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Last Operation
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RF120
1945-03-10
Served with 576 Sqn.
RF121
1945-04-20
Crashed
Hamburg
Served with 61 Sqn. Crashed and exploded during an attack on oil storage tanks
RF122
1945-04-19
Served with 630 Sqn.
RF123
1947-10-15
Scrapped
Survived the war. Served with 61 Sqn.
RF124
1945-06-22
Served with 57 Sqn and 630 Sqn.
RF125
1946-10-15
Scrapped
Survived the war. Served with 101 Sqn.
RF126
1949-09-29
Scrapped
Survived the war. Served with 186 Sqn and 576 Sqn.
RF127
1947-03-04
Scrapped
Survived the war. Served with 75 Sqn and 44 Sqn.
RF128
1948-03-25
Scrapped
Survived the war. Served with 424 Sqn.
RF129
1947-05-07
Scrapped
Survived the war. Served with 75 Sqn and 44 Sqn.
RF130
1946-10-23
Scrapped
Survived the war. Served with 106 Sqn, 106 Sqn and 7 Sqn.
RF131
1946-09-30
Scrapped
Survived the war. Served with 227 Sqn and 115 Sqn.
RF132
1945-03-22
Missing
Served with 189 Sqn.
RF133
1946-11-02
Scrapped
Survived the war, Served with 218 and 7 Sqn.
RF134
1948-03-25
Scrapped
Survived the war. Served with 12 Sqn.
RF135
1946-02-20
Survived the war. Served with 500 Sqn and 100 Sqn. Cat B damaged on 1945-12-14. Re-Cat to Cat E and scrapped.
RF136
1945-10–06
Crashed
Survived the war. Served with 550 Sqn.
RF137
1945-03-08
Burnt
Served with 61 Sqn.
RF138
1945-03-08
Missing
Served with 50 Sqn.
RF139
1947-06-02
Scrapped
Survived the war. Served with 467 Sqn and 35 Sqn.
RF140
1948-02-05
Scrapped
Survived the war. Served with 467 Sqn, 635 Sqn, 227 Sqn, 35 Sqn, 15 Sqn and 44 Sqn.
RF141
1948-03-25
Scrapped
Survived the war. Served with 463 Sqn.
RF142
1947-05-15
Scrapped
Survived the war. Served with 149 Sqn and 138 Sqn.
RF143
1945-04-19
Missing
Served with 149 Sqn and 138 Sqn.
RF144
1949-04-28
Scrapped
Survived the war. Served with 207 Sqn.
RF145
1945-03-23
Missing
Served with 100 Sqn and 625 Sqn.
RF146
1947-09-30
Scrapped
Survived the war. Served with 625 Sqn.
RF147
1949-02-24
Scrapped
Survived the war. Served with 186 Sqn, 218 Sqn and A&AEE.
RF148
1947-05-15
Scrapped
Survived the war. Served with 424 Sqn.
RF149
1946-09-13
Scrapped
Survived the war. Served with 433 Sqn.
RF150
1945-04-04
Crashed
Served with 433 Sqn and 424 Sqn.
RF151
1946-02-21
Scrapped
Survived the war. Served with 189 Sqn and 106 Sqn.
RF152
1945-10-02
Scrapped
Survived the war. Served with 463 Sqn.
RF153
1945-03-22
Missing
Served with 630 Sqn, 50 Sqn and 49 Sqn.
RF154
1945-03-17
Missing
Served with 166 Sqn.
RF155
1946-10-05
Scrapped
Survived the war. Served with 626 Sqn and 12 Sqn.
RF156
1947-03-04
Scrapped
Survived the war. Served with 626 Sqn.
RF157
1947-09-03
Scrapped
Survived the war. Served with 75 Sqn and 44 Sqn.
RF158
1947-06-21
Scrapped
Survived the war. Served with 166 Sqn.
RF159
1945-08-07
Crashed
Served with 101 Sqn and 626 Sqn.
RF160
1947-05-15
Scrapped
Survived the war. Served with 61 Sqn.
RF161
1946-03-22
Scrapped
Survived the war. Served with 101 Sqn and 12 Sqn.
RF175
1947-05-19
Scrapped
Survived the war. Served with 50 Sqn and 463 Sqn.
RF176
1945-03-22
Shot Down
Wurzburg
Served with 50 Sqn and 61 Sqn. Shot down by a night fighter, crashing at Estenfeld, near Wurzburg.
RF177
1946-08-13
Scrapped
Survived the war. Served with 50 Sqn and 463 Sqn.
RF178
1946-09-17
Scrapped
Survived the war. Served with 49 Sqn, 227 Sqn and 115 Sqn.
