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HKxxx Series

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Serial
Struck Off
Fate
Last Operation
Details
HK620
1945-02-22
Crashed
Hohenbudberg
Served with 15 Sqn. Inhabitants of Wauthier-Braine, a village roughly situated ten miles south-west of Brussels, reported that two engines were ablaze as the aircraft passed over the village very low. It just missed the castle of the d'Oultremont family, and finally crashed into the woods known locally as "le bois d'Hautmont". Many fallen trees led to the site, where the remains of Lancaster HK620 were lying scattered around. An Allied team recovered the remains of eight airmen.
HK621
1944-11-16
Served with 15 Sqn (11 days) and 622 Sqn.
HK622
1944-11-30
Served with 15 Sqn (7 days), 90 Sqn, 186 Sqn.
HK623
1947-05-22
Survived the war. Served with 622 Sqn and 44 Sqn.
HK624
1944-11-30
Served with 149 Sqn and 115 Sqn.
HK625
1947-01-20
Survived the war. Served with 622 Sqn (2 days), 15 Sqn (14 days), 90 Sqn.
HK626
1944-12-14
Shot down
Oberhausen
Served with 622 Sqn (6 days) and 15 Sqn. Hit by flak and crashed at 14:00, 4 December, 1944 at Wunderstrasse, Oberhausen, Germany.
HK627
1944-12-14
Shot down
Witten
Served with 622 Sqn (4 days) and 15 Sqn. Shot down by flak and burst into flames, crashing near Witten.
HK628
1946-12-31
Survived the war. Served with 622 Sqn. Post war served with 44 Sqn and 15 Sqn
HK644
1944-11-16
Served with 622 Sqn.
HK645
1945-10-19
Survived the war. Served with 149 Sqn and 186 Sqn.
HK646
1947-05-22
Survived the war. Served with 622 Sqn and 44 Sqn (post war).

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