WHAT
HAPPENED TO YOUR 460 SQD. LANCASTER?
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The
following record is part of that compiled by HARRY HOLMES in
"Avro
Lancaster - The Definitive Record".
Published
in 1997 by
AIRLIFE
PUBLISHING LTD,
101
Longden Road, Shrewsbury SY3 9EB, England.
The
complete record is catalogued and available from the British Library.
Shown
below is a sample of the type of information available in the publication
and
lists
where reference is made to 460 Squadron R.A.A.F.
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SAMPLE
LISTINGS
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W4301 61Sq, 460Sq May 43,
Missing (Munich) 20oc43. 232hrs
W4302 106Sq Oct42, Missing
16Oct42, 16hrs
W4303 1654CU, Broke up in the
air 24May43
W4304 44Sq(KM-C, Lost (Stuttgart)
22Nov42
W4305 44Sq(KM-J/G Oct42, Lost
(Pilsen) 13/14May43. 272hrs
W4306 49Sq 12Oct42, Burnt
out in action 25Oct42
W4307 57Sq1 12 Oct42, Missing
10 Nov42, 44hrs
W4308 460Sq(AR-C), Lost (Dusseldorf)
23Jan43, 69hrs
W4309 101Sq. 1667CU, 1LFS, 1664CU.
Became 4904M
W4310 460Sq Oct42 Missing (Kiel)
4Apr43. 99hrs
W4311-12 101Sq, Lost 25Jun43/Crash 23Dec42, 98/57hrs
W4313 101Sq Oct42, Missing
12Feb43. 42hrs
W4314 49,156Sqs, 1662CU. Crashed
and burnt, Laughton. 1Sep43
W4315 50Sq, NTU, 61Sq Missing
28Jan44. 223Hrs
W4316 460Sq (AR-Q), Missinf (Bochum)
12Jun43
W4317 61Sq Oct42, Missing 17Apr43.
365hrs
W4318 103Sq Oct42. Ditched 15Ap43.
224hrs
W4319 101Sq Oct42, Burnt out
18Dec42. 17hrs
W4320
460 Sq. Missing (Wuppertal) 24Jun43
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460
SQUADRON AIRCRAFT IDENTIFIED
AR-A
W4273, W4818, ED369. LL907,PA275
AR-A2 ED664, LM623, ND864, PB175. PB557
AR-A ED987, LM315
AR-B W4263, W4274, W4818, ED521, ED986, NX605
AR-B2 ED370, PB557
AR-B ED986
AR-C W4308, W4927, JA856, NX588, NX606
AR-C2 DV341, ED985
AR-D W4320, W4325, W4844, W4879, ED315, HK616, NX604
AR-D2 JA683, JB542, LL964
AR-E W4968, W5005, DV175, ED391, ME470, PB187, PB379,
RF196
AR-E2 W5005, DV296, PB379, PB816
AR-F W4310, W4320, W4986
AR-G W4783, ND630, ND634, NE116, NX606, PB226
AR-G2 JA688, PB522
AR-H W4301, W4330, W4967, NX608, PB807
AR-H2 LM316
AR-J W4785, W4956, W4984, ED986, JB608, JB741, NG502,
PB301, RF1091
AR-J2 W4162, ED986, ME648, NG468, NX560
AR-K W4329, W4816, W4818, W4881, NN799, NX585, PA304,
PB155, PB254
AR-L W4263, W4939, W5005, ED369, JB700
AR-M W4332, W4837, W4879, NN799, NX585
AR-N ED525, JB547, JB607, NX607
AR-O W4325, W4985, W5007, ED354, ED658
AR-P W4320, ED315, ME326, NE141, NX570
AR-Q W4316, W4988, JB298
AR-R W4331, W4960, JB611, LM531
AR-R2 PB557
AR-S W4327, ED774, LL918, ND970
AR-T W4329, NX589
AR-U W4263, ED711, NX568
AR-V W4332, PB459, RA524
AR-W ED315, ED354
AR-X W4817, ED759 , PB255
AR-X2 ME727
AR-Y W4327, ED315, ED985, LM316
AR-Y LM315, NG466
AR-Z W4844, ED804
AR-Z2 ME728
Other aircraft: DV160, DV333, EE166, JB600
ND419, PA230, RE134
AR replaced UV May 1943.
