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DSxxx Series

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Photo
Serial
Struck Off
Fate
Last Operation
Details
DS719
1944-05-02
Crashed
Essen
Served with 426 Sqn and 408 Sqn. Crashed near Wissenkerke.
DS720
1944-01-18
Missing
Braunschweig
Served with 115 Sqn.
DS721
1943-10-12
Lost without trace
Air Sea Rescue
Served with 115 Sqn.
DS722
1943-09-15
Ditched
Berlin
Served with 115 Sqn. Ditched west of Frisian Isles. 3 crew picked up 6 days later. Wop’s body was washed ashore in Holland on 12 November.
DS723
1943-11-27
Lost without trace
Berlin
Served with 426 Sqn and 408 Sqn.
DS724
1943-10-25
Crashed
Stuttgart
Served with 408 Sqn. Abandoned shortly after take off. Crashed at Manor Farm, Spaunton killing 51 year old farmer George Strickland.
DS725
1943-10-31
Crashed
Leipzig
Served with 115 Sqn. Believed to have come down at Engersen.
DS726
1944-07-04
Crashed
Cambrai
Served with 426 Sqn and 408 Sqn. Crashed at Seranvillers-Forneville.
DS727
1946-04-23
Survived the war. Served with 426 Sqn, 408 Sqn, 1668 HCU, 1669 HCU.
DS728
1944-04-25
Shot down
Koln
Served with 115 Sqn. Hit by flak in target area and partially abandoned.
DS729
1945-03-29
Served with 426 Sqn and 408 Sqn.
DS730
1945-09-20
Survived the war. Served with 408 Sqn, 1679 HCU, 1666 HCU, 408 Sqn, 1668 HCU, 1666HCU. Became 4973M.

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