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Lancaster ED927 |
Type : Lancaster Last Flew : 16th May 1943 Known Codes : AJ-E |
Known information | |
03rd May 1943 | Joined No.617 Sqn with code AJ-E. |
16th May 1943 | Took part in the Dambusters Raid as part of the second wave. Reportedly hit power cables and crashed with no survivors. Crew : Flight Lieutenant Robert Norman George Barlow (Pilot), Pilot Officer Samuel Leslie Whillis (Flight Engineer), Flying Officer Phillip Sidney Burgess (Navigator), Flying Officer Charles Rowland Williams (Wireless Operator), Pilot Officer Alan Gillespie (Bomb Aimer), Flying Officer Harvey Stirling Glinz (Front Gunner), Sergeant Jack Robert George Liddell (Rear Gunner). |
Pilots and Aircrew who flew : Lancaster ED927 | ||
A list of all aircrew from our database who are associated with this aircraft. A profile page is available by clicking their name. | ||
Name | Info | |
Barlow, Robert Norman George Click the name above to see a profile of Barlow, Robert Norman George
| Barlow, Robert Norman George He was Pilot of Lancaster ED927 AJ-E of No.617 Sqn on the Dambusters Raid of 16th - 17th May 1943. His Lancaster was part of the second wave but never reached the target. The aircraft reportedly hit power lines and crashed near Haldern. None of the crew survived. | |
Burgess, Phillip Sidney Click the name above to see a profile of Burgess, Phillip Sidney
| Burgess, Phillip Sidney He was Navigator of Lancaster ED927 AJ-E of No.617 Sqn on the Dambusters Raid of 16th - 17th May 1943. His Lancaster was part of the second wave but never reached the target. The aircraft reportedly hit power lines and crashed near Haldern. None of the crew survived. | |
Gillespie, Alan Click the name above to see a profile of Gillespie, Alan
| Gillespie, Alan He was Bomb Aimer of Lancaster ED927 AJ-E of No.617 Sqn on the Dambusters Raid of 16th - 17th May 1943. His Lancaster was part of the second wave but never reached the target. The aircraft reportedly hit power lines and crashed near Haldern. None of the crew survived. | |
Glinz, Harvey Stirling Click the name above to see a profile of Glinz, Harvey Stirling
| Glinz, Harvey Stirling He was Front Gunner of Lancaster ED927 AJ-E of No.617 Sqn on the Dambusters Raid of 16th - 17th May 1943. His Lancaster was part of the second wave but never reached the target. The aircraft reportedly hit power lines and crashed near Haldern. None of the crew survived. | |
Liddell, Jack Robert George Click the name above to see a profile of Liddell, Jack Robert George
| Liddell, Jack Robert George He was Rear Gunner of Lancaster ED927 AJ-E of No.617 Sqn on the Dambusters Raid of 16th - 17th May 1943. His Lancaster was part of the second wave but never reached the target. The aircraft reportedly hit power lines and crashed near Haldern. None of the crew survived. | |
Whillis, Samuel Leslie Click the name above to see a profile of Whillis, Samuel Leslie
| Whillis, Samuel Leslie He was Flight Engineer of Lancaster ED927 AJ-E of No.617 Sqn on the Dambusters Raid of 16th - 17th May 1943. His Lancaster was part of the second wave but never reached the target. The aircraft reportedly hit power lines and crashed near Haldern. None of the crew survived. | |
Williams, Charles Rowland Click the name above to see a profile of Williams, Charles Rowland
| Williams, Charles Rowland He was Wireless Operator of Lancaster ED927 AJ-E of No.617 Sqn on the Dambusters Raid of 16th - 17th May 1943. His Lancaster was part of the second wave but never reached the target. The aircraft reportedly hit power lines and crashed near Haldern. None of the crew survived. |
Squadrons for : Lancaster ED927 | ||
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Squadron | Info | |
No.617 Sqn RAF Country : UK Founded : 23rd March 1943 Apres mois, le deluge - After me, the flood | No.617 Sqn RAF Full profile not yet available. |
Aircraft type : Lancaster | ||
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Aircraft | Info | |
Lancaster
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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