UV-A W4273, W4818, JB613
UV-A2 ED664
UV-B W4274, W4818
UV-C R5745, W4308, W4319
UV-D W4320,
W4879
UV-E ED391
UV-F W4942
UV-H W4330
UV-J W4785, W4956
UV-K W4816, W4817
UV-L JB700
UV-M W4837
UV-O ED354
UV-R W4331
UV-S W4327
UV-T ED664
UV-U ED421, ED711
UV-Y LM316
UV-Z ED804
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4460
SQUADRON LANCASTER LOSSES
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R5745
Destroyed at Binbrook
3. 7.43
W4162 Berlin
23.11.42
W4273 Stuttgart
23.11.42
W4274 Essen
3. 1.43
W4301 Munich
3.10.43
W4308 Dusseldorf
24. 1.43
W4310 Kiel
5. 4.43
W4316 Bochum
13. 6.43
W4320
Wuppertal
25. 6.43
W4325 Stettin
21. 4.43
W4327 Berlin
30. 3.43
W4329 Bochum
13. 6.43
W4330 Stettin
21. 4.43
W4331 Pilsen
17. 4.43
W4332 Cologne
17. 6.43
W4785 Duisburg
9. 4.43
W4816 Crashed nr. Flamborough Head (Berlin)
17. 1.43
W4817 Dusseldorf
28. 1.43
W4837 Lorient
27. 1.43
W4844 Cologne
4. 7.43
W4864 Crashed nr. Shawbury
3. 3.43
W4879 Shot down by Ju88 nr. South Cerney
22. 3.43
W4881 Berlin
3.12 43
W4927 Damaged beyond repair (Kassel)
22.10.43
W4939 Krefield
22. 6.43
W4924 Pilsen
17. 4.43
W4956 Stettin
21. 4.43
W4960 Dusseldorf
12. 6.43
W4984 Dortmund
24. 5.43
W4984 Wuppertal
30. 5.43
W4986 Dortmund
24. 5.43
W4787 Hamburg
25. 7.43
W4988 Ccrashed, Sweeden (Berlin)
4. 9.43
W5007 Crash landed, Elsham Wolds
16. 6.43
DV160 Oberhausen
15. 6.43
DV172 Bomb explosion on ground, Binbrook
3. 7.43
DV173 Crashed, Caistor (Berlin)
17.12.43
DV174 Mannheim
24. 9.43
DV296 Berlin
3.12.43
DV341 Berlin
19.11.43
DV359 Crashed, Hetton-le-Hole, Durham
1. 4.44
ED315 Crashed on landing, Binbrook
28. 6.43
ED354 Duisburg
27. 3.43
ED369 Crash landed Hawkinge (Cologne)
9. 7.43
ED370 Berlin
27.11.43
ED391 Berlin
30. 3.43
ED421 Berlin
24. 8.43
ED521 Duisburg
10. 4.43
ED535 Hamburg
30. 7.43
ED658 Hannover
9.10.43
ED664 Berlin
24.11.43
ED711 Pilsen
17. 4.43
ED750 Nuremberg
31. 3.44
ED759 Wuppertal
30. 5.43
ED804 Essen
28. 5.43
ED985 Hannover
19.10.43
ED986 Berlin
1. 9.43
EE132 Berlin
4. 9.43
EE138 Berlin
4. 9.43
EE166 Mulheim
23. 6.43
EE167 Oberhausen
15. 6.43
JA680 Crash landed, Aldbrough, Yorks
28. 9.43
JA688 Hit by bombs, c/l, Binbrook (Essen)
26. 7.43
JA689 Hamburg
30. 7.43
JA856 Munich
3.10.43
JA859 Hannover
23. 9.43
JA860 Berlin
28. 1.44
JA861 Hannover
28. 9.43
JB296 Berlin
28. 1.44
JB298 Berlin
30.12.43
JB547 Collided with ME641 near Binbrook
25. 2.44
JB598 Essen
27. 3.44
JB600 Minelaying - Baltic
10. 4.44
JB606 Berlin
3. 1.44
JB607 Berlin
30.12.43
JB608 Berlin
3.12.43
JB610 Leipzig
20. 2.44
JB611 Berlin
3.12.43
JB637 Berlin
28. 1.44
JB647 Crashed near Kelstern
