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Missions Flown
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Missions Flown
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NX611 "Just Jane" at East Kirkby
R5898
Avro 683 Lancaster I
Built by:
Metropolitan-Vickers
Contract:
B.108750/40
Works Order:
Delivered:
1942-07-18
Struck off:
1943-04-15
Shot Down
Fate:
Memorial:
R5898
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KM
Story
Served with 44 Sqn. Shot down by a night fighter and crashed north of the Hertogswetering, at Teeffelen in Holland.
Last Flight Details (if lost)
Home Base:
Waddington
Mission:
Duisburg
Role
Pilot
Flt Eng
Nav
Bomb Aimer
Wop/AG
Air Gunner
Air Gunner
Nav
Rank
Sgt
Sgt
F/O
Sgt
Sgt
Sgt
Sgt
Sgt
Squadron:
44
Name
W
AM
JH
LJ
JW
S
H
JT
Smith
Cowe
Salt
Nash
Wardlaw
Dixon
Waite
Broughton
Service No.
Service
1223942
RAFVR
1372337
RAFVR
125986
RAFVR
1334122
RAFVR
R/91481
RCAF
1120687
RAFVR
655940
RAF
1227996
RAFVR
Fate
Killed
PoW
Killed
Killed
PoW
Killed
PoW
PoW
Movements
Serial | Date | Unit | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
R5898 | 1942-07-18 | AV Roe | |
R5898 | 1942-07-26 | 49 Sqn | |
R5898 | 1942-09-19 | Cat AC | |
R5898 | 1942-10-03 | 49 Sqn | |
R5898 | 1943-01-17 | Cat AC | |
R5898 | 1943-02-06 | 44 Sqn | |
R5898 | 1943-04-09 | Cat E |
Missions Flown
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Serial | Date | Sqn | Code | Base | Mission | T/O | Land | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
R5898 | 1942-08-20 | 49 | Scampton | Gardening (Bornholm) | 2022 | 0315 | ||
R5898 | 1942-08-27 | 49 | Scampton | Kassel | 2110 | 0241 | ||
R5898 | 1942-09-04 | 49 | Scampton | Bremen | 0019 | 0517 | ||
R5898 | 1942-09-06 | 49 | Scampton | Duisburg | 0129 | 0515 | ||
R5898 | 1942-09-08 | 49 | Scampton | Frankfurt | 2033 | 0239 | ||
R5898 | 1942-09-10 | 49 | Scampton | Dusseldorf | 2042 | 0114 | ||
R5898 | 1942-09-13 | 49 | Scampton | Bremen | 2323 | 0401 | ||
R5898 | 1942-09-14 | 49 | Scampton | Wilhelmshaven | 2032 | 0048 | ||
R5898 | 1942-09-16 | 49 | Scampton | Essen | 2030 | 2215 | ||
R5898 | 1942-09-18 | 49 | Scampton | Gardening (Swinemunde) | 1946 | 0321 | ||
R5898 | 1942-10-05 | 49 | Scampton | Aachen | 1926 | 0039 | ||
R5898 | 1942-10-06 | 49 | Scampton | Osnabruck | 1920 | 2341 |
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