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No.630 Sqn RAF

Name : No.630 Sqn RAF Founded : 15th November 1943 Disbanded : 18th July 1945 Country : UK Fate : Disbanded 18th July 1945 More Details : Nocturna mors - Death by night Known Code Letters : , LE,

Known Service Details :
Pilot or Aircrew	Rank	Start of Service	End of Service	Known Dates	Aircraft	Airframes	Notes
W. George Chamberlain		unknown	unknown
William Richard Tyrie	Sgt	unknown	unknown	02nd January 1944	Lancaster	JB532	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 Killed in Action
Jim Wright		unknown	unknown

Pilots and Aircrew for : No.630 Sqn RAF
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Name	Info
Chamberlain, W. George Click the name above to see a profile of Chamberlain, W. George	Chamberlain, W. George No's 9 and 630 Squadrons. "Joined RAF 1940. Flew with Bomber Command 30 sorties in 1942 with No 9 Squadron - including Le Creusot raid - and 24 sorties in 1944 with No 630 Squadron. Took part in Berlin Airlift. Thereafter saw service in Cyprus, Germay, Aden and the Air Ministry before retiring from the RAF in 1976.
Langston, John Click the name above to see a profile of Langston, John	Langston, John Originally serving as a Navigator with 630, 189 and 246 Sqns, he then volunteered for 617 Sqn becoming a Flight Engineer, taking part in many operations including the viaduct bombing raids on Armsberg and Bielefeld in 1945.
Payne, Alan Click the name above to see a profile of Payne, Alan	Payne, Alan Trained as an Observer, but served as Bomb Aimer with 630 Squadron on Lancasters completing 29 operations before transferring to 620 Sqn Transport Command. He also completed a tour as Navigator.1
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.
Watts, Fred Click the name above to see a profile of Watts, Fred    Died : 6 / 8 / 2007	Watts, Fred Fred Watts joined the RAF in 1940, and qualifying as a pilot was posted to 630 Squadron in 1943 flying 15 operations on Lancasters out of East Kirby. He joined 617 Squadron in April 1944 and took part in many of the precision operations that the Squadron was renowned for, including raids on V1 sites, V2 rocket bases, and all three attacks on the Tirpitz. He left 617 Squadron in March 1945 to join 83 Pathfinder Squadron for Far East deployment with Tiger Force but VJ-day brought disbandment of the Force before it could be despatched. He stayed on in the RAF after the end of the war, retiring in 1964. He died 6th August 2007.
Wright, Jim Click the name above to see a profile of Wright, Jim	Wright, Jim Upon completing his training in 1943 Jim Wright joined 61 Sqn at Syerston as a Navigator on Lancasters and served in the crew of Flight Lieutenant Ken Ames DFC and Bar. After completing 5 operations with 61 Sqn, F/L Ames and crew were posted to East Kirkby to join the newly formed 630 Squadron. After a brief spell in hospital, after a trip to Kassel on the 22 October 1943 and after completing 22 operations with 630 Squadron, Jim Wright joined 97 (Pathfinder) Squadron at Coningsby for the commencement of their 2nd tour. Jim and the crew completed 16 operations with 97 squadron with their last operation was on the 19th of September 1944. In January 1944 they completed trips to Stettin, Brunswick, Magdeburg and 4 to Berlin. Their next trip to Berlin was on 15th February 1944 followed by operations to Leipzig, Stuttgart and Augsburg. In March they went to Stuttgart, Charmand-Ferront, Stuttgart, Frankfurt and Nuremburg. In April to Toulouse, Pillau Canal (Konigsberg), Tours and Juvisy. In May, to finish their first tour, they went to Bourg. Following completion of operational duties with 97 Squadron Jim Wright was seconded to BOAC and served as an Operations Officer at Hurn and Heathrow in1945 until being demobed in October 1946. Then Jim worked for BOAC 1946 until December 1950 as an Air Traffic Control Officer (ATCO) in British West Africa (Yundum & Half Die, Gambia) and as a Flight Operations Officer at Prestwick and Heathrow before rejoining the RAF 1951 for ATCO duties until he retired in 1976.

Aircraft for : No.630 Sqn RAF
A list of all aircraft associated with No.630 Sqn RAF. A profile page including a list of all art prints for the aircraft is available by clicking the aircraft name.
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.