| Here's a nice picture of 83 Squadron Lancaster OL-T ED 601.
From "Lost Bombers"
Further Information
"Serial Range ED303 - EE202 This aircraft was one of 620 Lancasters ordered from A.V.Roe (Chadderton) in 1941 and built as 129 Mk.1s and 491 Mk.111s from Nov42 to Jun43, mixed up to Ed782 and all as Mk.111s from ED783 onwards. The Nk.1s were initially fitted with Merlin 20 and the Mk.111s with merlin 28 engines. ED601 was a Mk.1 and was delivered to 83 Sqdn 18Feb43, joining 207 Sqdn 12Nov43. ED601 took part in the following Key Operations: With No.83 Sqdn as OL-T, Nuremburg 25/26Feb43; St.Nazaire 28Feb/1Mar43; Berlin 1/2mar43; Nuremburg 8/9Mar43; Berlin 27/28Mar43; Berlin 29/30Mar43; Essen 3/4apr43; Stettin 20/21Apr43; Dortmund 23/24May43; D_sseldorf 25/26May43; D_sseldorf 11/12Jun43; Cologne 3/4Jul43; Hamburg 24/25Jul43; Hamburg 2/3Aug43. With No.207 Sqdn as EM-N, Berlin 18/19Nov43; Berlin 22/23Nov43; Berlin 26/27Nov43; Berlin 2/3Dec43- Lost. When lost this aircraft had a total of 467 hours. Airborne 1637 2Dec43 from spilsby. Crashed near Saalow, 6 km SW of Zossen. They were originally all buried at Saalow, they have been subsequentlyre-interred in the Berlin 1939-45 War Cemetery. The village of Kreis-Teltow is also mentioned on the Loss Card in connection with burials pertaining to this crew. P/O A.Mann KIA Sgt S.Martin KIA F/O H.F.C.Bonner KIA P/O E.V.Harley KIA Sgt A.S.Rushby KIA Sgt F.L.Brisco RCAF KIA Sgt N.F.Petty KIA " |