A - C
Lancaster And Manchester
Nose Art Names
Updated: June 2011
Able Mable (aka The Bad Penny) - ND458
Service: 100 Sqn del'd 1-44 HW-A, Bomber Command Instructors School (BCIS) WB-T, 5 MU Kemble
Fate: Scrapped, 29 August 1947
Ad Extreme (Press-On-Regardless) - ED905
Service: 103 Sqn del'd 21-4-43 PM-X, 166 Sqn del'd 20-9-43 AS-X, 550 Sqn del'd 10-6-44 BQ-F, BQ-Q, No. 1 Lancaster Finishing School del'd 4-11-44, 1656 HCU del'd 10-11-44, SOC 29-8-45
Fate: Crashed, 20 August 1945 - Training Flight
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Admiral Air Goosk - R5900
Service: 106 Sqn del'd 4-8-42 ZN-X
Fate: Crashed in UK, 17/18 January 1943
Returning from Berlin
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Admiral Chattanooga - R5677
Service: 39 MU Colerne, 106 Sqn del'd 6-42 ZN-A
Fate: FTR, 29/30 May 1943 - against Wuppertal
Admiral Fighting Cock - R5684
Service: 106 Sqn del'd 4-8-42 ZN-P
Fate: FTR - 24/25 August 1942 - against Frankfurt
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Admiral Fre Brand
Identity Unknown
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Admiral Pegasus
Identity Unknown
Admiral Prune - W4118
Service: 106 Sqn ZN-Y
Fate: FTR - 04/05 February 1943 - against Turin
Admiral Prune II - ED593
Service: 106 Sqn ZN-T
Fate: Scrapped - date unknown
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Admiral Shyte-Awk II, DFC
Identity Unknown
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A-JO
Identity Unknown
Aries - PD828 (Post War)
Service: A.V. Roe & Co. Ltd., del'd 9-44, 38 MU llandow del'd 18-9-44, Empire Central Navigation School (EMNS) del'd 2-10-44, 37 MU Burtonwood, Sold for Scrap del'd 8-48
Fate: Scrapped, 11 August 1948
Aussie
Unknown RAAF Lanacaster
Bad Penny II - LL811
Service: 550 Sqn del'd 4-5-44 BQ-J, No. 1 Lancaster Finishing School del'd 5-11-44, 1662 HCU del'd 28-11-44, 1656 HCU del'd 3-4-45, SOC 28-6-45
Fate: Crashed, 20 June 1945 - Training Flight
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Bennett's Beaver's - PA990
(aka Fanners Follies)
Service: 626 Sqn UM-R2 del'd 28-5-44, 5 MU Kemble del'd 7-8-45
Fate: Scrapped, 18 August 1947
Bentall's Folly - W4963
Service: A.V. Roe & Co. Ltd., A&AEE Boscombe Down, To the Middle East at Sill, Returned to UK del'd 1-1-44, 10 MU Hullavington, SOC 11-11-46
Fate: Scrapped, 11 November 1946
Berlin Special - LL687
Service: 408 Sqn, RCAF del'd 12-12-43 EQ-M, 426 Sqn, RCAF del'd 12-1-44 OW-L, 115 Sqn del'd 22-4-44 KO-?, 408 Sqn, RCAF (date not recorded) EQ-H, SOC 9-8-44
Fate: FTR 28/29 July 1944 - against Hamburg
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Bill the Conk
Possibly 622 Sqn
Baying Donkey
Identity Unknown
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Champagne Charlie
Identity Unknown
Cat's Miaow
Identity Unknown
Chocks Away - PB509
Identity Unknown
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Cinders Of The Clouds - LL783
Service: 619 Sqn del'd 23-1-44 PG-C, SOC 12-6-44
