F/O I L Scott RAFVR and crew – 576 Sqn – RAF Fiskerton - 1945
Crashed on take off - 8th May 1945 - Lancaster III - NN806 – Manna Drop -
Rotterdam.
F/O Scott and his crew commenced operations with 576 Squadron on the 31st March 1945 and completed 11 before their accident
31/03/1945 – Hamburg – LM227 – F/O IL Scott
03/04/1945 – Nordhausen – NF976 – F/O IL Scott
04/04/1945 – Lutzendorf – PA307 – F/O IL Scott
09/04/1945 – Kiel – NG273 – F/O IL Scott
18/04/1945 – Heligoland – NN806 – F/O IL Scott
22/04/1945 – Bremen – NN806 – F/O IL Scott
25/04/1945 – Berchtesgaden – NN806 – F/O IL Scott
05/05/1945 – Rotterdam – NN806 – F/O IL Scott
07/05/1945 – Rotterdam – NN806 – F/O IL Scott
08/05/1945 – Rotterdam – NN806 – F/O IL Scott – Swung on take off and damaged beyond repair.
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As the Lancaster increased speed it started to swing which became violent. It crashed through the FIDO piping onto the grass where the undercarriage collapsed churning up earth and the aircraft slewed round in a cloud of dust. The back of the Lancaster broke near the mid upper turret but there was no fire.
No injuries to the crew were reported
F/O IL Scott
Sgt Batchelor
F/O G R Cross
Sgt A F Marshall
Sgt S Hoskin
Sgt J A McDougall
Sgt G G Rayner
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Lancaster NN806
This machine completed 29 operations plus 1 early return before being written off. See below :-
20/02/1945 – Dortmund – NN806 – F/O HJ Rowe RCAF
21/02/1945 – Duisburg – NN806 – F/O R Burnell
23/02/1945 – Pforzheim – NN806 – S/L AH Dutton
28/02/1945 – Neuss – NN806 – F/O R Burnell
01/03/1945 – Mannheim – NN806 – F/O R Burnell
02/03/1945 – Cologne – NN806 – F/O DC Crofts RAAF
05/03/1945 – Chemnitz – NN806 – F/O R Burnell
08/03/1945 – Kassel – NN806 – F/O R Burnell
16/03/1945 – Nuremberg – NN806 – F/O WS Button
18/03/1945 – Hanau – NN806 – F/O WS Button
21/03/1945 – Bremen – NN806 – F/O WS Button
22/03/1945 – Hildersheim – NN806 – S/L AH Dutton
24/03/1945 – Dortmund – NN806 – F/O WS Button
27/03/1945 – Paderborn – NN806 – F/S H Drew
31/03/1945 – Hamburg – NN806 – F/O WS Button
03/04/1945 – Nordhausen – NN806 – F/S GA Abercrombie
04/04/1945 – Lutzendorf – NN806 – F/S GA Abercrombie
09/04/1945 – Kiel – NN806 – F/O WS Button
10/04/1945 – Plauen – NN806 – F/O WS Button
14/04/1945 – Cuxhaven – NN806 – F/O AW Roberts
18/04/1945 – Heligoland – NN806 – F/O IL Scott
22/04/1945 – Bremen – NN806 – F/O IL Scott
25/04/1945 – Berchtesgaden – NN806 – F/O IL Scott
29/04/1945 - Valkenburg airfield – NN806 – F/S RC Sayers
30/04/1945 - Delft Airfield – NN806 – F/S RC Sayers
01/05/1945 – Rotterdam – NN806 – F/S RC Sayers
02/05/1945 – Rotterdam – NN806 – F/O R Burnell
03/05/1945 - Valkenburg Airfield – NN806 – F/O R Burnell
05/05/1945 – Rotterdam – NN806 – F/O IL Scott
07/05/1945 – Rotterdam – NN806 – F/O IL Scott
08/05/1945 – Rotterdam – NN806 – F/O IL Scott
Item compiled by David Fell
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