24.11.43
JB657 Crashed near Market Stanton, (Berlin
17.12.43
JB662 Crashed on take off, Binbrook
18. 4.44
JB700 Vire
7. 6.44
JB702 Magdeburg
22. 1.44
JB704 Crashed on arrival, (Berlin)
17.12.43
JB739 Berlin
21. 1.44
JB741 Mailly-le-camp
4. 5.44
JB742 Augsburg
26. 2.44
LL906 Friedrichshafen
28. 4.44
LL951 Duisburg
22. 5.44
LL957 Gelsenkirchen
19. 7.44
LM315 Shweinfurt
25. 2.44
LM316 Berlin
3.12.43
LM324 Oberhausen
15. 6.43
LM523 Friedrichshafen
28. 4.44
LM525 Dusseldorf
23. 4.44
LM531 Mailly-le-Camp
4. 5.44
LM545 Merville
28. 5.44
LM547 Reims
23. 6.44
ME326 Collided/PD286/Abbeville (Wiesbaden)
2. 2.45
ME640 Berlin
25. 3.44
ME646 Exploded at Binbrook
7. 3.44
ME663 Minelaying - Baltic
10. 4.44
ME696 Acheres
11. 6.44
ME727 Chashed at take off - Binbrook
9. 4.44
ME728 Mailly-le-Camp
4. 5.44
ME740 Mailly-le-Camp
4. 5.44
ME755 Revigny
15.7.44
ME748 Crash landed Manston (Siracort)
29. 6.44
ME785 Gelsenkirchen
13. 6.44
ME793 Vaires
28. 6.44
ND361 Nuremberg
31. 3.44
ND364 Friedrichshafen
28. 4.44
ND366 Crashed at Caistor
22. 1.44
ND393 Stuttgart
16. 3.44
ND394 Shweinfurt
25. 2.44
ND419 Crashed nr. N Witham, Lincs (Stuttgart)
21. 2.44
ND463 Berlin
25. 3.44
ND553 Crashed, dinghy broke loose, hit tail
30. 4.44
ND569 Leipzig
20. 2.44
ND586 Aulnoye
11. 4.44
ND630 Mailly-le-Camp
4. 5.44
ND652 Essen
27. 4.44
ND654 Courtrai
21. 7.44
ND674 Hasselt
12. 5.44
ND738 Nuremberg
31. 3.44
ND822 Crashed nr. Ludford Magna (Merseberg)
14. 1.45
ND860 Mailly-le-Camp
4. 5.44
ND970 Stuttgart
29. 1.45
ND971 Merseburg
7.12.44
NE116 Riems
23. 6.44
NE139 Crashed on take off, Binbrook
4. 7.44
NE141 Ashaffenburg
22.11.44
NE144 Stettin
30. 8.44
NE174 Orleans
5. 7.44
NG404 Crashed nr. Kirton-in-Lindsey
14. 7.45
NG466 Bochum
22. 3.45
NG468 Duisburg
22. 2.45
NG502 Shot down near Langworth, Lincs
4. 3.45
NX585 Berchtesgaden
25. 4.45
PB125 Trossy St.Maxim
3. 8.44
PB152 Stuttgart
20.10.44
PB155 Crashed on arrival, Kelstern
19. 3.45
PB175 Stuttgart
20.10.44
PB176 Ditched in North Sea, (Rambert)
31. 8.44
PB187 Dortmund
12. 3.45
PB255 Cologne
25.12.44
PB301 Bottrop
4. 2.45
PB351 Crashed nr. Houghton Hall, Norfolk
23.10.44
PB379 Crashed in Sweden (Stettin)
30. 8.44
PB407 Emmerich
7.10.44
PB459 Dortmund
29.11.44
PB469 Ashaffenburg
21.11.44
PB471 Dortmund
21. 2.45
PB541 Wanne-Eickel
19.11.44
PB542 Essen
13.12.44
PB557 Chemnitz
6. 3.35
PB567 Cologne
31.10.44
PB807 Wiesbaden
3. 2.45
PB812 Crashed nr. Gaythorpe, Lincs
10. 2.45
PB816 Nuremburg
17. 3.45
RA524 Cologne
2. 3/45
RF196 Crashed nr. Rothwell Top, Lincs
5. 4.45
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