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R5701

Kay Crew.jpg

Avro 683 Lancaster I

Built by:

Avro, Manchester

Contract:

B.69274/40

Works Order:

7671

Delivered:

1942-07-02

Struck off:

1942-10-07

Missing

Fate:

Memorial:
Tail_bkgnd.png

R5701

Y

OF

Story

Served with 97 Sqn.

Last Flight Details (if lost)

Home Base:

Woodhall Spa

Mission:

Aachen

Role

Pilot

Flt Eng

Nav

Bomb Aimer

WOp/AG

Air Gunner

Air Gunner

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Rank

F/O

Sgt

F/O

Sgt

Sgt

Sgt

F/O

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Squadron:

97

Name

NJ

AE

lC

JR

KO

AHJG

KH

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Briant

Musgrave

Dorward

Dawson

Mackay

Desmond

Harrison

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Service No.

Service

10671

RAFVR

570712

RAF

404174

RAAF

1311085

RAFVR

1253668

RAFVR

1375654

RAFVR

47528

RAF

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Fate

Killed

Killed

Killed

Killed

Killed

Killed

Killed

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Movements
Serial
Date
Unit
Notes
R5701
1942-07-02
97 Sqn
R5701
1942-10-06
Cat E
Missions Flown
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Serial
Date
Sqn
Code
Base
Mission
T/O
Land
R5701
1942-07-23
97
OF
Y
Woodhall Spa
Duisburg
0106
0504
R5701
1942-07-25
97
OF
Y
Woodhall Spa
Duisburg
0039
0423
R5701
1942-07-26
97
OF
Y
Woodhall Spa
Hamburg
2258
0538
R5701
1942-08-01
97
OF
Y
Woodhall Spa
Dusseldorf
0103
0505
R5701
1942-08-03
97
OF
Y
Woodhall Spa
Gardening (Forget-Me-Not)
2341
0534
R5701
1942-08-06
97
OF
Y
Woodhall Spa
Duisburg
0105
0522
R5701
1942-08-09
97
OF
Y
Woodhall Spa
Osnabruck
0023
0425
R5701
1942-08-11
97
OF
Y
Woodhall Spa
Mainz
2307
0357
R5701
1942-08-12
97
OF
Y
Woodhall Spa
Mainz
2242
0021
R5701
1942-08-15
97
OF
Y
Woodhall Spa
Dusseldorf
0030
0417
R5701
1942-08-27
97
OF
Y
Woodhall Spa
Kassel
2124
0245
R5701
1942-09-01
97
OF
Y
Woodhall Spa
Saarbrucken
0014
0606
R5701
1942-09-02
97
OF
Y
Woodhall Spa
Karlsruhe
2325
0552
R5701
1942-09-04
97
OF
Y
Woodhall Spa
Bremen
0141
0503
R5701
1942-09-06
97
OF
Y
Woodhall Spa
Duisberg
0141
0503
R5701
1942-09-10
97
OF
Y
Woodhall Spa
Dusseldorf
2059
0146
R5701
1942-09-13
97
OF
Y
Woodhall Spa
Bremen
2250
0427
R5701
1942-09-14
97
OF
Y
Woodhall Spa
Wilhelmshaven
2019
0007
R5701
1942-09-16
97
OF
Y
Woodhall Spa
Essen
2011
0110
R5701
1942-09-18
97
OF
Y
Woodhall Spa
Gardening (Spinach)
1918
0300
R5701
1942-09-19
97
OF
Y
Woodhall Spa
Munich
2032
0343
R5701
1942-09-23
97
OF
Y
Woodhall Spa
Wismar
2314
0201
R5701
1942-10-02
97
OF
Y
Woodhall Spa
Krefeld
1926
2333
R5701
1942-10-05
97
OF
Y
Woodhall Spa
Aachen
1911
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