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fubar57 said:

Did the Luftwaffe include ground kills in the pilots totals? I thought it was just the Eighth A.F..Geo

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No they didn't, but some put them on their aircraft anyway.

W4313 No. 101 Squadron; SR-G: a) Berlin, 16-17/01/43. Missing, Wilhelmshaven,.11-12/02/43.

DS613 No. 61 Squadron: no key raids. No. 115 Squadron; KO-Y: a) St. Nazaire, 22-23/03/43, recalled (squadrons first Lancaster operation); b) Berlin, 27-28/03/43; c) 29-30/03/43, abortive; d) Stettin, 20-21/04/43. No. 1668 CU. SOC 08/02/45.

DS713 No. 426 (Canadian) Squadron; OW-J; a) Peenemünde, 17-18/08/43 (No. 426 Squadron's first Lancaster operation); b) Hanover, 18-19/10/43. MISSING, Düsseldorf, 03-04/11/43.

DS813 No. 514 Squadron; JI-H; a) Gardening, 03-04/11/43 (No. 514 Squadron's first night of Lancaster operations); b) Berlin, 16-17/12/43, c) Berlin, 23-24/12/43; d) Berlin, 29-30/12/43; e) Berlin, 01-02/01/44; f) Berlin, 02-03/01/44; g) Brunswick 14-15/01/44; h) Berlin, 30-31/01/44; j) Berlin, 15-16/02/44; k) Leipzig, 19-20/02/44; l) Stuttgart, 15-16/03/44; m) Nuremburg, 30-31/03/44; n) Schweinfurt, 26-27/04/44. MISSING, Stuttgart, 28-29/07/44.

Avro Lancaster Mk. II

First production batch of 200 aircraft ordered from Sir W. G. Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft Ltd., as part of Contract No. 239/SAS/C4(4), and built at Whitley, Coventry. DS601-DS635, DS647-DS692, DS704-741, DS 757-DS797 and DS813-DS852. (Aircraft DS601-DS627 originally powered by Bristol Hercules VI radial engines; reminder with Hercules XVI). Deliveries commenced September 1942; completd October 1943. Average rate of production, approximately four aircraft per week.

ED313 Mk. I. No. 83 Squadron; OL-B: a) Turin, 29-30/11/42; b) Frankfurt, 02-03/12/42; c) Turin, 08-09/12/42; d) Turin, 09-10/12/42; e) Turin 11-12/12/42; f) Duisburg, 20-21/12/42; g) Munich, 21-22/12/42; h) Düsseldorf, 31-12/01/01/43; i) Berlin, 16-17/01/43; j) Nuremburg, 25-26/02/43; Nuremburg, 08-09/03/43. MISSING, Stuttgart 11-12/03/43.

I collected these the last few months. I don't think there are any repeats.

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Smashing Oh Righteous One!

ED413 No. 57 Squadron: a) St. Nazaire, 22-23/03/43; b) Berlin, 29/-30/03/43; c) Plzen, 16-17/04/43; d) Düsseldorf, 11/12/06/43; e) Bochum, 12-13/06/43; f) Oberhausen, 14-15/06/43; g) Mannheim 23-24/09/43. No. 630 Squadron EL-T: no key raids. No. 207 Squadron EM-P: h) Leipzig, 19/20/02/44; j) Schweinfurt, 24-25/02/44. No. 1651 CU, 11/44 force landed after engine failure near Barnwell, Huntingdon 27/01/45.

ED613 No. 61 Squadron: a) Dortmund,.23-24/05/43; b) Düsseldorf, 25-26/05/43; c) Düsseldorf, 11-12/06/43; d) Oberhausen, 14-15/06/43; e) Cologne, 03-04/07/43; f) Turin, 12-13/07/43; g) Hamburg, 24-25/07/43. MISSING, Essen, 25-26/07/43.

ED713 No. 103 Squadron; PM-N: a) Berlin 27-28/03/43; b) Berlin, 29-30/03/43; c) Essen, 03-04/43; d) Plzen, 16-17/04/43; e) Stettin, 20-21/04/43; f) Dortmund, 23-24/05/43; g) Düsseldorf, 25-26/05/43; h) Düsseldorf, 11-12/06/43; j) Bochum, 12-13/06/43; k) Oberhausen, 14-15/06/44; l) Cologne, 03-04/07/43; m) Turin, 12-13/07/43; n) Hamburg, 24/25/07/43; o) Hamburg, 27-28/07/43; p) Hamburg, 02-03/08/43; q) Peenemünde, 17-18/08/43; r) Berlin, 03-04/09/43; s) Mannheim, 23-24/09/43; t) Berlin, 18-19/11/43; u) Berlin, 22-23/11/43; v) Berlin, 23-24/11/43; w) Berlin 26-27/11/43. No. 576 Squadron; UL-W2: x) Berlin, 16-17/12/43; y) Berlin, 23-24/12/43. MISSING, Crew: P/O R. Hughes, Sgt J. E. F. Paton, Sgt D. A. H. Morris, Sgt J. Woodruff, Sgt J. P. Gray, Sgt F. E. A. Rivett, Sgt F. X. Lanton.