RF179
1947-09-03
Scrapped
Survived the war. Served with 49 Sqn, 57 Sqn, 460 Sqn and 57 Sqn.
RF180
1947-08-29
Scrapped
Survived the war. Served with 50 Sqn, 467 Sqn, 635 Sqn, 227 Sqn, 35 Sqn and 207 Sqn.
RF181
1945-03-22
Shot Down
Nuremburg
Served with 12 Sqn. Shot down by night fighter, possibly piloted by Lt Helmut Bunje, Maj Werner Hoffman, Hptm Helmuth Schulte, Fw Emil Weinmann or Oblt Erich Jung. Aircraft having lost altitude, exploded in the air, debris being spread over wide area.
RF182
1945-04-05
Crashed
Lutzkendorf
Served with 12 Sqn. Crashed near the small town of Braunsbedra approximately 10 km SW of Merseburg.
RF183
1947-01-20
Scrapped
Survived the war. Served with 35 Sqn, 156 Sqn and 49 Sqn.
RF184
1947-10-16
Scrapped
Survived the war. Served with 15 Sqn, 90 Sqn, 207 Sqn and 138 Sqn.
RF185
1947-02-28
Scrapped
Survived the war. Served with 15 Sqn and 90 Sqn.
RF186
1947-06-03
Scrapped
Survived the war. Served with 550 Sqn, 103 Sqn and 57 Sqn.
RF187
1950-11-11
Scrapped
Survived the war. Served with 12 Sqn, 101 Sqn and 44 Sqn.
RF188
1945-03-22
Crashed
Nuremburg
Served with 12 Sqn. Crashed at Ottenhoose, near Hersbruck in Bavaria.
RF189
1947-02-06
Scrapped
Survived the war. Served with 625 Sqn and 300 Sqn. Fuselage moved to Messrs Alvis in 1947 and considered SOC.
RF190
1946-11-26
Scrapped
Survived the war. Served with 115 Sqn, 75 Sqn and 44 Sqn.
RF191
1947-06-02
Scrapped
Survived the war. Served with 100 Sqn, 460 Sqn and 57 Sqn.
RF192
1947-10-16
Scrapped
Survived the war. Served with 207 Sqn, 630 Sqn, 617 Sqn and 57 Sqn.
RF193
1947-06-03
Scrapped
Survived the war. Served with 103 Sqn and 57 Sqn.
RF194
1947-06-02
Scrapped
Survived the war. Served with 207 Sqn, 630 Sqn and 186 Sqn.
RF195
1945-04-28
Crashed
Served with 207 Sqn and 57 Sqn.
RF196
1945-04-23
Crashed
Served with 625 Sqn and 460 Sqn.
RF197
1945-10-19
Crashed
Served with 625 Sqn and 576 Sqn.
RF198
1947-06-03
Scrapped
Survived the war. Served with 186 Sqn and 1659 HCU.
RF199
1947-04-24
Scrapped
Survived the war. Served with 170 Sqn and 231 Sqn.
RF200
1947-03-21
Scrapped
Survived the war. Served with 576 Sqn.
RF201
1948-09-03
Scrapped
Survived the war. Served with 61 Sqn. Converted to instructional airframe 5848M.
RF202
1947-03-04
Scrapped
Survived the war. Served with 44 Sqn, 57 Sqn, 630 Sqn and 467 Sqn.
RF203
1945-06-05
Crashed
Served with 57 Sqn, 44 Sqn, 619 Sqn and 44 Sqn.
RF204
1948-03-05
Scrapped
Survived the war. Served with 227 Sqn, 189 Sqn, 106 Sqn and 12 Sqn.
RF205
1947-05-21
Scrapped
Survived the war. Served with 153 Sqn, 12 Sqn, 427 Sqn and 300 Sqn.
RF206
1945-11-06
Scrapped
Survived the war. Served with 619 Sqn, 44 Sqn and 75 Sqn.
RF207
1947-06-02
Scrapped
Survived the war. Served with 429 Sqn.
RF208
1947-01-24
Scrapped
Survived the war. Served with 619 Sqn and 207 Sqn.
RF209
1947-08-08
Scrapped
Survived the war. Served with 207 Sqn.
RF210
1952-01-23
Crashed
Training
Survived the war. Served with 44 Sqn and 203 Sqn. Ditched in Mediterranean Sea during Exercise Oversticks 2. One fatality.
RF211
1947-08-18
Scrapped
Survived the war. Served with 166 Sqn.
RF212
1946-01-29
Scrapped
Survived the war. Served with 460 Sqn and 57 Sqn.
RF213
1946-09-23
Scrapped
Survived the war. Served with 625 Sqn and 576 Sqn.
RF214
1946-09-05
Scrapped
Survived the war. Served with 550 Sqn.
