The
Final Mission Aircraft
DS 682 was a Mark
two Lancaster, which had started it's service with 115 Squadron. It
had no known nickname or nose art, painted on the side of the aircraft
was JI-N 6. The aircraft made nineteen known missions, they were:
03-Jul-43 Lancaster
DS682 KO-Y Ops Cologne
24-Jul-43 Lancaster
DS682 KO-Y Ops Hamburg
02-Aug-43 Lancaster
DS682 KO-Y Ops Hamburg
10-Aug-43 Lancaster
DS682 KO-Y Ops Nuremburg
12-Aug-43 Lancaster
DS682 KO-Y Ops Milan
16-Aug-43 Lancaster
DS682 KO-Y Ops Turin
23-Aug-43 Lancaster
DS682 KO-Y Ops Berlin
24-Aug-43 Lancaster
DS682 KO-Y Minelaying West Frisians
30-Aug-43 Lancaster
DS682 KO-Y Ops Munchen Gladbach
31-Aug-43 Lancaster
DS682 KO-Y Ops Berlin
03-Sep-43 Lancaster
DS682 KO-Y Ops Berlin
05-Sep-43 Lancaster
DS682 KO-Y Ops Mannheim
16-Dec-43 Lancaster
DS682 KO-A Ops Berlin
23-Dec-43 Lancaster
DS682 KO-A Ops Berlin
29-Dec-43 Lancaster
DS682 KO-A Ops Berlin
14-Jan-44 Lancaster
DS682 Ops Brunswick
27-Jan-44 Lancaster
DS682 Ops Berlin
24-Mar-44 Lancaster
DS682 KO-A Ops Berlin
22-Apr-44 Lancaster
DS682 JI-N Ops Dusseldorf
By the time of
it's last mission, the bomb doors had been modified. To accommodate
the new larger bomb, of 8000 lbs. Thus, the doors would have been curved,
with a distinct 'bulge'.