ED813 No. 49 Squadron: a) Stettin, 20-21/04/43; b) Dortmund, 23-24/05/43. MISSING, F/O Thomas, Sgt Grant, F/O Duthie, P/O Christie, Sgt Evans, P/O Lewis, Sgt Ancell.

ED913 No. 103 Squadro: a) Dortmund, 23-24//05/43; b) Düsseldorf, 25-26/05/43; c) Oberhausen, 14-15/06/43, abortive; d) Cologne, 03-04/07/43; e) Turin, 12-13/07/43; f) Hamburg, 24-25/07/43; g) Hamburg, 27-28/07/43; h) Hamburg, 02-03/08; j) Peenemünde, 17-18/08/43; k) Berlin, 03-04/09/43; l) Mannheim, 23-24/09/43; m) Hanover, 18-19/10/43, n) Berlin, 22-23/11/43; o) Berlin, 26-27/11/43. No. 576 Squadron: UL-U2: p) Berlin, 02-03/12/43 (No. 576 Squadron's first Lancaster operation); q) Berlin, 23-24/12/43. MISSING. 8-man crew: F/O J. H. Richards, F/O B. J. Marks, Sgt C. C. Rudland, Sgt G. Evans, Sgt A. E. Hooper, Sgt S. W. Irons, Sgt C. Milburn, Sgt H. Johnston.

EE113 No. 619 Squadron: no key raids. Aircraft reported MISSING on air test; assumed to have crashed at sea, 10/06/43.

FM113 To United Kingdom, 04/45. Stored at No. 20 M.U., Aston Down. Sold for scrap 07/05/47.

FM213 Stored in Canada, 1945. Modified to Mk. 10MR. No. 107 Rescue Unit, RCAF, CX213 . Returned to storage circa 1958. SOC 30/06/64.

Avro Lancaster Mk. X

Second production batch of 130 aircraft (from an order for 200) built by Victory Aircraft Ltd, Malton, Ontario, Canada. FM100-FM229, (Aircraft built after KB-serial batch). Packard built Rolls Royce Merlin 28, 38 or 224 engines. Majority of aircraft shipped to Britain between March and May 1945, some of which served with RCAF squadrons in Britain and most flown back to Canada in August 1945.

HK613 No. 90 Squadron; WP-Y. No. 186 Squadron; XY-Y. No. 195 Squadron; a) Kiel, 09-10/04/45; b) Heligoland, 18/04/45, daylight; c) Bremen, 22/04/45, daylight. No. 38 M.U. Llandow. SOC 22/05/47.

Avro Lancaster Mk. I

First production batch of 200 aircraft ordered from Vickers-Armstrong Ltd, Castle Bromwich, on 30th September 1941 (originally as Mk. II's, changed to Mk. III's on 13th February 1943 and ultimately to Mk. I's on 28th April 1943), under contract No. 1336. HK535-HK579, HK593-HK628, HK644-HK664, HK679-HK710, HK728-HK773 and HK787-HK806. Deliveries commenced December 1943; completed February 1945, average rate of production slightly less than four aircraft per week.

JA713 No. 7 Squadron; MG-V: a) Hamburg, 24-25/07/43, b) Hamburg, 27-28/07/43, c) Hamburg, 02-03/08/43; d) Peenemünde, 17-18/08/43, e) Berlin, 03-04/09/43. MISSING. (Crew: F/O A. Crockford, Sgt. E. Robinson, Sgt. P. Barnsley, Sgt H. A. Eaton, Sgt. G. Vardy, F/Sgt. L. A. Watson, Sgt. W. C. Wood).

JA913 No. 83 Squadron; OL-G: a) Peenemünde, 17-18/08/43, b) Berlin, 03-04/09/43; c) Mannheim, 23-24/09/43; d) Hanover, 18-19/10/43; e) Berlin, 23-24/11/43; f) Berlin, 26-27/11/43. MISSING. (Crew: P/O K. R. G. Miller, Sgt. F. Birks, F/Sgt. R. Pennells, F/Sgt. J. Harsley, F/Sgt. M. King, W/O S. T. Stacey, F/Sgt. K. G. Davis).

JB113 No. 156 Squadron; a) Mannheim, 23-24/09/43; b) Berlin, 23-24/11/43, abortive; c) Berlin, 02-03/12/43; d) Berlin, 16-17/12/43. MISSING. Frankfurt, 20-21/12/43.

