207's
Lancasters - by serial
Still in checking and revision:
version date as in menu: see Notes
last update 16 May 2007
d = died: p = POW: e = evaded:
SOC = Struck Off Charge: SS = Sold for scrap
* indicates an aircraft allocated to 207 Squadron post-war, often
for a short period only
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Serial No - Mark- Sqn Code - Pilot -
Crew fate - Target & date or Aircraft fate
BT308 - III - to Rolls-Royce
DV183 - III - EM-W Stubbs - attacked after
leaving target, crashlanded - 6d 1p - Cislago 17.7.43
DV184 - III - EM-O Bremner - crashed on
take-off, Langar - all d - 2.10.43
DV188 - III - EM-J Moulton-Barrett - shot down
after bombing, crashed at Luckenwalde, SSW of Berlin - 1d 6p -
Berlin 24.12.43
DV191 - III - EM-O/Q James - crashed near
Hannover, Germany - 2d 5p - Brunswick 15.1.44
DV243 - III - EM-D Kelly - ditched 30-40m NE of
Great Yarmouth when home-bound from Frankfurt - 1d - 23.10.43
DV360 - I - EM-U Goodman - crashed 3km SW
Grosshau, Germany - 3d 2p 2e - Wesseling 22.6.44
DV361 - I - EM-V Baker GA - caught fire in air
and abandoned near Grafton Underwood, Northants - 3d - Training
22.12.43
DV369 - I - EM-D Balfour DC - missing - 1d 6p -
Brunswick 15.1.44
DV370 - I - EM-L Bottrell - missing - all d -
Berlin 2.1.44
DV371 - I - EM-M Broad HD - missing - 6d 1p -
Berlin 30-31.1.44
DV383 - III - EM-O SOC 6.11.47
ED329 - I - EM-T to 617 Sqn
ED330 - I - EM-F Beer NC - lost at sea - 6d 1p -
Wilhelmshaven 18-19.2.43
ED356 - I - EM-W Sexton - crashed near
Ludwigshafen - all d - Nuremburg 26.2.43
ED361 - I - EM-R Cartwright - collided with
JA844 619 Sqn, abandoned nr Dunsfold, Surrey, crashed Plaistow,
10m W Horsham, Sussex, inbound - 1d - Milan 13.8.43
ED365 - I - EM-U Evison - missing - all d -
Hamburg 4.3.43
ED371 - III - to 57 Sqn
ED412 - I - EM-Q Badge - crashed into Le
Grammont mountain above Le Bouveret, Switzerland, after hit by
Swiss flak, outbound - all d - Turin 13.7.43
ED413 - III - EM-P to 1651 Conversion Unit
ED418 - I - EM-G Hawkes WD - crashed at
Hilversum, Netherlands - all d - Duisburg 13.5.43
ED442 - III - EM-W Coxon - missing - all d -
Hanover 22-23.9.43
ED498 - I - EM-D Pearcey - set on fire, crashed
near Houlgate, 25km NE Caen, France - 6d 1p - Milan 16.8.43
ED533 - I - EM-N Isaacs - missing - all d -
minelaying 'Deodar' 3.3.43
ED537 - I - EM-O Elliot JH - missing - all d -
Dusseldorf 11-12.6.43
ED550 - I - EM-K Osmer - crashed near
Nieuw-Dordrecht, 6km SE Emmen, Netherlands - 6d 1p - Berlin
23-24.8.43
ED554 - I - EM-Q Healey - crashed near Jisp,
16km N of Amsterdam - all d - Duisburg 9-10.4.43
ED569 - I - EM-B Russell - crashed near Wognum,
