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Avro Lancaster SW 276 UL G - George.

Pilot Flight Lieutenant Frank Collins R.C.A.F, DFC and Flight Engineer Flight Sergeant Ken
Tamkin are at the controls of UL G - George. With the rest of the crew closed up at their crew
stations; G-George, with a full war load is ready for take-off.

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This photograph was taken on 22 March 1945.The Squadron put up 13 Lancasters, G-George
departing Fiskerton at 11.20am to attack Hildesheim arriving safely back at Fiskerton at 16.25pm.
The Bomb load for all Squadron Lancasters on this operation was 1 x 4000lb High Capacity
demolition Bomb known as a ‘Cookie’, 12 canisters of 150 x 4lb incendiaries and 2 canisters of 60
x 4lb incendiaries, a normal Main Force area bomb load.

Flight Lieutenant Collins and crew flew in her on 18 of their 30 operations. This Lancaster, a MK 1
airframe, serial number SW276, fitted with Merlin 24 engines. Made by Metropolitan-Vickers at the
firms Mosley road factory in Manchester, production of this contract; (No. 2221, seventh
production batch SW243 to SW279) commencing in November 1944 and completed after 37
airframes assembled in December 1944. Her service life lasted from January 1945 until June
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1945. The Lancaster was struck of charge and scrapped 2 June 1947.