Registration / Serial:NF920
Military Code:KC-E
Aircraft Original Type:Avro 683 Lancaster
Aircraft Generic Type:Avro 683/691 Lancaster/Lancastrian
Aircraft Version:Avro 683 Lancaster B1
C/n (msn):
Operator Titles:UK - Air Force
Unit Markings:617 Sqn
City / Area:Porjus / Easy Elsie [ Off-Airport ]Map
Country:Sweden
Photo Date:5 June 2025
Photo by:Wim SonneveldContact
Photo ID:817179Submit Correction
View count: 68
Lancaster NF920 "Easy Elsie" was one of 37 Lancasters that took off from Lossiemouth to bomb German battleship "Tirpitz" in Northern Norway on 29 October 1944. During the unsuccesful strike, "Easy Elsie" was hit by German anti-aircraft fire and its crew directed it to Sweden, where it made a succesful landing in a soggy bog near the small town of Porjus. The Lancaster was damaged and set on fire by the crew, all of which survived the ordeal. The fire quickly went out and so the almost complete wreckage can still be found in exactly the same spot where it landed 80 years ago.
Registration / Serial:NF920
Aircraft Version:Avro 683 Lancaster B1
C/n (msn):
Operator Titles:UK - Air Force
City / Area:Porjus / Easy Elsie [ Off-Airport ]Map
Country:Sweden
Photo Date:5 June 2025
Photo by:Wim SonneveldContact
Registration / Serial:NF920
Military Code:KC-E
Aircraft Original Type:Avro 683 Lancaster
Aircraft Generic Type:Avro 683/691 Lancaster/Lancastrian
Aircraft Version:Avro 683 Lancaster B1
C/n (msn):
Operator Titles:UK - Air Force
Unit Markings:617 Sqn
City / Area:Porjus / Easy Elsie [ Off-Airport ]Map
Country:Sweden
Photo Date:5 June 2025
Photo by:Wim SonneveldContact
Photo ID:817179Submit Correction
View count: 68
Lancaster NF920 "Easy Elsie" was one of 37 Lancasters that took off from Lossiemouth to bomb German battleship "Tirpitz" in Northern Norway on 29 October 1944. During the unsuccesful strike, "Easy Elsie" was hit by German anti-aircraft fire and its crew directed it to Sweden, where it made a succesful landing in a soggy bog near the small town of Porjus. The Lancaster was damaged and set on fire by the crew, all of which survived the ordeal. The fire quickly went out and so the almost complete wreckage can still be found in exactly the same spot where it landed 80 years ago.
Registration / Serial:NF920
Aircraft Version:Avro 683 Lancaster B1
C/n (msn):
Operator Titles:UK - Air Force
City / Area:Porjus / Easy Elsie [ Off-Airport ]Map
Country:Sweden
Photo Date:5 June 2025
Photo by:Wim SonneveldContact