115 Squadron Roll of Honour

1943

Mission Crashed KIA Inj. Surv.
3/4 February Wellington Mk III BK127 / KO-D Hamburg, Germany. Lost without trace.
6
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13 February Wellington Mk III BK166 / KO-C Lorient, France. France.
4
1 POW
1 March 1943 Lancaster Mk II conversion commenced
1 March Wellington Mk III BK495 / KO-N Minelaying W. Frisian. North Sea, Netherlands.
5
3/4 March Wellington Mk III Z1620 / KO-T Hamburg, Germany. Germany.
5
12 March Wellington Mk III BJ756 / KO-Q Essen, Germany. IJselmeer, Netherlands.
5
Wellington Mk III BJ756 KO-Q was the final one of 114 Wellingtons lost by the Squadron as a result of operations,
ninety-eight of them having fallen on foreign soil or into the Sea.
No Squadron suffered higher casualties on this type, but then, no Squadron flew as many Wellington operations and sorties.
Source: book, 3 Group Bomber Command by Chris Ward.
15 March 1943 operational with Lancaster Mk II.
29/30 March Lancaster Mk II DS625 / KO-W Berlin, Germany. Lost without trace.
7
11 April Lancaster Mk II DS604 / KO-B Frankfurt am Main, Ger. Soisons, Ardennes, France.
7
27 April Lancaster Mk II DS609 / KO-M Duisburg, Germany. Oberhausen, Germany.
7
27/28 May Lancaster Mk II DS655 / KO-W Essen, Germany. Germany.
6
1 POW
29/30 May Lancaster Mk II DS616 / KO-G Wuppertal, Germany. Crash landed at Base.
1
6
29/30 May Lancaster Mk II DS627 / KO-R Wuppertal, Germany. Near Hechtel, Belgium.
7
12 June Lancaster Mk II DS647 / KO-N Dusseldorf, Germany. Mill Village, Netherlands
7
13/14 June Lancaster Mk II DS652 / KO-B Bochum, Germany. Waddenzee, Netherlands.
7
19/20 June Lancaster Mk II DS668 / KO-R Gironde area, France. Ingrandes-sur-Loire, Fr.
1
4 POW/2 EVA
25/26 June Lancaster Mk II DS666 / KO-J Gelsenkirchen, Germany. Lost without trace.
7
25/26 June Lancaster Mk II DS663 / KO-C Minelying Lorient area, Fr. Vern d'Anjou France.
7
29 June Lancaster Mk II DS669 / KO-B Cologne, Germany. Returned back to base.
1
4 ?
3/4 July Lancaster Mk II DS662 / KO-L Cologne, Germany. Dutch/German border
6
1 POW
13/14 July Lancaster Mk II DS660 / KO-P Aachen, Germany. Near Grevillers, France.
6
1 POW
13/14 July Lancaster Mk II DS690 / KO-C Aachen, Germany. La Cornette, Belgium.
6
1 POW
2/3 August Lancaster Mk II DS685 / KO-A Hamburg, Germany. N. Sea, Cuxhaven, Ger.
7
2/3 August Lancaster Mk II DS673 / KO-V Hamburg, Germany. Sea, Wilhelmshaven, Ger.
7
2/3 August Lancaster Mk II DS715 / KO-Q Hamburg, Germany. SW of Harburg, Germany.
7
10/11 August Lancaster Mk II DS665 / KO-N Nuremberg, Germany. Boughton, Kent.
7
16/17 August Lancaster Mk II DS684 / KO-M Turin, Northern Italy. Alencon, France.
7
17/18 August Lancaster Mk II DS630 / KO-H Peenemunde, Germany. Ostersoen, Denmark.
7
23/24 August Lancaster Mk II DS722 / KO-N Berlin, Germany. North Sea, Netherlands.
4
3 POW
27/28 August Lancaster Mk II DS659 / KO-T Nuremberg, Germany. In target area.
2
5 POW
14 September Lancaster Mk II DS780 / KO-Z Bombing practice. Magdalen, Norfolk.
6
2
22/23 September Lancaster Mk II DS675 / KO-E Hanover, Germany.
6
2 POW
4 October Lancaster Mk II DS721 / KO-U Air Sea Rescue operation. Lost without trace.
7
8/9 October Lancaster Mk II DS691 / KO-B Hanover, Germany. 3km S of Fuhrberg, Ger.
2
5 POW
18 October Lancaster Mk II DS769 / KO-H Hanover, Germany. Germany.
7
18 October Lancaster Mk II DS683 / KO-R Hanover, Germany. Returned to base.
1
2
4
20/21 October Lancaster Mk II DS725 / KO-F Leipzig, Germany. Believed at Engersen, Ger.
8
18/19 November Lancaster Mk II DS680 / KO-L Berlin, Germany. Hermeé, Belgium.
8
22/23 November Lancaster Mk II DS764 / KO-S Berlin, Germany. Germany.
1
6 POW
22/23 November Lancaster Mk II DS782 / KO-K Berlin, Germany. Lost without trace.
7
26/27 November Lancaster Mk II DS793 / KO-L Berlin, Germany. Stockheim, Germany.
7
4 December Lancaster Mk II DS765 / KO-A Leipzig, Germany. Germany.
7
16/17 December Lancaster Mk II DS835 / KO-K Berlin, Germany. Kruisberg Dune, NL.
7
23 December Lancaster Mk II DS773 / KO-T Berlin, Germany. Germany.
7
29 December Lancaster Mk II DS834 / KO-F ? Berlin, Germany. Tungelroy, Netherlands.
4
2 POW/1 EVA