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Missions Flown
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Missions Flown
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NX611 "Just Jane" at East Kirkby
W4778

W4778
T
KM
Avro 683 Lancaster I
Built by:
Metropolitan-Vickers
Contract:
B.69275/40
Works Order:
0
Memorial:
Shot Down
Fate:
Struck off:
1943-08-08
Delivered:
1942-09-24
Story
Served with 106 Sqn and 44 Sqn. Shot down by night fighter pilot Hauptmann Hans-Joachim Jabs of the Stab IV./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Leeuwarden airfield.
Last Flight Details (if lost)
Home Base:
Dunholme Lodge
Mission:
Hamburg
Squadron:
44
Role
Pilot
Flt Eng
Nav
Bomb Aimer
Wop/AG
Air Gunner
Air Gunner
Rank
Sgt
Sgt
P/O
Sgt
Sgt
Sgt
Sgt
Name
AR
LG
EB
PL
SA
RE
WA
Moffatt
Croft
Kirkham
Swan
King
Fincham
Sewell
Service No.
Service
1219556
RAFVR
1801134
RAFVR
J/22566
RCAF
1330846
RAFVR
1270913
RAFVR
921069
RAFVR
1672888
RAFVR
Fate
Killed
Killed
Killed
PoW
Killed
Killed
Killed
Movements
Serial | Date | Unit | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
W4778 | 1942-09-24 | AV Roe | |
W4778 | 1942-10-14 | 106 Conv Flt | |
W4778 | 1942-10-28 | Cat AC | |
W4778 | 1942-11-11 | AV Roe | |
W4778 | 1943-02-27 | AW/CN | |
W4778 | 1943-03-04 | 38 MU | |
W4778 | 1943-04-16 | 44 Sqn | |
W4778 | 1943-06-24 | Cat AC | |
W4778 | 1943-07-02 | 44 Sqn | |
W4778 | 1943-08-03 | Cat E |
Missions Flown
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Serial | Date | Sqn | Code | Base | Mission | T/O | Land | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
W4778 | 1943-04-18 | 44 | KM | T | Waddington | Spezia | 2108 | 0625 |
W4778 | 1943-04-20 | 44 | KM | T | Waddington | Stettin | 2135 | 0524 |
W4778 | 1943-04-26 | 44 | KM | T | Waddington | Duisburg | 0012 | 0535 |
W4778 | 1943-04-30 | 44 | KM | T | Waddington | Essen | 0034 | 0517 |
W4778 | 1943-04-30 | 44 | KM | T | Waddington | Essen | 0047 | 0520 |
W4778 | 1943-05-04 | 44 | KM | T | Waddington | Dortmund | 2139 | 0402 |
W4778 | 1943-05-12 | 44 | KM | T | Waddington | Duisburg | 0020 | 0449 |
W4778 | 1943-05-13 | 44 | KM | T | Waddington | Pilsen | 2146 | 0522 |
W4778 | 1943-05-23 | 44 | KM | T | Waddington | Dortmund | 2249 | 0340 |
W4778 | 1943-05-25 | 44 | KM | T | Waddington | Dusseldorf | 2334 | 0416 |
W4778 | 1943-05-29 | 44 | KM | T | Waddington | Wuppertal | 2248 | 0430 |
W4778 | 1943-06-12 | 44 | KM | T | Dunholme Lodge | Bochum | 2240 | 0403 |
W4778 | 1943-06-14 | 44 | KM | T | Dunholme Lodge | Oberhausen | 2228 | 0327 |
W4778 | 1943-06-16 | 44 | KM | T | Dunholme Lodge | Cologne | 2215 | 0319 |
W4778 | 1943-06-22 | 44 | KM | T | Dunholme Lodge | Mulheim | 2241 | 0327 |
W4778 | 1943-07-03 | 44 | KM | T | Dunholme Lodge | Cologne | 2343 | 0440 |
W4778 | 1943-07-08 | 44 | KM | T | Dunholme Lodge | Cologne | 2247 | 0454 |
W4778 | 1943-07-12 | 44 | KM | T | Dunholme Lodge | Turin | 2224 | 0832 |
W4778 | 1943-07-24 | 44 | KM | T | Dunholme Lodge | Hamburg | 2312 | 0421 |
W4778 | 1943-07-25 | 44 | KM | T | Dunholme Lodge | Essen | 2228 | 0305 |
W4778 | 1943-07-27 | 44 | KM | T | Dunholme Lodge | Hamburg | 2256 | 0401 |
W4778 | 1943-07-29 | 44 | KM | T | Dunholme Lodge | Hamburg | 2249 | 0343 |
W4778 | 1943-08-02 | 44 | KM | T | Dunholme Lodge | Hamburg | 2347 | '- |
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