7km NNW Hoorn, Netherlands - all d - Cologne 29.6.43
ED586 - I - EM-F Ebert - crashed near target -
all d - Stettin 6.1.44
ED600 - I - EM-P Drayton - crashed near
Eindhoven, Netherlands - all d - Dusseldorf 26.5.43
ED601 - I - EM-N Mann - missing - all d - Berlin
3-4.12.43
ED604 - I - EM-A Doble - missing - all d - Essen
12-13.3.43
ED623 - III - EM-N to 626 Sqn
ED627 - III - EM-N Fitzgerald - missing - all d
- Nuremburg 28.8.43
ED692 - I - EM-W Herrin - missing - all d -
Mulheim 23.6.43
ED698 - III - EM-S Glann - swung on take-off,
undercarriage collapsed on second attempt, Spilsby, 20.1.44
ED758 - I - EM-V Moore A - crashed in the Baltic
- all d - Berlin 31.1.44
ED802 - III - EM-M to 5 Lancaster Finishing School
ED832 - III - EM-X Huntly-Wood - missing - all d
- Berlin 3-4.9.43
EE126 - III - EM-A Jarvis - set on fire,
abandoned over Neppen, Germany - 3d 4p - Leipzig 20.2.44
EE141 - III - EM-P Allen - crashed at Helmsdorf
- 2d 5p - Berlin 16-17.12.43
EE173 - III - EM-K Burnet - crashed in Lake
Kummel, W of Berlin, Germany - 1d 6p - Berlin 30-31.1.44
EE175 - III - EM-R McDowell - missing - all d -
Kassel 22-23.10.43
EE197 - III - EM-N Gallagher - damaged by FW190
over Brunswick and crash-landed at Spilsby, 15.1.44
JB309 - III - EM-B to 1668 Conversion Unit
L7530 - I - to 467 Sqn
L7532 - I - EM-Z to 1654 Conversion Unit
L7540 - I - EM-O to 1654 Conversion Unit
L7543 - I - EM-Z Duke - missing - all d - Danzig
12.7.42
L7544 - I - to 1667 Conversion Unit
L7546 - I - EM-G Wilson RS - missing - all d -
Genoa 8.11.42
L7547 - I - EM-M Whyte - 5d 2e - Caught fire and
abandoned: crashed St. Brisson (Nievre) homebound - Milan
14-15.2.43
L7566 - I - to 1660 Heavy Conversion Unit
L7571 - I - 61 Sqn QR-S borrowed by 207 Herron -
missing - all p - Essen 17.9.42
L7578 - I - to 83 Sqn Conversion Flt.
L7580 - I - EM-O/C to 9 Sqn
L7582 - I - EM-D to 106 Sqn
L7583 - I - EM-A/L to 1661 Conversion Unit
LL776 - I - EM-S McSweeney - crashed Alharen, N
of Meppen-Ems, Germany - 2d 5p 1e - Dortmund 23.5.44
LL902 - I - EM-A Cooke - flew into ground in
severe fog, when diverted, Little Rissington: this was longest
serving a/c on 207 - all d - Lutzkendorf 15.3.45
LL968 - I - EM-K Lovett - crashed Barenbach,
France - all d - Heilbron 4-5.12.44
LL973 - I - EM-M Solly CJ - schräge Musik
attack, crashed near Dorne, Opoeteren, 12km NE Genk, Belgium - 3d
2p 2e - Wesseling 21-22.6.44
LM123 - I - EM-Q SOC 2.11.45
LM125 - I - EM-G Wilson JH - crashed between
Apremont (Oise) and Vineuil-St-Firmin, 2km NE Chantilly - all d -
St. Leu d'Esserent 5.7.44
LM129 - I - EM-Y Stamp CE - crashed at
Herouville, near Auvers-sur-Oise - 3d 3p 1e - St. Leu d'Esserent
