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Missions Flown
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Missions Flown
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NX611 "Just Jane" at East Kirkby
R5679
Avro 683 Lancaster I
Built by:
Avro, Manchester
Contract:
B.69274/40
Works Order:
7671
Delivered:
1942-06-19
Struck off:
1942-09-25
Missing
Fate:
Memorial:
R5679
O
QR
Story
Served with 61 Sqn for three months before going missing on a Gardening op in the Baltic. Crashed 0200Hrs at Gronhoj, near Viborg, Denmark. Exploded on impact.
Last Flight Details (if lost)
Home Base:
Syerston
Mission:
Gardening
Role
Pilot
Flt Eng
Nav
WOp/AG
Bomb Aimer
Air Gunner
Air Gunner
Rank
Sgt
Sgt
Flt Sgt
Sgt
Sgt
Flt Sgt
Sgt
Squadron:
61
Name
LW
CN
JA
E
AM
WY
TR
Morrison
Coldicott
Duffield
Dyson
Cormack
Emerslund
Bevan
Service No.
Service
656649
RAFVR
570285
RAF
R/68670
RCAF
1059428
RAFVR
1290672
RAFVR
R/92023
RCAF
1317942
RAFVR
Fate
Killed
Killed
Killed
Killed
Killed
Killed
Killed
Movements
Serial | Date | Unit | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
R5679 | 1942-06-19 | 83 Sqn | |
R5679 | 1942-06-20 | 61 Sqn | |
R5679 | 1942-09-25 | Cat E |
Missions Flown
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Serial | Date | Sqn | Code | Base | Mission | T/O | Land | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
R5679 | 1942-09-01 | 61 | QR | O | Syerston | Saarbrucken | 0015 | 0530 |
R5679 | 1942-09-02 | 61 | QR | O | Syerston | Karlsruhe | 2330 | 0550 |
R5679 | 1942-09-04 | 61 | QR | O | Syerston | Bremen | 0025 | 0440 |
R5679 | 1942-09-06 | 61 | QR | O | Syerston | Duisberg | 0125 | 0535 |
R5679 | 1942-09-10 | 61 | QR | O | Syerston | Dusseldorf | 2025 | 0040 |
R5679 | 1942-09-13 | 61 | QR | O | Syerston | Bremen | 2320 | 0345 |
R5679 | 1942-09-19 | 61 | QR | O | Syerston | Munich | 2005 | 0425 |
R5679 | 1942-09-24 | 61 | QR | O | Syerston | Gardening (Baltic) | 1950 | - |
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