Ton-Up Lancs

550 Squadron celebrates 'Vulture Strikes!' 100th successful operation on March 6, 1945.

550 Squadron was home to three ‘Ton-Up Lancs,’ the nickname for a Lancaster which reached a hundred successful operations:

PA995 ‘Vulture Strikes!’ (A.K.A. BQ-V) - 100 successful operations

ED905 ‘Press on Regardless’ (A.K.A. BQ-F) - 100 successful operations

EE139 ‘Phantom of the Ruhr’ (A.K.A. BQ-B) - 121 successful operations 

There are only two remaining air-worthy Lancasters: One is located at the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum near Hamilton, Ontario.  The second flies out RAF Coningsby in Lincolnshire, UK and was at one time marked in the call letters of the Phantom of the Ruhr to celebrate the success of this particular aircraft.