Bomber Command Squadrons And Units Equipped With Manchester and/or Lancaster Bombers
Lancaster Finishign Schools (LFS)
+ = Manchester date; * = Lancaster date; ^ = Did not finish the war Lancaster or Macnhester; # = Known to have only had one Lancaster in strength (ORB not required)
Squadron |
First Aircraft Taken On Strength |
Last Aircraft Taken Off Strength (estimated) |
Type |
7 Sqn. |
April 1943 |
- |
Lancaster |
9 Sqn. |
July 1942 |
- |
Manchester & Lancaster |
12 Sqn. |
October 1942 |
- |
Lancaster |
15 Sqn. |
November 1943 |
- |
Lancaster |
35 Sqn. |
February 1944 |
- |
Lancaster |
44 Sqn. |
November 1941 |
- |
Manchester & Lancaster |
49 Sqn. |
March 1942 |
- |
Manchester & Lancaster |
50 Sqn. |
December 1941 |
- |
Manchester & Lancaster |
57 Sqn. |
August 1942 |
- |
Lancaster |
61 Sqn. |
February 1941 |
- |
Manchester & Lancaster |
75 Sqn., RNZAF |
February 1944 |
- |
Lancaster |
83 Sqn. |
September 1941 |
- |
Manchester & Lancaster |
90 Sqn. |
April 1944 |
- |
Lancaster |
97 Sqn. |
January 1941 |
- |
Manchester & Lancaster |
100 Sqn. |
November 1942 |
- |
Lancaster |
101 Sqn. |
September 1942 |
- |
Lancaster |
103 Sqn. |
September 1942 |
- |
Lancaster |
106 Sqn. |
December 1941 |
- |
Manchester & Lancaster |
115 Sqn. |
February 1943 |
- |
Lancaster |
138 Sqn. |
February 1945 |
- |
Lancaster |
149 Sqn. |
July 1944 |
- |
Lancaster |
150 Sqn. |
October 1944 |
- |
Lancaster |
153 Sqn. |
September 1944 |
- |
Lancaster |
156 Sqn. |
December 1942 |
- |
Lancaster |
166 Sqn. |
August 1943 |
- |
Lancaster |
170 Sqn. |
September 1944 |
- |
Lancaster |
186 Sqn. |
September 1944 |
- |
Lancaster |
189 Sqn. |
September 1944 |
- |
Lancaster |
195 Sqn. |
September 1944 |
- |
Lancaster |
207 Sqn. |
October 1940 |
- |
Manchester & Lancaster |
218 Sqn. |
June 1944 |
- |
Lancaster |
227 Sqn. |
September 1944 |
- |
Lancaster |
300 Sqn. |
February 1944 |
- |
Lancaster |
405 Sqn. RCAF |
July 1943 |
- |
Lancaster |
408 Sqn. RCAF |
April 1942 |
1 October 1944 |
Manchester & Lancaster * |
419 Sqn. RCAF |
March 1944 |
- |
Lancaster |
420 Sqn. RCAF |
n/a |
n/a |
No Op's Flown |
424 Sqn. RCAF |
December 1944 |
- |
Lancaster |
425 Sqn. RCAF |
n/a |
n/a |
No Op's Flown |
426 Sqn. RCAF |
May 1943 |
1 May 1944 |
Lancaster |
427 Sqn. RCAF |
February 1945 |
- |
Lancaster |
428 Sqn. RCAF |
May 1944 |
- |
Lancaster |
429 Sqn. RCAF |
February 1945 |
- |
Lancaster |
431 Sqn. RCAF |
September 1944 |
- |
Lancaster |
432 Sqn. RCAF |
September 1943 |
1 March 1944 |
Lancaster |
433 Sqn. RCAF |
December 1944 |
- |
Lancaster |
434 Sqn. RCAF |
11 November 1944 |
- |
Lancaster |
460 Sqn. RAAF |
September 1942 |
- |
Manchester & Lancaster |
463 Sqn. RAAF |
October 1943 |
- |
Lancaster |
467 Sqn. RAAF |
October 1942 |
- |
Lancaster |
514 Sqn. |
August 1943 |
- |
Lancaster |
550 Sqn. |
October 1943 |
- |
Lancaster |
576 Sqn. |
October 1943 |
- |
Lancaster |
582 Sqn. |
March 1944 |
- |
Lancaster |
617 Sqn. |
March 1943 |
- |
Lancaster |
619 Sqn. |
March 1943 |
- |
Lancaster |
622 Sqn. |
November 1943 |
- |
Lancaster |
625 Sqn. |
September 1943 |
- |
Lancaster |
626 Sqn. |
October 1943 |
- |
Lancaster |
630 Sqn. |
October 1943 |
- |
Lancaster |
635 Sqn. |
March 1944 |
- |
Lancaster |
Heavy Conversion Unit (HCU) |
First Aircraft Taken On Strength |
Last Aircraft Taken Off Strength (estimated) |
Type |
1651 HCU |
November 1944 |
- |
Lancaster |
1653 HCU |
September 1942 |
- |
Lancaster |
1654 HCU |
June 1942 |
- |
Lancaster |
1656 HCU |
October 1942 |
October 1943 |
Lancaster |
1659 HCU |
February 1943 |
- |
Lancaster |
1660 HCU |
September 1942 |
- |
Lancaster |
1661 HCU |
September 1942 |
- |
Lancaster |
1662 HCU |
January 1943 |
October 1943 |
Lancaster |
1664 HCU |
April 1943 |
- |
Lancaster |
1665 HCU |
March 1943 |
- |
Lancaster |
1666 HCU |
September 1943 |
October 1943 |
Lancaster |
1667 HCU |
June 1943 |
- |
Lancaster |
1668 HCU |
April 1943 |
October 1943 |
Lancaster |
1678 HCU |
April 1943 |
- |
Lancaster |
1679 HCU |
? |
Lancaster Finishing
|
First Aircraft Taken On Strength |
Last Aircraft Taken Off Strength (estimated) |
Type |
1 LFS |
October 1943 |
November 1944 |
Lancaster |
3 LFS |
November 1943 |
January 1944 |
Lancaster |
5 LFS |
October 1943 |
March 1945 |
Lancaster |
6 LFS |
November 1943 |
Novemebr 1945 |
Lancaster |