JB313 No. 7 Squadron; MG-P: a) Berlin, 22-23/11/43; b) Berlin, 23-24/11/43; c) Berlin, 26-27/11/43; d) Berlin, 02-03/12/43; e) Berlin, 23-24/12/43 as MG-D; f) Berlin, 29-30/12/43; g) Berlin, 01-02/01/44; h) Berlin, 02-03/01/44, abortive; as MG-F; j) Berlin, 27-28/01/44; k) Berlin, 30-31/01/44; as MG-D; l) Leipzig, 19-20/02/44; m) Schweinfurt, 24-25/02/44; n) Stuttgart, 15-16/03/44; o) Berlin, 24-25/03/44; as MG-M; p) Nuremburg, 30-31/03/44; as MG-H; q) Duisburg, 21-22/05/44. MISSING, Aachen, 24-25/05/44.

JB413 No. 49 Squadron; a) Hanover, 18-19/10/43. MISSING, Kassel, 22-23/10/43.

JB613 No. 460 (Australian) Squadron; AR-A; a) Berlin, 02-03/12/43; b) Berlin, 16-17/12/43; c) Berlin, 29-30/12/43. No. 625 Squadron; no key raids. No. 150 Squadron; 11/44; d) Nuremburg,.02-03/01/45; e) Dresden, 13-14/02/45; f) Dortmund, 20-21/02/45; g) Cologne, 02/03/45, daylight; h) Dortmund, 12/03/45, daylight; j) Hamburg, 31/03/45, daylight; k) Heligoland, 18/04/45, daylight. SOC 20/12/45.

JB713 To Rolls Royce Ltd., 12/44. Converted to Mk. VI with various Merlin installations with annular radiators. No. 7 Squadron; no operations. No. 405 (Canadian) Squadron; no operations. No. 635 Squadron; F2-Z; completed two operations, including raid on Bremen 10-11/08/44; was MISSING from third, a raid on Hamburg 18-19/08/44.

Avro Lancaster Mk. III

Fifth producion batch of 550 aircraft (being the first part of Contract No. 1807 and Works Order No. 8545) built by A. V. Roe Co., Ltd., at Newton Heath, Manchester. JA672-JA718, JA843-JA876, JA892-JA941, JA957-JA981, JB113-JB155, JB174-JB191, JB216-JB243, JB275-JB320, JB344-JB376, JB398-JB424, JB453-JB488, JB526-JB567, JB592-JB614, JB637-JB684 and JB699-JB748. Deliveries commenced June 1943, completed December 1943. Average rate of production, approximately 21 aircraft per week.

Cool Jan...

From José Fernández 'Macchi C.200 Saetta'....

Was watching the History Channel DVD "Fighters" this came across the screen.

Nice catch!

Nice one!

KB713 No. 419 (Canadian) Squadron; VR-X; a) Ghislain, 01-02/05/44. MISSING, Louvain, 12-13/05/44.

KB813 No. 428 (Canadian) Squadron; no key raids. No. 413 (Canadian) Squadron; SE-S; no key raids. Aircraft crashed near Tingrith, Beds, on training flight, 25/10/44.

KB913 No. 408 (Canadian) Squadron; EQ-X. Returned to Canada, 15/06/45. SOC 22/01/47.

Avro Lancaster Mk. X
First production batch of 300 aircraft built by Victory Aircraft Ltd., Malton, Ontario, Canada. KB700-KB999 (produced before FM-serial batch). Packard built Rolls Royce Merlin 38 engines in the first 75 aircraft; Merlin 224 engines in subsequent aircraft. Deliveries commenced to the United Kingdom, September 1943 and completed in March 1945. Average rate of production, approximately four aircraft per week.

LL813 De Havilland Aircraft Ltd., 1944. A. A. E. E., Boscombe Down, 08/45. No. 15 M. U., Wroughton. SOC 28/11/46.

LL913 No. 103 Squadron; no key raids. Aircraft crashed at Ruxton, Yorks, returning from Düsseldorf, 22-23/04/44.

LM113 No. 626 Squadron; UM-F2; a) Reims 22-23/06/44; b) Courtrai, 20-21/07/44; c) Russelsheim, 25-26/08/44; d) Bochum, 04-05/11/44; e) Duisburg, 21-22/02/45. No. 15 Squadron; LS-K; 10/45. SOC 22/05/47.

LM213 No. 12 Squadron; PH-G; a) Stuttgart, 28-29/07/44; b) Kiel, 07-08/08/44; c) Neuss, 23-24/09/44; d) Duisburg, 14/10/44, daylight; e) Dortmund, 29/11/44, daylight; f) Merseburg, 14-15/01/45. MISSING, Zeits, 16-17/01/45.

Avro Lancaster Mk. I
Third production batch of 350 aircraft built by Sir W. G. Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft Ltd., Whitley, Coventry, being the third part of Contract No. 239/SAS/C4(C). LL740-LL758, LL771-LL813, LL826-LL 867, LL880-LL923, LL935-LL977, LM100-LM142, LM156-LM192, LM205-LM243 and LM257-LM296. Deliveries commenced in November 1943 and completed in August 1944. Average rate of production, approximately ten aircraft per week.

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