PD368 WS-A

Avro Lancaster I

Code letters	WS-A
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

Crashed almost immediately after take-off from Bardney for the Ladbergen operation on 1 January 1945; six of the crew were killed and the flight engineer was not seriously hurt.

Operations flown

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

Crew: A Nolan (Bomb aimer) · A E Dawes (Flight engineer) · R G Round (Mid-upper gunner) · W C Shutler (Navigator) · J W Buckley (Pilot) · B A C Copperwaite (Rear gunner) · I L Moore (Wireless operator)