AIRCRAFT PROFILE

Aircraft:

W4123

Type:

Lancaster Mk. I

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AIRCRAFT HISTORY

Date

Event

Sqn Code

25 Nov 1943

Initial record to be updated when first event found

UL-R2

576 Squadron OPERATIONS

Code

Date

Operation

Captain

Events

UL-R2

16 Dec 1943

BERLIN

WO C.C. Rollins

Built-up Area. Hit by flak. Load: 1x 4000lb ‘Cookie’, 56x 30lb and 1122x 4lb incendiaries (Shown as ND902 in ORB)

UL-R2

20 Dec 1943

FRANKFURT

Flt Sgt F. Ball

Target: Built-up area Load: 1x 4,000lb 'Cookie', 56x 30lb and 1,122x 4lb incendiaries Frankfurt; lost in W4123 UL-R2, aged 29 Shot down by Oblt. Werner Baake of 3./NJG-1 and crashed at De Planck, Voeren, Belgium. No survivors Initially buried by the Germans at Brusthem (Sint Tryuden/St Trond) Cemetery, and reinterred on 25 Mar 47 at Heverlee War Cemetery, Louvain, Belgium, grave 5.B.1 “ALWAYS IN OUR HEARTS”

NOSE ART

Default Nose Image - Waiting for design

Default Nose Image - Waiting for design

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