97 Sqn

4-5 May 1943 97 Sqn Lancaster III ED880 OF-N
Overshot the runway at Waterbeach and hit Stirling I BF393 of 1651 CU both aircraft being totally wrecked This was the Squadron's first loss since moving to Bourn	Sgt A Reilly Sgt R Gibson Sgt N McFarlane F/O RJ Hopps Sgt R Horne Sgt RL Griffiths Sgt F Fisher	KIA INJ INJ INJ RTU RTU RTU
12-13 Jun 1943 Lancaster III ED816 OF-U
Hit by flak and crashed at Wieringwaard	F/S J Thomas Sgt CJ Hanrahan W/O MCI Robertson Sgt E Bloomfield Sgt WE Doyle Sgt LT Beard Sgt R Bromley	POW POW POW POW KIA KIA KIA
22-23 Jun 1943 Lancaster III ED928 OF-B
Crashed in Utrecht	P/O GW Armstrong RCAF Sgt E Bellis POW F/S JJ Mansfield Sgt JBSPH David RCAF Sgt DE Williams P/O S Blackhurst F/S AR Laing	KIA POW KIA KIA KIA KIA POW
24-25 Jun 1943 Lancaster III LM327 OF-B
Lost without trace	F/L JL Moore DFC F/S RA Kerckhove S/LJP McMillin RCAF P/O WJ Stephen DFM F/S A Tomlinson Sgt JW Darroch Sgt LL Davis	KIA KIA KIA KIA KIA KIA KIA
28-29 Jun 1943 Lancaster III LM323 OF-U
Shot down by a night-fighter flown by Lt Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer II/NJG1 crashing at Solwaster	F/L FP Seward Sgt BE Lewis F/O E Sanderson F/O EE Lawton F/S KI Smith Sgt A Monaghan Sgt MD Horner	KIA KIA KIA KIA KIA KIA KIA
3-4 Jul 1943 Lancaster III ED917 OF-U
Lost without trace	P/O LG Rembridge Sgt RCS Golding P/O WJ Hills F/O HW Parry W/0 GR Cobby Sgt FM Lamb Sgt A Jones	KIA KIA KIA KIA KIA KIA KIA
8-9 Jul 1943 Lancaster III ED923 OF-V
Shot down by a night-fighter flown by Lt Friedrich Erlinghagen 5/NJG1 and crashed at	F/O RBD Palmer Sgt CV King F/O RC Datta Sgt W Stephens Sgt AR Harris Sgt DCH Holding Sgt D Cameron	KIA KIA KIA KIA KIA KIA KIA
29-30 Jul 1943 Lancaster III ED862 OF-P
Lost without trace	P/O DJ Marks DFM Sgt DC Fentiman F/O GN Hammond F/S JA Dunbar Sgt D McDonald Sgt J Cumming Sgt PH Unwin	KIA KIA KIA KIA KIA KIA KIA
29-30 Jul 1943 Lancaster III EE172 OF-0
Shot down by a night-fighter	P/O C Shnier RCAF Sgt AN Gibbons P/O GJ Homersham F/O P De Villiers Sgt PC Evans F/S BG Knoesen Sgt DE Croft	KIA KIA KIA KIA KIA KIA KIA
7-8 Aug 1943 Lancaster III ED948 OF-W
Undercarriage collapsed while taxiing at Wyton	F/O BH Berridge	RTU
10-11 Aug 1943 Lancaster III ED939 OF-M
Lost without trace	P/O V Baker Sgt WJ Vaughan P/O CW Webb RCAF F/S A Davie Sgt JH Richards Sgt SMcC Edwards RCAF F/S G Lowden	KIA KIA KIA KIA KIA POW POW
10-11 Aug 1943 Lancaster III JA716 OF-V
Shot down by a night-fighter flown by Fw Otto Fries V./NJG1 crashing at Hanzinelle	F/L WI Covington DFC F/S T Lancashire F/O JLN Canham F/S S Powell Sgt SS Ramsden RCAF Sgt F Jackson Sgt J Macknight	EVD POW POW POW POW POW EVD
23-24 Aug 1943 Lancaster III ED950 OF-X
