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Missions Flown
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Missions Flown
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NX611 "Just Jane" at East Kirkby
R5888
Avro 683 Lancaster I
Built by:
Metropolitan-Vickers
Contract:
B.108750/40
R5888
QR
Works Order:
Delivered:
1942-06-21
Struck off:
1942-09-11
Missing
Fate:
Memorial:
Story
Built in June it wasnt delivered to a Sqn until 5th July (106 Sqn). It was transferred the following day to 61 Sqn where it served for two months before going missing on an op to Dusseldorf.
Last Flight Details (if lost)
Home Base:
Syerston
Mission:
Dusseldorf
Squadron:
61
Role
Pilot
Flt Eng
Nav
WOp/AG
Bomb Aimer
WOp/AG
Air Gunner
Rank
Flt Sgt
Sgt
Sgt
Sgt
Sgt
Flt Sgt
Sgt
Name
F
GA
LW
PH
WT
AC
EW
Hobson
Hill
Thomas
Fairbanks
Belton
Yates
Catlin
Service No.
Service
Fate
IBCC Link
912096
Killed
RAFVR
819006
Killed
RAF(Aux)
402282
Killed
RAAF
1112526
Killed
RAFVR
1058416
Killed
RAFVR
R/70975
Killed
RCAF
1076033
Killed
RAFVR
Missions Flown
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Memorial
Serial | Date | Sqn | Code | Base | Mission | T/O | Land | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
R5888 | 1942-07-18 | 61 | QR | B | Syerston | Anti Submarine | 0630 | 1720 |
R5888 | 1942-07-19 | 61 | QR | B | Syerston | Anti Submarine | 0735 | 1735 |
R5888 | 1942-07-25 | 61 | QR | B | Syerston | Anti Submarine | 0740 | 1710 |
R5888 | 1942-07-26 | 61 | QR | B | Syerston | Hamburg | 2310 | 0600 |
R5888 | 1942-07-29 | 61 | QR | B | Syerston | Saarbrucken | 0005 | 0540 |
R5888 | 1942-08-04 | 61 | QR | B | Syerston | Anti Submarine | 1130 | 1310 |
R5888 | 1942-08-10 | 61 | QR | B | Syerston | Anti Submarine | 0800 | 1840 |
R5888 | 1942-08-11 | 61 | QR | B | Syerston | Anti Submarine | 0545 | 1605 |
R5888 | 1942-08-20 | 61 | QR | B | Syerston | Tanker Attack | 1640 | 1810 |
R5888 | 1942-08-27 | 61 | QR | B | Syerston | Kassel | 2115 | 0250 |
R5888 | 1942-08-28 | 61 | QR | B | Syerston | Nuremburg | 2045 | 0350 |
R5888 | 1942-08-31 | 61 | QR | B | Syerston | Gardening (Kattegat) | 2330 | 0535 |
R5888 | 1942-09-04 | 61 | QR | B | Syerston | Bremen | 0010 | 0530 |
R5888 | 1942-09-06 | 61 | QR | B | Syerston | Duisberg | 0110 | 0500 |
R5888 | 1942-09-08 | 61 | QR | B | Syerston | Frankfurt | 2115 | 0035 |
R5888 | 1942-09-10 | 61 | QR | B | Syerston | Dusseldorf | 2030 | - |
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