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Lancaster EE198 Information

Type	Lancaster
Serial Number	EE198
Squadron	619
X1D	PG-H
Operation	Krefeld
Date 1	21st June 1943
Date 2	22nd June 1943

Further Information

"Serial Range ED303 - EE202 This aircraft was one of 620 lancvasters ordered from A.V.Roe (Chadderton) in 1941 and built from Nov42 to Jun43 as 129 mk.1s and 491 Mk.111s in a mixed production run up to ED782 and all as Mk.111s from ED783 onwards. Mk.1s were initially fitted with Merlin 20 and the Mk.111s with Merlin 28 engines. EE198 was delivered to 619 Sqdn 13Jun43. Lost on its first Key Operation with a total of 11 hours. Airborne 2323 21Jun43 from Woodhall Spa. Crashed in the Astense Peel near Opheusden (Noord Brabant), 10 km SSE of Helmond, Holland. All were originally buried in the Military Cemetery at Venlo. They have been subsequently re-interred in the Jonkerbos War Cemetery. Their average age was 23. Sgt D.V.Jordan KIA Sgt W.A.Davies KIA F/O W.McC Girdwood KIA Sgt E.Stanley KIA Sgt B.Howe KIA Sgt F.Burton KIA Sgt W.J.Parkes KIA 'Air Battle of the Ruhr', A.Cooper, records F/O W.McC Girdwood as F/O W.Girdwood and Sgt W.J.Parkes as Sgt W.J.Park. "