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  The last flight of Lancaster ED559

Photographs of 100 Squadron's Lancaster ED549 JA-S

1/6/2016

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I recently came across clear photos of ED549 - a sister Lancaster to ED559 - and lost on the same first raid that 100 Squadron undertook on March 4/5 1943. You can make out the serial number but the aircraft has not yet had the JA-S painted on to the fuselage. ED549 crashed while attempting to land at Langar airfield due to poor weather at RAF Grimsby. Only the mid-upper gunner survived the crash.

Photo from IWM archive
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Photo from IWM archive
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Photo from IWM archive
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I wonder if either of the two Lancasters in the background happen to be ED559... we'll probably never know.
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