8.7.44
LM159 - I - SOC 5.12.46
LM208 - I - EM-M Montgomery GH - crashed at
Laastrup, 14km N Viborg, Denmark - minelaying Kattegat 16.10.44
LM218 - I - EM-N Boyce KA - crashed at
Haudricourt, 5 km W of Aumale - 5d 2e - St. Leu d'Esserent 8.7.44
LM261 - I - EM-C Cooke DC - missing - all d -
Darmstadt 12.9.44
LM263 - I - EM-N Overgaauw GAC - crashed 3m SW
of Deelen airfield - all d - Deelen 15.8.44
LM271 - I - EM-L Church DC - missing - all d -
Bergen 29.10.44
LM326 - III - EM-Z Taylor G - crashed on the
Reim-Reinerbaech Arzen Road, SW of Hamelin, Germany - 7p -
Hanover 19.10.43
LM334 - III - EM-V Welch - missing - all d -
Nuremburg 28.8.43
LM366 - III - EM-H Taylor J - missing - 7d 1p -
Berlin 29.1.44
LM383 - III - EM-R Kingston - crashed near
Hannover, Germany - 6d 1p - Brunswick 14-15.1.44
LM436 - III - EM-G Riddle - missing - all d -
Nuremburg 31.3.44
LM526 - III - EM-R Muir - missing - all d -
Schweinfurt 27.4.44
LM535 - III - EM-P SS 7.5.47
LM540 - III - EM-Q Heath - missing - 6d 1p -
Brunswick 23.5.44
LM543 - III - EM-F to 115 Sqn
LM578 - III - EM-C Smart - crashed at sea nr
coast off Overflakkee, Netherlands - all d - Wesseling 22.6.44
LM671 - III - EM-S White - shot down over target
and ditched in Baltic - 7p Gdynia (Lutzow) - 19.12.44
ME379* - III - EM-B SOC 29.8.47
ME386 - III - EM-G Wakeling - crashed into River
Witham, near Boston, Lincs when home-bound from Bohlen - 4d
6.3.45
ME389 - III - EM-J SOC 23.7.46
ME472 - III - EM-O Anderson - hit by flak over
Leipzig and crashed near Koblenz - 1d 6e - 11.4.45
ME473 - III - EM-H Lawson - collided with
Lancaster ND572 of 57 Sqn near Metheringham and crashed at
Ruskington, Lincs. - all d 2.3.45
ME522 - III - EM-X Werner - missing - all d -
Hamburg 22.3.45
ME532 - III - EM-M SOC 15.5.47
ME550 - III - SOC 14.6.46
ME631 - I - EM-K Jones AN - following sustained
attack by nightfighter, crashed in the Black Forest SE of the
village of Reichental, 6km SE of Gernsbach - 1d 1e 5p -
Schweinfurt 27.4.44
ME633 - I - EM-Y Clark JJR - missing - all d -
Leipzig 20.2.44
ME666 - I - EM-A Wheeler VJ - missing - 4d 3p -
Frankfurt 22-23.3.44
ME667 - I - EM-X Middleton JH - missing - all d
- Bremen 6-7.10.44
ME678 - I - EM-N Briggs HR - missing - all d -
Etampes 10.6.44
ME680 - I - EM-R Polley GF - crashed 12km NNW
Finsterwalde, Germany - all d - Berlin 24-25.3.44
ME681 - I - EM-T Weekes NL - crashed at Margny,
10km NE Montmirail, France - all d - Revigny 19.7.44
ME683 - I - EM-W Corless AVD - crashed Meeuwen
Anjerstraat, 23km NNE Hasselt, Belgium - all d - Wesseling
22.6.44
ME685 - I - EM-C Senior JR -missing - all d -
Toulouse 6.4.44
ME688 - I - EM-E Edmonds SA - crashed in N Sea -