Crashed near Doberitz	P/O K Fairlie RAAF Sgt CE Addison S/L JN ForrestDSO DFC S/LEH Parrott Sgt F Ball Sgt AJ Cossins Sgt GEW Coombs	KIA POW KIA KIA KIA KIA KIA
23-24 Aug 1943 Lancaster III EE105 OF-Q
Shot down by a night-fighter at Shouldham	Sgt CS Chatten Sgt C Baumber P/O LP Armitage Sgt Standen Sgt Reffin F/S JR Kraemer RAAF Sgt LV Smith	INJ RTU RTU RTU RTU KIA RTU
27-28 Aug 1943 Lancaster III JA707 OF-V
Damaged by a night-fighter. The bomber crash-landed at Sibret	F/S HA Pond RNZAF Sgt E Gillman Sgt JE Rainsford F/O VC Peters Sgt J Kenny Sgt O Ramsden F/S TWN McGrath RAAF	EVD POW EVD KIA POW EVD KIA
27-28 Aug 1943 Lancaster III JA958 OF-K
Crashed at Erlangen	F/L OB Robertson DFC RCAF Sgt WG Peel F/L EG Crockett RCAF W/0 P Scott F/O JC Frizzell RCAF F/S WIL Wilkes F/S W StC Hebb RCAF	KIA POW KIA POW KIA KIA KIA
31 Aug- 1 Sep 1943 Lancaster III JA916 OF-L
Shot down by a night-fighter and exploded	W/CKH Burns DFC P/O EG Dolby DFC RCAF P/O JK McAvoy DFM RCAF P/O J Keddie DFM W/0RJ Williams DFM W/0EH Skinner W/0O Lambert DFM	POW KIA POW POW POW POW KIA
3-4 Sep 1943 Lancaster III JA966 OF-S
TI ignited in the bomb bay causing irreparable damage	F/O G deWesselow Sgt W Bamblett Sgt S Carlyle F/O WG Cooper Sgt F White F/S J Woods Sgt O Press	RTU RTU RTU RTU RTU RTU RTU
23-24 Sep 1943 Lancaster III ED868 OF-A
Crashed at Ruchheim	W/0L Stevenson Sgt J Brett F/O RG Christie DFM RCAF P/O JD Bradford DFC F/S HG Mitchell Sgt J Mallaber Sgt TGG Pugh	KIA KIA KIA KIA KIA KIA KIA
23-24 Sep 1943 Lancaster III JA708 OF-P
Shot down by a night-fighter	F/L RA Fletcher F/S JE Nelson S/LKJ Foster DFC- F/S JF Beesley P/O WH Layne S/LRA McKinna DFC- F/S HR Page	POW POW KIA POW POW KIA KIA
4-5 Oct 1943 Lancaster III JA923 OF-H
Crashed near at Dauborn	F/L K Brown DFM F/S RM Hogg DFM P/O FN Alexander DFM F/O LS WebbDFC F/S J Curry F/S JT SullivanDFM W/0 WT Saunders	KIA KIA KIA KIA KIA KIA KIA
8-9 Oct 1943 Lancaster III JB174 OF-S
Hit by flak over the target	P/O GD Nicholl RCAF Sgt P Cassidy Sgt AE Gadsby F/O RE Baht RCAF Sgt HJ Lewis Sgt JH Brown Sgt HT Finch	POW KIA KIA KIA KIA KIA KIA
9 Oct 1943 Lancaster III JB189 OF-
Caught fire at Bourn	No Aircrew injured	RTU
18-19 Oct 1943 Lancaster III JB220 OF-0
Crashed ai Erichshagen	F/L DMcN MoodieDFC RCAF Sgt LE Melbourne F/S JT BundleDFM F/S HWN Clausen DFM F/S TE Stamp F/S LA Drummond F/S FA Hughes	KIA KIA KIA POW KIA KIA KIA
20-21 Oct 1943 Lancaster III JB275 OF-H
Crashed at Falkenberg	P/O K Painter Sgt T Deacon Sgt RC Saunders Sgt JE Bacon Sgt T Andrews Sgt SF Hone Sgt DW Angell	KIA KIA POW KIA POW KIA KIA
18-19 Nov 1943 Lancaster III JB367 OF-S
