Search Bombers

Bomber Type:
Any Type Battle Blenheim Boston Fortress Halifax Hampden Hudson Lancaster Liberator Manchester Mitchell Mosquito Stirling Ventura Wellington Whitley

Search Text:

Search Date Range:
from
any 12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031 any JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec any 1939194019411942194319441945194619471948
to
any 12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031 any JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec any 1939194019411942194319441945194619471948

Lancaster ED925/G Information

Type	Lancaster
Serial Number	ED925/G
Squadron	617
X1D	AJ-M
Operation	Chastise
Date 1	16th May 1943
Date 2	17th May 1943

Further Information

"Serial Range ED303 - EE202 This aircraft was one of 620 Lancasters ordered from A.V.Roe (Chadderton) in 1941 and built from Nov42 to Jun43 as 129 mk.1s and 491 Mk.111s, in a mixed production run up to ED782 and all as Mk.111 from ED783 onwards. The Mk.1s were initially with Merlin 20 and the Mk.111s Merlin 28 engines ED925 was a Mk.111 and a Type 464 (Provisioning) Lancaster and was delivered to No.617 Sqdn 1May43. Lost on its first Key Operation with a total of 16 hours. ED925 was one of eight No.617 Sqdn Lancasters lost on this operation. See: ED864; ED865; ED887; ED910; ED927; ED934; ED937. Airborne 2139 16May43 on the first wave of Operation Chastise tasked to bomb the M_hne Dam. Hit by Flak while approaching the target before being crippled by the blast from its own weapon, the 'bouncing' bomb which overshot the dam wall and exploded beyond the parapet. Crashed 0034 17May43 at Ost_nnen, 6 km ESE of Werl. Those killed are buried in Rheinbergen War Cemetery. F/L Hopgood gained his awards for service with 106 Sqdn, details Gazetted 27Oct42 and 12Jan43 respectively. The two DFM holders, P/O Gregory and P/O Burcher had flown with No.44 Sqdn and No.106 Sqdn respectively, their awards Gazetted 22Aug41 and 20Apr43. A Commemorative stone marks the crash site. F/L J.V.Hopgood DFC & Bar KIA Sgt C.Brennan KIA F/O K.Earnshaw KIA P/O J.W.Fraser RCAF PoW Sgt J.W.Minchin KIA P/O G.H.F.G.Gregory DFM KIA P/O A.F.Burcher DFM RAAF PoW P/O A.F.Burcher was interned in Camp L3. PoW No.1341. P/O J.W.Fraser in Camps L6/L3, PoW No.136. "