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Missions Flown
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Missions Flown
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NX611 "Just Jane" at East Kirkby
R5856
Avro 683 Lancaster I
Built by:
Metropolitan-Vickers
Contract:
B.108750/40
Works Order:
Delivered:
1942-05-09
Struck off:
1944-07-11
Missing
Fate:
Memorial:
R5856
U
QR
Story
Served with 83 Sqn. 1660 HCU, 61 Sqn. Hit by Flak and exploded in the air, hurtling wreckage over a wide area between 2 and 3 km SW of Mouy (Oise), a small town 13 km NW of Creil.
Last Flight Details (if lost)
Home Base:
Skellingthorpe
Mission:
St Leu D'esserent
Role
Pilot
Flt Eng
Nav
Bomb Aimer
WOp/AG
Air Gunner
Air Gunner
Rank
P/O
Sgt
Flt Sgt
Flt Sgt
Flt Sgt
Sgt
Sgt
Squadron:
61
Name
RH
TE
PG
AM
GE
C
W
Passant
Hunt
Uren
Frew
Nash
Howard
Smith
Service No.
Service
421619
RAAF
1891862
RAFVR
778979
RAFVR
1132241
RAFVR
419449
RAAF
1896784
RAFVR
1504052
RAFVR
Fate
Killed
Killed
Killed
Killed
Killed
Killed
Killed
Movements
Serial | Date | Unit | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
R5856 | 1942-05-09 | AV Roe | |
R5856 | 1942-05-27 | 83 Sqn | |
R5856 | 1942-06-24 | 1660 HCU | |
R5856 | 1943-05-06 | Cat AC | |
R5856 | 1943-05-22 | 1660 HCU | |
R5856 | 1943-08-08 | Cat AC | |
R5856 | 1943-11-25 | 1660 HCU | |
R5856 | 1944-01-30 | 61 Sqn | |
R5856 | 1944-03-31 | Cat AC | |
R5856 | 1944-06-10 | 61 Sqn | |
R5856 | 1944-07-08 | Cat E |
Missions Flown
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Serial | Date | Sqn | Code | Base | Mission | T/O | Land | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
R5856 | 1944-02-19 | 61 | QR | Q | Coningsby | Leipzig | 0023 | 0212 |
R5856 | 1944-02-20 | 61 | QR | Q | Coningsby | Stuttgart | 2344 | 0729 |
R5856 | 1944-02-24 | 61 | QR | Q | Coningsby | Schweinfurt | 1836 | 0210 |
R5856 | 1944-02-25 | 61 | QR | Q | Coningsby | Augsburg | 1834 | 0220 |
R5856 | 1944-03-01 | 61 | QR | Q | Coningsby | Stuttgart | 2300 | 0742 |
R5856 | 1944-03-15 | 61 | QR | Q | Coningsby | Stuttgart | 1914 | 2220 |
R5856 | 1944-03-22 | 61 | QR | Q | Coningsby | Frankfurt | 1848 | 0100 |
R5856 | 1944-03-26 | 61 | QR | Q | Coningsby | Essen | 1945 | 0112 |
R5856 | 1944-03-30 | 61 | QR | Q | Coningsby | Nuremburg | 2158 | 0343 |
R5856 | 1944-06-14 | 61 | QR | U | Skellingthorpe | Aunay | 2239 | 0246 |
R5856 | 1944-06-15 | 61 | QR | U | Skellingthorpe | Chatellerault | 2136 | 0401 |
R5856 | 1944-06-19 | 61 | QR | U | Skellingthorpe | Watten | 2234 | 0053 |
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