all d - minelaying Danzig 10.4.44
ME805 - I - EM-J Alderton M - crashed near
Wambez, 20 km. NW of Beauvais - 4e 3p - St.Leu d'Esserent 8.7.44
ME807 - I - EM-S Jones GL - crashed at Lignieres
de Touraine 22km WSW Tours, France - all d - Nevers 16.7.44:
ME851 PO-B of 467 Sqn crashed same place - all d
ME814 - I - EM-E Dallen JG - crashed bt Lignon
and Margerie-Hancourt, 12 km S Vitry le Francois, France - 6d 1e
- Revigny 19.7.44
ME827 - I - EM-I Gallagher FW - crashed on
Moestraatsebaan at Bergen-op-Zoom, Netherlands - 7d 1p -
Wesseling 22.6.44
Milan 13.8.43
ND510 - III - EM-T Cosens - 'lost at sea' - all
d - Berlin 15-16.2.44
ND513 - III - EM-R Pike - shot down over target
- all d - Clermont Ferrand 10-11.3.44
ND521 - III - EM-B to 576 Sqn
ND522 - III - EM-J Walshe - missing - 5d 2p -
minelaying Kiel Bay 22.5.44
ND555 - III - EM-D Adams - missing - all d -
Gravenhorst 6-7.11.44
ND556 - III - EM-F Lissette - shot down by
night-fighter near Chaintreaux, 12km. SE of Nemours,
Seine-et-Marne - 2d 1p 4e - Mailly 4.5.44
ND564 - III - EM-H Burgess - missing - 6d 1e -
La Chappelle 21.4.44
ND567 - III - EM-V Hordley - crashed at Champ
Muger, Sérifontaine, 30 km. W of Beauvais - 5d 1p 1e - St. Leu
d'Esserent 8.7.44
ND568 - III - EM-L Thornton - missing - all d -
Nuremburg 31.3.44
ND570 - III - EM-Z Gibbs - missing - 6d 1p - St.
Leu d'Esserent 5.7.44
ND575 - III - EM-M Bell - crashed 1 km E of
Donnermarie-Dontilly, 15 km. SW of Provins Seine-et-Marne - all d
- Mailly 4.5.44
ND862 - III - EM-D to 1661 Conversion Unit
ND866 - III - EM-B Milner - crashed between Bezu
St. Eloi and Neaufles St. Martin - 6d 1p - St. Leu d'Esserent
8.7.44
ND871 - III - EM-G Symons - missing - 6d 1p -
Brunswick 23.5.44
ND872 - III - EM-L Marshall - missing - all d -
Stuttgart 29.7.44
NE168 - III - EM-F Perez - missing - 6d 1p -
Houffalize 6.1.45
NF970 - I - SS 7.5.47
NF971* - I - SS 23.3.49
NF973* - I - SOC 25.3.48
NF979 - I - EM-B Anderson - missing - all d -
Duren 16.11.44
NG138 - I - to 90 Sqn
NG143 - I - EM-R Ready - missing - all d -
minelaying Kattegat 16.10.44
NG144 - I - EM-G Buchanan - missing - all d -
Gdynia (Lutzow) 19.12.44
NG204 - I - EM-M Miller - missing - all d -
Ladbergen 3-4.3.45
NG230 - I - EM-F De Garis - lost at sea - all d
- Bohlen 5-6.3.45
NG245 - I - EM-R crash-landed 3.5.45; SOC 23.3.49
NG286 - I - to 619 Sqn
NG388 - I - EM-N SS 29.8.47
NG399 - I - EM-O Cranston - crashed S of Leipzig
- 2d 5p - Lutzkendorf 14-15.3.45
NG438 - I - SOC 15.5.47
NG462 - I - SOC 12.12.46
NN724 - I - EM-X Fowler LJ - crashed
Lichtenvorde, 45km E of Arnhem, Netherlands - 3p 4e - Ladbergen
8.2.45
NN760 - I - SOC 19.5.47