Hit by flak over Aachen	F/S AA Johnson DFM RNZAF F/S W Jackson F/L APW Pepper DFC P/0 FT Williams DFM F/S JS Sansam F/S T Hesselden F/S CJ Billows	KIA POW EVD EVD POW EVD EVD
22-23 Nov 1943 Lancaster III JB227 OF-J
Lost without trace	F/L JF Munro DFC RCAF F/S WG Waller F/L AJW Silk DFM F/L FP Burbridge DFC F/S JN Underwood F/S RS Bennett DFM WO1 W Hill DFM RCAF	KIA KIA KIA KIA KIA KIA KIA
22-23 Nov 1943 Lancaster III JB238 OF-A
Crashed at Achmer	P/O EF McEgan RAAF F/S FA Williams RAAF P/0 PA Spencer F/O JV Tyler Sgt JJ Johnson Sgt WS Gibb WO1 JRA Burke DFM RCAF	KIA KIA POW KIA POW POW POW
23-24 Nov 1943 Lancaster III JB218 OF-Y
Lost without trace	F/S JA Penny Sgt RT Fathers Sgt J Graham Sgt RA Campbell Sgt JR Cowen F/S RS Mortham F/S PW Dries RCAF	POW KIA KIA KIA KIA KIA KIA
25-26 Nov 1943 Lancaster III JB221 OF-W
Crashed at Brandau	F/L CM Brown CdeG RCAF P/0 G Smith P/0 T Watson F/O HC Aley RCAF Sgt BF Tutt Sgt DHW Little F/S RW Sinden RAAF	KIA KIA KIA KIA KIA KIA KIA
2-3 Dec 1943 Lancaster III JB190 OF-V
Crashed near Kiel	S/L JM Garlick DFC- F/S JM Anderson RAAF P/0 AG Boyd F/S EO Charlton DFM W/0 FOA Dawkins F/S MT Ward RAAF F/S F Edwards	KIA POW POW POW POW POW KIA
3-4 Dec 1943 Lancaster III JB232 OF-U
Lost without trace	P/0 AJ Coleman RAAF Sgt DM Moore F/S LGK Lock F/S VNW Turner RNZAF Sgt CP Maithews Sgt CRW Jones Sgt JE Marchant RCAF	KIA KIA KIA KIA KIA KIA KIA
16-17 Dec 1943 Lancaster III JA908 OF-
Crash landed at Downham Market in thick fog No injuries recorded	Sgt W Coates	RTU
16-17 Dec 1943 Lancaster III JA963 OF-Q
Lost without trace	F/L DJ Brill F/L RE Handley DFM Sgt J Stone P/O NG McIntyre RAAF P/0 R Butler Sgt H Chappell P/0 GJ Little RCAF F/S EJ Battle RAAF	KIA KIA KIA KIA KIA KIA KIA KIA
16-17 Dec 1943 Lancaster III JB117 OF-C
Crashed in thick fog between Graveley and Papworth St Agnes	F/S IM Scott RAAF Sgt CW Collishaw Sgt SJ Peek DFM Sgt DR Irvine RCAF Sgt KE Foxcroft RAAF Sgt CL Hope RCAF Sgt SG Parrott	KIA KIA KIA KIA KIA KIA KIA
16-17 Dec 1943 Lancaster III JB119 OF-F
Crashed on the airfield in thick fog	F/S KL Kirby S/L DF MacKenzie DFC P/0 JT Pratt DFM F/S RF Marshall F/O WA Colson DFM F/S A Hunter F/S WA Lang RAAF	INJ KIA KIA INJ KIA INJ INJ
16-17 Dec 1943 Lancaster III JB176 OF-K
Crashed on the airfield in thick fog	F/O E Thackway Sgt G Grundy Sgt J Powell P/0 LKA Grant RCAF Sgt YH Mack Sgt RA Lawrence Sgt LN Laver	KIA KIA KIA KIA INJ KIA RTU
16-17 Dec 1943 Lancaster III JB219 OF-R
Crashed in thick fog near Gransden	P/0 J Kirkwood F/S EG Hubbard Sgt RC Stewart F/O GA Wigley Sgt RG Cleeve Sgt L Madeley Sgt J Killen	KIA KIA KIA KIA KIA KIA KIA
16-17 Dec 1943 Lancaster III JB243 OF-P
Crashed in thick fog near Graveley	S/L EA Deverill DFC AFC DFM F/S A Russell P/O JT Brown F/S FR Farr RNZAF F/S R Crossgrove DFM W/0 J Benbow DFM W/0 DJ Penfold DFM	KIA KIA KIA KIA KIA INJ KIA
