LL898 HW-L

Avro Lancaster I

Code lettersHW-L
SquadronNo. 100 Squadron
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

Dived into the sea from 5,500 ft during bombing practice on 2 January 1945; all six aboard were lost.

Operations flown

Non-operational flightCrashed outbound

Crew: R Warwick (Bomb aimer) · John Dubois (Flight engineer) · W S Cameron (Navigator) · Verrell Weatherley (Pilot) · G H Thirkettle (Rear gunner) · P Share (Wireless operator)