RF215
1948-03-25
Scrapped
Survived the war. Served with 49 Sqn, 106 Sqn and 7 Sqn.
RF216
1948-03-05
Scrapped
Survived the war. Served with 149 Sqn and 189 Sqn.
RF229
1946-11-12
Scrapped
Survived the war. Served with 550 Sqn, 103 Sqn and 57 Sqn.
RF230
1945-05-17
Wrecked
Served with 514 Sqn.
RF231
1947-08-25
Scrapped
Survived the war. Served with 514 Sqn and 6 OTU. Re-cat from Cat B damage.
RF232
1947-04-29
Scrapped
Survived the war. Served with 460 Sqn.
RF233
1948-03-25
Scrapped
Survived the war. Served with 460 Sqn.
RF234
1947-10-16
Scrapped
Survived the war. Served with 44 Sqn and 619 Sqn.
RF235
1945-07-16
Crashed
Served with 106 Sqn. Re-cat from Cat B damage.
RF236
1947-01-30
Scrapped
Survived the war. Served with 106 Sqn, PFF NTU and 7 Sqn.
RF237
1947-03-04
Scrapped
Survived the war. Served with 550 Sqn.
RF238
1947-03-04
Scrapped
Survived the war. Served with 619 Sqn, 44 Sqn, 75 Sqn and 207 Sqn.
RF239
1948-03-25
Scrapped
Survived the war. Served with 619 Sqn, 44 Sqn, 83 Sqn and 12 Sqn.
RF240
1948-03-05
Scrapped
Survived the war. Served with 619 Sqn, 44 Sqn, 75 Sqn and 207 Sqn.
RF241
1946-08-20
Scrapped
Survived the war. Served with 12 Sqn and 626 Sqn.
RF242
1947-09-04
Scrapped
Survived the war. Served with 12 Sqn and 300 Sqn.
RF243
1947-03-04
Scrapped
Survived the war. Served with 150 Sqn and 231 Sqn.
RF244
1946-08-29
Scrapped
Survived the war. Served with 166 Sqn.
RF245
1947-09-04
Scrapped
Survived the war. Served with 150 Sqn, 12 Sqn, 427 Sqn and 300 Sqn.
RF246
1946-08-08
Scrapped
Survived the war. Served with 460 Sqn.
RF247
1946-07-03
Scrapped
Survived the war. Served with 460 Sqn.
RF248
1946-01-01
Scrapped
Survived the war. Served with 460 Sqn.
RF249
1947-03-04
Scrapped
Survived the war. Served with 50 Sqn and 83 Sqn.
RF250
1946-08-08
Scrapped
Survived the war. Served with 460 Sqn.
RF251
1948-03-25
Scrapped
Survived the war. Served with 460 Sqn.
RF252
1947-05-22
Scrapped
Survived the war. Served with 429 Sqn.
RF253
1945-06-26
Crashed
Bomb Disposal
Survived the war. Served with 429 Sqn. Multiple engine failure on approach to landing. Ran off runway and undercarriage collapsed. No injuries to the 7 crew.
RF254
1948-03-25
Scrapped
Survived the war. Served with 460 Sqn.
RF255
1947-05-21
Scrapped
Survived the war. Served with 626 Sqn.
RF256
1947-03-04
Scrapped
Post war. Served with 626 Sqn.
RF257
1946-01-30
Crashed
Training
Post war. Served with 433 Sqn and 427 Sqn. Overshot runway and crashed. No injuries from the 7 crew.
RF258
1948-07-01
Scrapped
Post war. Not allocated to an active unit.
RF259
1946-02-27
Crashed
Training
Post war. Served with 433 Sqn and 429 Sqn. Flt Eng mis understood pilots instructions and retracted the undercarriage before the aircraft was airborne. No injuries from the 5 crew.
RF260
1951-04-12
Scrapped
Post war. Served with 424 Sqn and 427 Sqn.
RF261
1947-07-31
Scrapped
Post war. Served with 101 Sqn.
RF262
1946-05-07
Burnt
Training
Post war. Served with 101 Sqn and 300 Sqn. Aircraft swung on take off, the undercarriage collapsed and the aircraft caught fire. No injuries in the 6 crew.
RF263
1947-04-29
Scrapped
Post war. Served with 101 Sqn and 67 Sqn.
RF264
1946-08-16
Scrapped
Post war. Served with 101 Sqn.
RF265
1947-07-01
Scrapped
Post war. Served with 630 Sqn, 44 Sqn, 75 Sqn and 207 Sqn.
RF266
2947-08-29
Scrapped
Post war. Served with 630 Sqn, 207 Sqn and 231 Sqn.
RF267
1946-02-19
Scrapped
Post war. Served with 50 Sqn.
