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Lancaster ED886/G Information

Type	Lancaster
Serial Number	ED886/G
Squadron	617
X1D	AJ-O
Operation	SOE
Date 1	10th December 1943
Date 2	11th December 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.111, in a mixed production un up to ED782 and all as Mk.111s from ED783 onwards. The Mk.1s were initially fitted with Merlin 20 and the Mk.111s with Merlin 28 engines. ED886/G was a Mk.1 and a Type 464 (Provisioning) Lancaster and was delivered to No.617 Sqdn 23Apr43. Incomplete operational history. However, it is recorded that ED886 also took part in the third wave of Operation Chastise 16/17May43 and the Antheor Viaduct 11/12Nov43 and that when lost had a total of 139 hours. ED886 was one of two No.617 Sqdn Lancasters lost on SOE operations this night. See: ED825 Airborne 2112 10Dec43 from Tempsford for an arms supply drop over Northern France. While trying to establish a pin-point between Boulogne and St-Pol, the Lancaster was hit by Flak and crashed at Terramesmil (Somme), 6 km SSE of Doullens. The two airmen killed are buried in Terramesnil Communal Cemetery. In captivity Sgt Wiltshire exchanged identity at Oschaltz with a Pte F.Taphouse. W/O G.F.Bull PoW sgt C.C.Wiltshire PoW Sgt C.M.Chamberlain PoW Sgt J.McL.Stewart KIA F/S N.Batey PoW F/S J.H.McWilliams Evd F/S D.M.Thorpe RCAF KIA F/S N.Batey was interned in Camp 4B. PoW No.267434, with W/O G.F.Bull, PoW No.267441 and Sgt C.M.Chamberlain, PoW No.267442. Sgt C.C.Wiltshire in Camps 4B.L3, PoW No.267494. This crew had been transferred 'in toto' from No.49 Sqdn. Their last operation with that Sqdn had been against Mannheim 23/24Sep43 "