Lancaster ED562

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Title

Lancaster ED562

Description

Operations in Lancaster ED562 by 100 and 550 Squadrons to Essen, Spezia, Duisburg, minelaying in the Baltic, Dortmund, Bochum, Dusseldorf, Oberhausen, Cologne, Krefeld, Mulheim, Elberfeld, Gelsenkirchen, Hamburg, Mardyck, Hasselt, Orleans, Aachen, Wimereaux, Flers, Acheres, Le Havre, Sterkrade, Mimoyeques, Saintes, Pas de Calais, Chateux Bernapre, Domleger, Oisement Neuville, Diepe, Fires du Croc, Caen and Revigny. Pilots were Pilot Officer GLS McHardy, Pilot Officer S Slater, Sergeant SC Smith, Flight Sergeant CA Cox, Sergeant DE Close, Sergeant LJ Stow, Sergeant K A Essex, Pilot Officer SB Taylor, Pilot Officer R Purvis, Pilot Officer J Lord, Flight Officer FS Steele and Pilot Officer LW Hussey.

Additional information on George Smith and Kenneth Essex is available via the IBCC Losses Database.

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Format

Two printed sheets

Rights

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Identifier

MFaircloughT1077120-220817-090001; MFaircloughT1077120-220817-090002;

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Citation

“Lancaster ED562,” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed June 14, 2025, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/collections/document/52851.