NN761 - I - EM-D
NN782 - I - EM-E SOC 17.10.46
NX560 - I - EM-D became 5845M 3.46
NX570 - I - SOC 21.11.46
PA183 - I - EM-K/B SOC 2.1.47
PA196 - I - EM-D Lewis RA - missing - all d -
Bohlen 21.3.45
PA230 - I - SOC 28.8.46
PA252 - I - to 90 Sqn
PA253 - I - to 90 Sqn
PA266 - I - SOC 12.3.48
PA275 - I - EM-G SOC 6.11.45
PA304 - I - McGuinness - swung and crashed on
landing, Methwold - all safe - 29.1.46: SOC
PA418 - I - to 138 Sqn
PA442 - I - to 90 Sqn
PB286 - III - EM-U SOC 30.11.46
PB293 - III - EM-W SOC 28.11.46
PB294 - III - EM-G McIntosh - crashed in sea off
Lincolnshire coast when jettisoning bomb-load home-bound from
Donges - all d - 25.7.44
PB295 - III - EM-I Huntley - missing - 5d 1p 1e
- Gravenhorst 21-22.2.45
PB428 - III - EM-T Sparks - collided with
Lancaster LM648 of 44 Sqn in Spilsby circuit home-bound from
Harburg - all d - 11.11.44
PB555 - III - EM-T SS 29.8.47
PB625* - III - EM-E SOC 3.6.47
PB653* - III - SOC 13.11.45
PB699 - III - to 619 Sqn
PB726 - I - EM-G SOC 29.8.47
PB764 - I - EM-L SOC 2.11.45
PB765 - I - EM-B Wall GL - missing - 3d 4p -
Heilbron 4-5.12.44
PB782 - I - EM-Y SOC 2.11.48
PB814 - I - EM-T Phelan - exploded above the
target - 6d 1p - Gravenhorst 21-22.2.45
PB874 - I - EM-B/K SOC 2.11.45
PB878 - I - EM-C to 460 Sqn
PB905 - I - to 9 Sqn
PD209 - I - EM-V to 429 Sqn
PD210 - I - EM-C McNaughton - crashed near St
Germain-la-Ville, 10km SE Chalons-sur-Marne, France - 6d 1e -
Revigny 19.7.44
PD216 - I - EM-J Harding - crashed near Domheim
2km N of Darmstadt - all d - Darmstadt 26.8.44
PD217 - I - EM-Z to 1659 Conversion Unit
PD220 - I - EM-E SOC 6.11.45
PD267 - I - EM-G Bowen BV - crashed
Birkenstrasse 22, Stuttgart - 6d 1p - Stuttgart 13.9.44
PD280 - I - EM-V SOC 3.9.47
PD290 - I - EM-N Loveless - swung on take-off,
hit 429 Sqn Halifax MP954 and blew up: 3 other Halifaxes lost inc
a 429 F/E, Spilsby, 1.11.44
PD318 - I - EM-J Kerwin RT - crashed at Elspeet,
15 km NW of Apeldoorn, Netherlands - all d - Handorf 24.9.44
PD322 - I - EM-C Henderson BJ - missing - 4d 3p
- Frankfurt (Giessen) 6-7.12.44
PD334 - I - EM-D SS 29.8.47
PD381 - I - EM-M to 44 Sqn
PD433 - I - SOC 3.6.47
R5498 - I - EM-Z McCarthy - crashed adjacent to
Normanton Lodge on approach to Bottesford - all safe 8.4.42
R5499 - I - EM-O Speir - missing - all d - from
'gardening' operation to Kattegat, 11.8.42
R5500 - I - EM-B to 460 Sqn
R5501 - I - EM-G Lingard - collided with Miles
Master DK973 and crashed on Canwick Hill, 2m S of Lincoln - 4d -
28.3.42
R5503 - I - EM-S/X to 1660 Heavy Conversion Unit
R5504 - I - EM-P to 1660 Heavy Conversion Unit
R5505 - I - EM-X to 61 Sqn
R5507 - I - EM-W/Z to 97 Sqn Conversion Flt.
