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Missions Flown
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Missions Flown
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NX611 "Just Jane" at East Kirkby
LM720
Avro 683 Lancaster III
Built by:
Avro, Yeadon
QR
D
LM720
Contract:
1807
Works Order:
Delivered:
1944-09-01
Struck off:
1945-02-22
Fate:
Crashed
Story
Served with 61 Sqn. On return flew into a Radar mast on Bord Hill and crashed 01:21 15 Jan 1945 near Langham airfield, Norfolk. Poor weather conditions and the possibility that the crew may have received a garbled W/T message advising the destination of a diversionary airfield are thought to have been contributory factors in this tragic accident.
Memorial:
Last Flight Details (if lost)
Home Base:
Skellingthorpe
Mission:
Leuna Merseburg
Squadron:
619
Role
Pilot
Flt Eng
Nav
Bomb Aimer
WOp/AG
Air Gunner
Air Gunner
Rank
F/O
Sgt
Flt Sgt
Flt Sgt
Flt Sgt
Sgt
Sgt
Name
Service No.
Fate
Service
IBCC Link
WG
Corewyn
178520
Killed
RAFVR
PR
Earl
1649851
Killed
RAFVR
RC
Battersby
1545932
Killed
RAFVR
EJ
Boakes
1586951
Killed
RAFVR
SJ
James
1583124
Killed
RAFVR
J
Douglas
1373345
Killed
RAFVR
R
Richardson
1590833
Killed
RAFVR
Memorial
Movements
Serial | Date | Unit | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
LM720 | 1944-09-01 | 61 Sqn | |
LM720 | 1945-01-16 | Cat E |
Missions Flown
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Serial | Date | Sqn | Code | Base | Mission | T/O | Land | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
LM720 | 1944-09-10 | 61 | QR | D | Skellingthorpe | Le Havre | 1509 | 2012 |
LM720 | 1944-09-11 | 61 | QR | D | Skellingthorpe | Le Havre | 0408 | 0924 |
LM720 | 1944-09-11 | 61 | QR | D | Skellingthorpe | Darmstadt | 2035 | 0312 |
LM720 | 1944-09-12 | 61 | QR | D | Skellingthorpe | Stuttgart | 1912 | 0213 |
LM720 | 1944-09-17 | 61 | QR | D | Skellingthorpe | Boulogne | 0735 | 1143 |
LM720 | 1944-09-18 | 61 | QR | D | Skellingthorpe | Bremerhaven | 1804 | 2301 |
LM720 | 1944-09-19 | 61 | QR | D | Skellingthorpe | Rheydt | 1836 | 2346 |
LM720 | 1944-09-23 | 61 | QR | D | Skellingthorpe | Munster | 1902 | 0034 |
LM720 | 1944-09-26 | 61 | QR | D | Skellingthorpe | Karlsruhe | 0056 | 0350 |
LM720 | 1944-09-27 | 61 | QR | D | Skellingthorpe | Kaiserslautern | 2157 | 0411 |
LM720 | 1944-10-05 | 61 | QR | D | Skellingthorpe | Wilhelmshaven | 0831 | 1320 |
LM720 | 1944-10-06 | 61 | QR | D | Skellingthorpe | Bremen | 1749 | 2242 |
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