16-17 Dec 1943 Lancaster III JB482 OF-S
Crashed in thick fog in the North Sea	F/O RL Mooney Sgt FB Gray Sgt GA Johnson F/S J Worsdale Sgt ND Cameron F/S G Woolf F/S L Smith	RTU RTU RTU RTU RTU RTU RTU
16-17 Dec 1943 Lancaster III JB531 OF-Y
Crew baled out over Ely The Lancaster Crashed in thick fog near Orford Ness	P/0 F Smith Sgt FE Durn P/O JW Arthurson F/S JA Wilson Sgt GH Townend Sgt N Stewart Sgt CA Bradshaw	RTU RTU RTU RTU RTU RTU RTU
1-2 Jan 1944 Lancaster III JA960 OF-E
Hit by flak over Aachen and crashed	F/O RL Mooney DFM Sgt FB Grey F/S GA Johnson DFM F/S J Worsdale DFM F/S ND Cameron F/S G Woolf RAAF F/S GE Smith	KIA KIA KIA KIA KIA KIA KIA
5-6 Jan 1944 Lancaster III JB191 OF-A
Lost without trace	P/O VS Flack Sgt JA Hare F/O KP Rand F/O RG BoSton Sgt R Ferguson F/S HN Dunnett RCAF Sgt J Roberts	KIA KIA KIA POW KIA KIA KIA
5-6 Jan 1944 Lancaster III JB720 OF-S
Lost without trace	F/O J Anstee Sgt CW Cartwright P/O A Hazell F/O AF Stanislaus Sgt RC Whale P/O WS Craddock Sgt PGL Kerr	KIA POW KIA KIA KIA KIA KIA
14-15 Jan 1944 Lancaster III JB726 OF-Y
Lost without trace	P/O W Hodgson Sgt NR Smith Sgt DHW Cook F/S JC Nicol Sgt PJ Bennett Sgt HE Mottishaw Sgt RW Gooch	KIA KIA KIA KIA KIA KIA KIA
14-15 Jan 1944 Lancaster III ND421 OF-S
Shot down over Texel	F/L KM Steven DFC F/S AC East F/S SH Stevenson DFM F/O RR Brown F/S WC Gadsby W/O CJ Skinner Sgt LNJ Laver	KIA POW KIA POW KIA KIA KIA
20-21 Jan 1944 Lancaster III ND367 OF-R
Crashed near Zahrensdort	P/O CA Wakley Sgt G Taylor Sgt AJ Alexander Sgt E Lowe Sgt RGW Climo Sgt J Tye T/S BH Stedman USAAF	KIA POW POW POW KIA KIA KIA
21-22 Jan 1944 Lancaster III JB299 OF-W
Lost without trace	F/L FJ Roberts DFC Sgt EJ Devine F/S R Dudley DFM F/S G Young DFM Sgt F Martin F/S PA Marsh RAAF WO2 WA Parsley RCAF	KIA KIA KIA KIA KIA KIA KIA
28-29 Jan 1944 Lancaster III JB353 OF-L
Lost without trace	F/L CT Wilson DFC F/S TW Smith F/L GWS Borthwick DFC F/L GA Watling F/S LG Jones F/S GK Harper F/S HJ Pleydell	KIA KIA KIA KIA KIA KIA KIA
28-29 Jan 1944 Lancaster III JB712 OF-O
Lost without trace	F/O F Allison DFM Sgt ES Monaghan Sgt JC Reynolds F/S TW Elder Sgt NDJ Vincent Sgt W Woodward Sgt ARE West	KIA KIA KIA KIA KIA KIA KIA
30-31 Jan 1944 Lancaster III JB535 OF-Q
Believed shot down by a night-fighter crashing at Kolhorn	F/L ES Clarke MID Sgt RVT Bowerman F/O EJL Carpenter F/O NC Law RAAF Sgt G Ridley F/O TE Charles RAAF F/L RP Wishart RAAF	KIA KIA KIA KIA KIA KIA KIA
30-31 Jan 1944 Lancaster III JB659 OF-J