RF268
1946-11-22
Scrapped
Post war. Served with 101 Sqn. Converted to instructional airframe 6206M.
RF269
1956-07-31
Scrapped
Post war. Served with 38 Sqn and 37 Sqn.
RF270
1946-08-08
Scrapped
Post war. Served with 50 Sqn and 463 Sqn.
RF271
1950-02-04
Scrapped
Post war. Not allocated to an active unit.
RF272
1956-10-31
Scrapped
Post war. Served with 514 Sqn, 279 Sqn, 38 Sqn and 37 Sqn.
RF273
1955-01-31
Scrapped
Post war. Served with 38 Sqn.
RF286
1949-01-28
Scrapped
Post war. Not allocated to an active unit.
RF287
1956-09-16
Scrapped
Post war. Served with 37 Sqn and 236 OCU Sqn.
RF288
1947-01-31
Scrapped
Post war. Not allocated to an active unit.
RF289
1955-09-14
Scrapped
Post war. Served with 120 Sqn.
RF290
1954-12-31
Scrapped
Post war. Not allocated to an active unit.
RF291
1953-10-31
Scrapped
Post war. Served with 37 Sqn and 38 Sqn.
RF292
1950-02-06
Scrapped
Post war. Served with 227 Sqn, 179 Sqn, 224 Sqn and 210 Sqn.
RF293
1946-10-31
Scrapped
Post war. Not allocated to an active unit.
RF294
1947-05-22
Scrapped
Post war. Not allocated to an active unit.
RF295
1956-10-31
Scrapped
Post war. Served with 236 OCU.
RF296
1946-09-28
Scrapped
Post war. Not allocated to an active unit.
RF297
1947-08-25
Scrapped
Post war. Not allocated to an active unit.
RF298
1947-03-04
Scrapped
Post war. Not allocated to an active unit.
RF299
1946-11-28
Scrapped
Post war. Not allocated to an active unit.
RF300
1950-09-01
Scrapped
Post war. Served with 38 Sqn and 37 Sqn.
RF301
1949-07-29
Scrapped
Post war. Not allocated to an active unit. Converted to instructional airframe 6679M.
RF302
1949-03-03
Scrapped
Post war. Served with 120 Sqn.
RF303
1957-05-31
Scrapped
Post war. Served with 236 OCU.
RF304
1949-02-09
Scrapped
Post war. Not allocated to an active unit.
RF305
1954-01-08
Scrapped
Post war. Not allocated to an active unit.
RF306
1951-08-15
Scrapped
Post war. Served with 37 Sqn.
RF307
1956-09-06
Scrapped
Post war. Served with 203 Sqn.
RF308
1953-12-31
Scrapped
Post war. Served with 37 Sqn.
RF309
1953-12-31
Scrapped
Post war. Served with 160 Sqn.
RF310
1946-04-11
Scrapped
Post war. Served with 279 Sqn.
RF311
1957-05-31
Scrapped
Post war. Served with 203 Sqn.
RF312
1952-02-21
Scrapped
Post war. Served with 179 Sqn, 224 Sqn, 210 Sqn, 120 Sqn and 203 Sqn.
RF313
1957-05-31
Scrapped
Post war. Served with 279 Sqn and 38 Sqn.
RF314
1948-07-23
Scrapped
Post war. Served with 179 Sqn, 210 Sqn and 224 Sqn.
RF315
1948-03-25
Scrapped
Post war. Served with 179 Sqn, 210 Sqn and 120 Sqn.
RF316
1949-03-31
Scrapped
Post war. Not allocated to an active unit.
RF317
1946-04-02
Scrapped
Post war. Not allocated to an active unit.
RF318
1956-09-06
Scrapped
Post war. Served with 236 OCU.
RF319
1950-01-07
Scrapped
Post war. Served with 6 OTU.
RF320
1956-10-31
Scrapped
Post war. Served with 218 Sqn, 279 Sqn, 38 Sqn and 236 OCU.
RF321
1949-03-31
Scrapped
Post war. Not allocated to an active unit.
RF322
1954-07-04
Scrapped
Post war. Served with 218 Sqn, 279 Sqn and 37 Sqn.
RF323
1947-05-29
Scrapped
Post war. Not allocated to an active unit.
RF324
1947-07-11
Scrapped
Post war. Served with 218 Sqn, 279 Sqn, 179 Sqn and 224 Sqn.
RF325
1957–7-11
Scrapped
Post war. Served with 218 Sqn and 279 Sqn.
RF326
1946-04-02
Crashed
Post war. Not allocated to an active unit. Crashed on take off after pilot raised undercarriage to facilitate an emergency stop as part of an air test at 218 MU.

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