Lancaster info needed please.

Drem

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Allan

Lancaster

Hello all,
Greatly appreciated all the info you have sent.
Allan, would it be possible to mail to me what you have regards this aircraft?
Am in touch with some people of one of the crew of this Lanc and they would like to know about her.
Drem.

A quick nudge of my database reveals the following:

TW871 Lancaster B.1(FE)
TW647-TW911 Ordered from Armstrong Whitworth, Baginton as 75 Lancaster B.I Delivery between 21/6/45 and 24/3/46 from Baginton, Bitteswell & South Marston.

Armstrong-Whitworth Aircraft – until 03/08/1945
Armstrong-Whitworth Aircraft – South Marston from 03/08/1945 until 29/10/1945 possibly for conversion to FE standard.
32 Maintenance Unit – St Athan from 29/10/1945 until 07/03/1946
38 Maintenance Unit – Llandow from 07/03/1946 until 13/05/1946
3 GMSU – Wyton from 13/05/1946 until 02/06/1946. (Location given, unit assumed)
49 Squadron – Mepal from 02/06/1946 until 29/07/1946
49 Squadron – Upwood from 29/07/1946 until 26/10/1946
Code EA-K
214 Squadron – Upwood from 26/10/1946 until 21/03/1947
Code QN-W
Cat AC on 21/03/1947
Avro CWP from 27/03/1947 until 29/05/1947 Repairs on site, Upwood.
214 Squadron – Upwood from 04/06/1947 until 08/04/1948
3 GMSU Mildenhall from (earliest known) 28/10/1947 until (last known) 28/10/1947
3 GMSU Mildenhall from (earliest known) 19/11/1947 until (last known) 19/11/1947
Cat AC on 08/04/1948
58 MU WP from 05/04/1948 until 14/05/1948 for repairs
214 Squadron – Upwood from 19/05/1948 until 01/02/1950
3 GMSU Mildenhall from (earliest known) 24/05/1948 until (last known) 24/05/1948
Loan to 44 Sqdn for Exercise Dagger from (earliest known) 03/09/1948 until (last known) 04/09/1948
Code -W during Exercise Dagger
5 Maintenance Unit – Kemble from 01/02/1950 until 26/11/1951
Declared as non-effective stock on 16/10/1950
To Proof & Experimental Establishment – Shoeburyness on 26/11/1951 where presumed destroyed in weapons trials.

Notes

1. FE = Far East standard
2. Cat AC = Damaged, repairable on site but beyond unit resources to repair
3. CWP = Civilian Working Party
4. 3 GMSU = 3 Group Major Servicing Unit (at Wyton, later Mildenhall). During the immediate post-war period, a shortage of skilled tradesmen due to release from the Service led to most servicing and minor repairs being carried out by the GMSU. Therefore, it can be assumed that the visits to 3 GMSU shown above are only a fraction of the total number that actually took place.

Regards

Allan

Hi. A quick Google turned up this site:-

http://www.cnapg.org/lancaster2.htm

TW871

194? The aircraft was allocated to 49 Squadron, Royal Air Force.

EA-K

194? The aircraft was allocated to 214 Squadron, Royal Air Force.

QN-W

It was the Stricken off Charge(SOC)26/4/51

Avro 683 Lancaster Mk.I, TW871, out of a batch of 50 (TW858-TW911) built by Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft (A.W.A.)

Hi. A quick Google turned up this site:-

http://www.cnapg.org/lancaster2.htm

TW871

194? The aircraft was allocated to 49 Squadron, Royal Air Force.

EA-K

194? The aircraft was allocated to 214 Squadron, Royal Air Force.

QN-W