Lancaster and Manchester Bomber
Air Crew Casualties and POW's
Updated: June 2009
The following listings represents losses of Avro Lancaster or Manchester Bomber's which resulted in at least one death amongst the crew.
The list is presented in date order and shows the names of all air crew members on board at the time of the aircrafts loss; including the names of crew members that were not killed or otherwise harmed. Where an aircraft was lost but no lives were lost the aircraft has not been included. This list is therefore not a list of all Avro Manchester and Lancaster bomber's lost during World War Two; as many aircraft lost or otherwise written off due to in crash-landings or in training flights; often resulted on all of the crew surviving.
The list may be incomplete and I am more than happy to make, additions, deletions or other changes as needed. My data sources are varied and sadly the data entry is only as good at the person transcribing the information (namely me). I am therefore solely responsible for all typo’s etc.
Major Sources:
- The Bomber Command War Dairies by Martin Middlebrook and Chris Everit
- Bomber Command Losses by W.R. Chorley
- Numerous other publications include Squadron ORB's and Form 78's