R5509 - I - EM-N/G Sutherland - missing - all d
- 'gardening'operation to Kiel Bay 17.8.42
R5549 - I - EM-H to 1661 Heavy Conversion Unit
R5550 - I - EM-B Akerman - destroyed by fire
after collision on runway with Manchester L7385 - 3d - 6.8.42
R5570 - I - EM-F Bain - crashed near Milan - all
d - Turin 8-9.12.42
R5616 - I - EM-J Southwell - shot down by
fighters on 'gardening' operation to Kattegat, ditched SSW of
Mano Island, Denmark- 6d 1p - 17.8.42
R5617 - I - EM-T Paul - flew into Standon Hill,
near Tavistock, Devon, while on training flight in bad weather -
4d - 24.5.42
R5628 - I - EM-Q Einarson - shot down into sea 6
mls. SW of Thyboron, Denmark, on 'gardening' operation to
Kattegat - all d - 10.9.42
R5632 - I - EM-N Hawes - believed crashed at sea
Ijselmeer, Netherlands - all d - Duisburg 24.7.42
R5633 - I - EM-R Kane - missing - all d - Mainz
13.8.42
R5635 - I - EM-L to 1661 Heavy Conversion Unit
R5668 - I - to Bombing Development Unit
R5674 - I - EM-S to 103 Sqn
R5686 - I - EM-T to 83 Sqn
R5693 - I - EM-J SOC 15.5.47
R5694 - I - EM-F Hannan - hit high ground in bad
visibility at Easton, Lincs, home-bound from Bad Zwischenahn
(Vechta) - all d - 25.11.42
R5695 - I - EM-C Parkyn - missing - all d -
Haselunne 26.11.42
R5736 - I - to 1660 Heavy Conversion Unit
R5745 - I - EM-T to 460 Sqn
R5755 - I - EM-N Rowlands - shot down into the
ljsselmeer east of Medemblik during operation to Bremen - all d -
5.9.42
R5756 - I - EM-D to 1667 Heavy Conversion Unit
R5758 - I - EM-Z to 97 Sqn Conversion Flt
R5760 - I - EM-Y Fry - missing - all d - Mainz
13.8.42
R5761 - I - EM-T Ings - shot down at Altforst,
Holland, during operation to Essen - all d - 6.8.42
R5847 - I - EM-Y Wathey - shot down by
nightfighter (Maj Günter Radusch, II./NJG2): crashed Zwiggelte
(Drenthe), 14 km SSE of Assen, Netherlands - all d - Bremen
4.6.42
R5848 - I - to 106 Sqn Conversion Flt.
R5851 - I - to 50 Sqn
R5852 - I - EM-R to 83 Sqn Conversion Flt.
R5860 - I - EM-Y Ings - ditched in North Sea 90m
east of Humber estuary outbound to Emden - all safe - 21.6.42
R5863 - I - EM-K Fordwych - crashed at
Normanton, Notts., when on overshoot, training - all d - 19.8.42
R5867 - I - EM-T McCarthy JJG - shot down at
Baerl on Dutch/German border during operation on Duisburg,
crashed at Krefeld - all d - 24.7.42
R5868 - I - PO-S Barnett CW - borrowed from 467
Sqn at Bottesford for one operation - Hannover - 8.10.43 - this
is the Lancaster now in the RAF Museum, Hendon new
R5895 - I - EM-B Read JM - missing - all d -
Magdeburg 21-22.1.44
R5908 - I - EM-B to 49 Sqn Conversion Flt.
