ME850 LS-D

Avro Lancaster I

Code lettersLS-D
SquadronNo. 15 Squadron
MarkI
FateLost on operations
Lost1 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

Hit by American anti-aircraft fire over Belgium while returning from the railway yards at Vohwinkel on 1 January 1945, the Lancaster crash-landed at 2050 on the Allied airfield at Juvincourt. No injuries were reported.

Operations flown

Operation Vohwinkel (1 January 1945)crashed_on_return

Crew: J Graham (Bomb aimer) · A McNish (Flight engineer) · J Hasler (Mid-upper gunner) · S Merrifield (Navigator) · H Whittingham (Pilot) · T Hayday (Rear gunner) · G Dodd (Wireless operator)