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DVxxx Series

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Photo
Serial
Struck Off
Fate
Last Operation
Story
DV241
1943-09-30
Crashed
Berlin
Served with 12 Sqn. Crashed at Halle-Hackpfuffel.
DV242
1948-03-03
Survived the war. Served with 100 Sqn (14 ops), 635 Sqn, 3 LFS, 1656 HCU.
DV243
1943-10-27
Ditched
Kassel
Served with 207 Sqn. Ran ouot of petrol and ditched off Great Yarmouth. Flt Sgt Dow was washed away from the dinghy.
DV244
1944-04-26
Shot down
Karlsruhe
Served with 12 Sqn and 626 Sqn. Shot down by night fighter and crashed at Plittersdorf.
DV245
1945-04-05
Shot down
Bremen
Served with 101 Sqn. Hit by flak and exploded crashing between Moordeich and Stuhr.
DV246
1947-08-18
Survived the war. Initially allocated to 44 Sqn but transferred to 617 Sqn 2 days later. Also served with 1661 HCU and 1654 HCU.
DV247
1943-11-29
Shot down
Berlin
Served with 460 Sqn and 166 Sqn. Hit by flak, trapping the rear gunner in the turret, The mid upper went to help. Neither escaped.
DV263
1944-01-26
Shot down
Magdeburg
Served with 44 Sqn. Believed shot down by night fighter in the Waddenkathe area.
DV264
1944-03-31
Shot down
Nuremburg
Served with 101 Sqn. Shot down by a Halifax and crashed near Gemund. Sgt Brinkhurst went to Switzerland and then back to France, returning to the Sqn and completing another 20 ops.
DV265
1943-11-30
Shot down
Dusseldorf
Served with 101 Sqn. Shot down by night fighter which caused a fire in the fuselage. All contact with with those aft of Nav compartment lost.
DV266
1943-10-31
Crashed
Hannover
Served with 101 Sqn. Crashed at Weetzen
DV267
1944-02-29
Crashed
Leipzig
Served with 101 Sqn. Crashed near Tolbert.

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