Fate: Shot Down, 06/07 June 1944 - against Caen
Conquering Cleo
Image was of a large lion
Possibly 630 Sqn C-Flight or 617 Sqn
Countess - DS737
Service: 408 Sqn, RCAF EQ-C
Fate: Crashed in UK, 16/17 December 1943 - returning from Berlin
Crazy Rabbit - KB852
Service: 434 Sqn, RCAF del'd 30-12-44 WL-R
Fate: Scrapped, 8 March 1948, Canada
Cuddles - KB972
Service: 408 Sqn, RCAF EQ-C
Fate: Destroyed by Fire, 30 January 1952
Cutty Sark - LL853
Service: 9 Sqn del'd 4-3-44 WS-W
Fate: FTR, 24/25 June 1944 - against Prouville
Bluenose Dad's
Identity Unknown
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Bluenose Outlaw
Identity Unknown
Bobby Boy - DS830
Service: 432 Sqn, RCAF QO-S, 426 Sqn, RCAF OW-?, 408 Sqn, RCAF EQ-W, EQ-H, 1668 HCU
Fate: Scrapped, 20 March 1945, England
Brick Bradford - KB779
Service: 419 Sqn, RCAF VR-B
Fate: FTR, 06/07 December 1944 - against Osnabrück
Cui Bono (aka Zoomin Xombie) - KB739
Service: 428 Sqn, RCAF NA-W, NA-Z,
Fate: Scrapped, 12 March 1948, Canada
Crafty - KB898
Service: 20 MU, 428 Sqn, RCAF NA-?, 420 Sqn, RCAF PT-W
Fate: Scrapped, 22 January 1947, Canada
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C - Canada - KB829
Service: 20 MU, 428 Sqn, RCAF NA-?, 434 Sqn, RCAF WL-C, WL-D
Fate: Scrapped, 08 March 1948, Canada
But We're Not Joking
Unknown Identity possibly 460 Sqn RAAF
Australia - ED532
Service: 467 Sqn, RAAF PO-H
Fate: Shot Down, 21/22 June 1944 - against Scholven/Buer
Chris Columbus - W4277
Serivce: 44 Sqn del'd 10-42 KM-S
Fate: Shot Down, 08/09 January 1943 - against Danish Coast
Barbara Mary - W4157
Service: 9 Sqn WS-V, WS-U
Fate: FTR, 17/18 January 1943 - against Berlin
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Australia's Answer
Unknown RAAF Lanacaster
Billie Brown
Unknown 625 Sqn
Crazy Rabbit - KB582
Service: 434 Sqn, RCAF del'd 3-12-44 WL-R
Fate: Scrapped, 8 March 1948, Canada
Chopper
Identity Unknown
Thought to Be 419 Sqn, RCAF Lanc.
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BuZZ King Of Hogtown - LL675
Service: 408 Sqn, RCAF del'd 2-12-43 EQ-M
Fate: Crashed, 11 July 1944, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire
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Bringing Up Father - KB762
Service: Built 12-43, Dept to UK c.5-44, Arr’d UK c.5-44, 20 MU Aston Down del'd 28-5-44, 419 Sqn, RCAF del'd 9-7-44 VR-J
Fate: Scrapped, 23 April 1945, Middleton St. George, Co. Durham
Beer-Bar Bunny - KB995
Service: Arr'd 45 Group in CDN 30-3-45, Dept to UK 10-4-45, Arr'd UK 12-4-45, 20 MU Aston Down del'd 19-4-45, 408 Sqn, RCAF del'd 16-5-45 EQ-B (reportedly marked in error as OW-B), RAF St. Mawgan del'd 14-6-45, Dept to CDN c.6-45, Arr'd in CDN c.6-45
CDN: 664 (Heavy Bomber) Wing, Greenwood, Nova Scotia for Tiger Froce, No. 2 Air Command del'd 6-45, Stored at unspecified location, Mod. Mk.10 MR del'd 1950, 407 Sqn del'd 1952 RX-995 blades at CFB Comox, BC, SOC 26-5-53
Fate: Crashed. 26 May 1954, Oregon, USA
