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Lancaster JB532

Type : Lancaster Mark : MKIII First Flew : 30th October 1943 Last Flew : 2nd January 1944 Known Codes : LE-X

Known information

02nd January 1944

Lancaster MK.III JB-532 Delivered to 61 Sqn on 30-10-43 as QR-A then to 630 sqd delivered 20th November 1943 coded LE-X On operation to Berlin on January 2, 1944. The aircraft was hit by flak and crashed near Grossbeuthen, all of the crew were killed and are buried in the Berlin 1939-45 War Cemetery. Crew were F/L D.A.MacDonald - DFC Pilot RCAF 20 Regina,Saskatchewan,Canada S/L Kenneth Vare - AFC 2nd Pilot RAF 30 Island Bay,Wellington,New Zealand Sgt Robert Smale - MID Flight Engineer RAF 21 Henfield,Sussex F/O Neils Westergaard - DFC Navigator RAFVR 21 Earls Court,London F/S John Turnbull Bomb Aimer RAFVR 22 Sunderland,Co.Durham F/S WilliamJenkins Air Gunner RAFVR - - F/S William Roche Air Gunner RAAF 29 Myrtleford,Victoria,Australia

Pilots and Aircrew who flew : Lancaster MKIII JB532
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Name	Info
Tyrie, William Richard Click the name above to see a profile of Tyrie, William Richard    Died : 2 / 1 / 1944	Tyrie, William Richard Sergeant William Tyrie - DFM was serving as Wireless Operator on board Lancaster MK.III JB-532 coded LE-X for an operation to Berlin on January 2, 1944. The aircraft was hit by flak and crashed near Grossbeuthen, all of the crew were killed and are buried in the Berlin 1939-45 War Cemetery.

Squadrons for : Lancaster MKIII JB532
A list of all squadrons known to have flown Lancaster MKIII JB532. A profile page is available by clicking the squadron name.
Squadron	Info
No.630 Sqn RAF Country : UK Founded : 15th November 1943 Fate : Disbanded 18th July 1945 Nocturna mors - Death by night Click the name above to see prints featuring aircraft of No.630 Sqn RAF	No.630 Sqn RAF Full profile not yet available.

Aircraft type : Lancaster
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Aircraft	Info
Lancaster Click the name above to see prints featuring Lancaster aircraft. Manufacturer : Avro Production Began : 1942 Retired : 1963 Number Built : 7377	Lancaster The Avro Lancaster arose from the avro Manchester and the first prototype Lancaster was a converted Manchester with four engines. The Lancaster was first flown in January 1941, and started operations in March 1942. By March 1945 The Royal Air Force had 56 squadrons of Lancasters with the first squadron equipped being No.44 Squadron. During World War Two the Avro Lancaster flew 156,000 sorties and dropped 618,378 tonnes of bombs between 1942 and 1945. Lancaster Bomberss took part in the devastating round-the-clock raids on Hamburg during Air Marshall Harris' Operation Gomorrah in July 1943. Just 35 Lancasters completed more than 100 successful operations each, and 3,249 were lost in action. The most successful survivor completed 139 operations, and the Lancaster was scrapped after the war in 1947. A few Lancasters were converted into tankers and the two tanker aircraft were joined by another converted Lancaster and were used in the Berlin Airlift, achieving 757 tanker sorties. A famous Lancaster bombing raid was the 1943 mission, codenamed Operation Chastise, to destroy the dams of the Ruhr Valley. The operation was carried out by 617 Squadron in modified Mk IIIs carrying special drum shaped bouncing bombs designed by Barnes Wallis. Also famous was a series of Lancaster attacks using Tallboy bombs against the German battleship Tirpitz, which first disabled and later sank the ship. The Lancaster bomber was the basis of the new Avro Lincoln bomber, initially known as the Lancaster IV and Lancaster V. (Becoming Lincoln B1 and B2 respectively.) Their Lancastrian airliner was also based on the Lancaster but was not very successful. Other developments were the Avro York and the successful Shackleton which continued in airborne early warning service up to 1992.

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