India)
MarkI
FateWritten off (non-op)
Lost2 January 1945
A Avro Lancaster (representative type, not this airframe)
Representative photo of a Avro Lancaster — not this individual aircraft.
ⓘ licence & creditCpl 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

Crash-landed at Methwold at 2227 on return on 2 January 1945 after the flaps failed; struck a gun pit and trees and caught fire, but the crew scrambled clear.

Operations flown

Operation Nuremberg (2 January 1945)crashed_on_return

Crew: J H Woodward (Bomb aimer) · S Kirkpatrick (Flight engineer) · J F McNicol (Mid-upper gunner) · F A Biggs (Navigator) · H H Jones (Pilot) · G C Graham (Rear gunner) · W L Mumford (Wireless operator)