R5965 - I - EM-W to 57 Sqn
RA519 - I - to 467 Sqn
RA588 - I - to 149 Sqn
RA598 - I - EM-R to 138 Sqn
RA599 - I - EM-A to 90 Sqn
RE128 - III - EM-X SOC 14.6.46
RE132* - III - SOC 27.8.46
RF144 - I - EM-H SOC 20.4.49
RF180 - I - EM-H SS 29.8.47
RF184 - I - to 138 Sqn
RF194 - I - EM-A to 630 Sqn
RF195 - I - to 57 Sqn
RF208 - III - EM-S SOC 24.1.47
RF209 - III - EM-T SOC 8.8.47
RF238* - III - to Telecommunications Flying Unit
RF240* - III - SOC 12.9.47
RF266 - III - EM-O to 231 Sqn
SW260* - I - EM-Q SOC 3.6.47
SW263* - I - EM-P SS 29.8.47
SW266* - I - SOC 2.6.47
SW303* - I - EM-A SOC 10.9.48
TW860* - I - to 214 Sqn
TW869* - I - EM-D to 148 Sqn
TW887* - I - SS 14.11.50
TW891* - I - to 138 Sqn
TW896* - I - became ground instructional 6638M 2.49
TW897* - I - to 138 Sqn
TW900* - I - EM-F to 115 Sqn
TW910* - I - EM-B to 115 Sqn
W4119 - I - EM-K to 1661 Conversion Unit
W4120 - I - EM-L Hickling - crashed nr Maarheze,
3kn SE of station, 5km NW of Weert, Netherlands - 6d 1p -
München-Gladbach 31.8.43
W4121 - I - EM-B Wright LR - crashed in sea off
Blainville sur Mer, France - all d - Milan 24.10.42
W4129 - I - EM-R Brown TD - crashed in North Sea
- 4d 3p - Kassel 28.8.42
W4130 - I - to 57 Sqn
W4134 - I - EM-U Chaster - crashed between
Asselt & Roermond, Netherlands - 4d 2p 1e - Essen 3-4.1.43
W4164 - I - EM-G to 9 Sqn Conversion Flt.
W4165 - I - EM-K to 57 Sqn
W4167 - I - EM-Q Evison - crashed on landing,
Langar on return from Lorient - all safe - 14.2.43 (a/c SOC
2.3.43)
W4171 - I - EM-J Jones IB - crashed near
Schonselle, Holteren, Netherlands - all d - Duisburg 27.4.43
W4172 - I - EM-X Wood I - crashed near Lavannes
12km NE of Reims, France - 4d 1p 2e - Munich 9-10.3.43
W4174 - I - EM-V to 1660 Conversion Unit
W4191 - I - EM-Q Walker JR - crashed near
Amersfoort, 28 km ESE Utrecht, Netherlands - all d - Munich
21/22.12.42
W4276 - I - EM-L Negus - missing - 6d 1p -
Hanover 18-19.10.43
W4365 - I - EM-B Dangerfield JC - missing - all
d - Essen 21-22.1.43
W4383 - I - EM-S to 1654 Conversion Unit
W4795 - I - EM-B to 61 Sqn
W4798 - I - to 61 Sqn
W4815 - I - EM-C Derbyshire JE - overshot
landing at Spilsby, on return - all d - Augsburg 26.2.44
W4892 - I - EM-T Solomon F 1st Lt USAAF -
missing - all d - Berlin 2.1.44
W4931 - I - EM-U Street - shot down after
bombing - all p (Street later shot in Great Escape) - Berlin
30.3.43
W4938 - I - EM-A Evans - missing - all d -
Duisburg 13.5.43
W4945 - I - EM-Z Rees - crashed at
Limfjorden/Rimmerstrand 9km NE Struer, Denmark - minelaying The
Sound - all d - 29.4.43
W4952 - I - EM-T Trimble - crashed on landing,
Langar - all safe - Training 12.8.43: SOC 23.8.43
W4959 - I - EM-S Reay - missing - all d - Berlin
23-24.11.43
W4962 - I - EM-B Burne - missing - 5d 2p -
Hamburg 28.7.43
W5001 - III - EM-J Parselle - crashed near Uden,
26 km NNE of Eindhoven, Netherlands - 6d 2p - Dusseldorf
25-26.5.43
W5006 - III - EM-G - to 9 Sqn
Notes
Any errors in the above information may be as a result of the
editor's transcription or misunderstanding or inconsistency, all
of which can be corrected in due course.
Sources do not always agree, e.g. on crash information, and the
editor has much work yet to do.
Any improving contributions to the editor, Frank Haslam, please.
principal sources:
information gathered from the PRO by Raymond
Glynne-Owen, 207 Squadron specialist member, Air Britain
Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War (W R
'Bill' Chorley, Midland Counties Publishing, various dates)
Always Prepared - the Story of 207 Squadron RAF (John
Hamlin, Air Britain, 1999)
The Lancaster File (J J Halley, Air Britain, 1985)