Shot down by a night-fighter and crashed near Zwanenburg This Lancaster is depicted on the village sign. Read the article by Muriel Harris on its recent discovery.	P/O AR Hart RAAF Sgt L Clifton F/S HJ Boal RAAF F/S GI Williams RCAF Sgt WJ Jones Sgt DF Hicks F/S CM Price RCAF	KIA KIA KIA KIA KIA KIA KIA
15-16 Feb 1944 Lancaster III ND478 OF-Q
Shot down by a night-fighter from and crashed near Faborg	P/O JF McLean Sgt WD French Sgt A Pestell F/O L Stevens RCAF Sgt WE Brown Sgt RT Charles F/S RD Murdoch RAAF	POW KIA KIA POW KIA KIA KIA
20-21 Feb 1944 Lancaster III JB312 OF-A
Collided with another aircraft over the target and crashed short of the runway on return to base	F/L RS Emerson F/S AJ Newell F/O I Worth RAAF P/O JA Bartholomew DFC WO1 RJ Dickie RCAF F/S GW Wood DFM F/S WG Duncan	KIA KIA KIA KIA KIA KIA KIA
24-25 Feb 1944 Lancaster III ND497 OF-Q
Lost without trace	W/O DR Smith Sgt HH Kendall Sgt JE Glanvill Sgt A Porritt F/S N Woodward W/O GH Bentinck RCAF Sgt J Peers	KIA KIA KIA KIA KIA KIA KIA
15-16 Mar 1944 Lancaster III JB361 OF-B
Shot down by night-fighter and crashed at Zillhausen	F/S AE Roberts DFM F/L WA Meyer DFC F/S TR Shaw DFM F/L HJ Starie DFC P/O RC Pike DFM P/O JC MCLeish DFC WO2 AM Barrowman DFC RCAF	KIA KIA KIA KIA KIA KIA KIA
18-19 Mar 1944 Lancaster III JB300 OF-B
Crashed near Kaiserslautern	F/L NJ Callan RNZAF Sgt JW Scholey F/S HS Tait F/S J Gomecsall F/S WG Davies F/S DO Tunbridge F/S RA Read	INJ KIA KIA KIA KIA KIA KIA
22-23 Mar 1944 Lancaster III JB731 OF-P
Presumed crashed in the North Sea	P/O WP Moroney Sgt FT Coulter F/O M Jenkins F/S GS Davies Sgt D Dushman F/S J Bell RCAF Sgt CA Mills	KIA KIA KIA KIA KIA KIA KIA
22-23 Mar 1944 Lancaster III ND351 OF-P
Crashed near Hannover	P/O RE Cooper Sgt F Witcher F/S A McFadyen F/S A Lunt Sgt NA Smith Sgt PJ Copus F/S R Hinde	POW POW POW POW POW POW POW
24-25 Mar 1944 Lancaster III JB671 OF-A
Crashed at Luijksgestel	P/O WD Coates DFM Sgt BH Nicholas F/S S Nuttall P/O JM Baldwin RCAF Sgt W Chapman Sgt WL York Sgt F Thompson	KIA KIA KIA KIA KIA KIA KIA
24-25 Mar 1944 Lancaster III ND440 OF-B
Hit by flak over the Ruhr and ditched in the Channel	F/O PH Todd Sgt S Robson P/O CTH Fuller F/S RV Duvall F/S W Housley Sgt S McCloskey Sgt J Cartwright	POW KIA POW POW POW POW POW
30-31 Mar 1944 Lancaster III ND390 OF-S
Shot down by a Bf110 night fighter flown by Maj Martin Drewes III./NJG1 and crashed in Coburg	F/L DH Rowlands DFC Sgt RM Lane F/L AR Cadman DFM F/L AS McFadden F/O EJ Currie F/O F Colville F/L RAD Trevor-Roper	KIA KIA KIA KIA KIA KIA KIA
30-31 Mar 1944 Lancaster III ND640 OF-B
Shot down by Oblt Martin Becker I/NJG6 piloting a Me 110 and crashed at Munchholzhausen	F/L LV Hyde DFC F/S ME Putt F/L EH Palmer DFC F/O J Craig DFC RCAF F/S E Hil1 F/O RJ Weller DFM P/O R Taylor DFC	KIA KIA KIA KIA KIA KIA KIA