1942-12-28

Shot Down

Gardening (Artichokes)

Served with 97 Sqn from Feb 42 until being transferred to 101 Sqn in October of that year.

1944-01-24

Missing

Berlin

Served with 97 Sqn until April 43, then transferred to 1654 HCU. Moved to 622 Sqn on 10th January 44 before being lost a fortnight later.

1943-04-17

Missing

Pilsen

Served for a month with 44 Sqn before being damaged and returned to A V Roe until 12th March 43 when it was allocated to 83 Sqn. It was lost a month later.

1944-07-23

Missing

Served for 8 months with 109 Sqn before transferring to 1657 HCU. Transferred to 467 Sqn on 1st January 44 before being lost on 19th July 44.

1942-03-25

Crashed

Training

Served with 97 Sqn until crashing at RAF Finningley after diverting from Woodhall Spa on a night cross-country training exercise.

1942-07-27

Missing

Hamburg

Served with 97 Sqn until going missing on a mission to Hamburg.

1942-07-05

Missing

Gardening

Served with 97 Sqn for 3 months before transferring to 61 Sqn. Lost 6 weeks weeks later.

1942-08-21

Crashed

Training

Served with 44 Sqn. Crashed at Branston on 16th August 42 on a training flight. This aircraft flew all its ops as KM-X, but was KM-G when it crashed. This aircraft was named “George” after a visit to the aircraft factory at Yeadon by the King. When G for George became available it was recoded, but lost before any more ops were flown.

1948-01-24

Served throughout the war with 97 Sqn, 1654 HCU and 15 Sqn. Scrapped in 1948.

1943-05-31

Served briefly with 44 Sqn but didnt fly any missions, before transferring to 61 Sqn and then 1656 HCU.

1943-09-30

Served with 44 Sqn, 106 Sqn and 1661 HCU.

1942-03-26

Shot Down

Gardening (Artichokes)

Served with 97 Sqn for a couple of weeks before transferring to 44 Sqn. Shot down on its first mission with 44 Sqn on 24th March 1942. Hit by ack-ack causing the aircraft to explode, crashing off the French coast. No crew were recovered. All are remembered on the Runnymede Memorial.

1942-08-21

Crashed

Training

Initially allocated to 97 Sqn, but transferred to 44 Sqn on the same day. Crashed at North Front, Gibraltar after running over a fragment of AA shrapnel on the runway.

1942-06-10

Missing

Essen

Served with 97 Sqn. Missing on an op to Essen on 8th June 1942, its 11th operation.

1942-09-04

Missing

Bremen

Initially allocated to 97 Sqn, but transferred to 44 Sqn on the same day (no ops), and then back to 97 Sqn 6 days after that. Missing.

1942-12-18

Missing

Neustadt

Initially allocated to 207 Sqn, but transferred to 44 Sqn on the same day, and then back to 97 Sqn the day after that. Missing.

1942-04-08

Crashed

Training

Served with 207 Sqn. Never flew on ops. Crashed on a training op on the boundary of the airfield due to lack of fuel.

1942-08-12

Missing

Gardening (Silverthorne)

Served with 207 Sqn.

1946-12-05

Served initially with 207 Sqn, before a brief transfer to 460 Sqn before going to 1656 HCU and then 1 LFS before being scrapped after the war.

1942-04-03

Crashed

Training

Served with 207 Sqn for a fortnight before being struck off. Involved in a mid-air collision with a Miles Master (DE973). Crashed at Canwick Hill East, Lincoln.

1942-08-28

Missing

Nuremberg

Served with 97 Sqn until going missing on a mission to Nuremburg.

1945-07-12

Scrapped

Survived the war, serving with the following units: 207 Sqn, 1660 HCU, 50 Sqn, 1664 HCU and 1652 HCU.

1945-11-29

Scrapped

Survived the war serving with 207 Sqn and 1660 HCU before transferring to No. 4 School of Technical Training.

1947-01-15

Scrapped

Survived the war serving with 207 Sqn, 61 Sqn and ECFS before being scrapped in 1947.

1942-04-17

Shot Down

Augsburg

Served with 44 Sqn. Lost on 3rd mission. Seen to crash after being shot down in the Berney area.

1945-11-02

Scrapped

Survived the war serving with 207 Sqn, 101 Sqn, 1656 HCU, 1668 HCU and 1660 HCU before being scrapped at the end of 1945.

1947-01-15

Scrapped

Survived the war. Initially allocated to 97 Sqn but immediately transferred to 44 Sqn. Transferred back to 97 Sqn and then on to 1660 HCU (and then maybe 15 Sqn). Struck off in 1947.

1942-08-18

Missing

Gardening

Served with 207 Sqn before going missing on a Gardening operation.

1942-05-04

Shot Down

Augsburg

Served with 44 Sqn. Lost on 2nd mission. Hit by flak, seen to make good crash landing near target. 3 of the crew died in the crash landing.

1942-02-21?

Scrapped

Served with 61 Sqn, 1664 HCU and 1656 HCU before being converted to Instrumentation aircraft in Feb 1943. Became 3606M.

1942-12-23

Missing

Duisburg

Served with 97 Sqn until it was lost on an operation to Duisburg.

1942-04-19

Missing

Augsburg

Served with 97 Sqn. Lost less than 3 weeks after being delivered.

1946-11-20

Scrapped

Survived the war. Initially served with 44 Sqn, but suffered cat B damage 11 days later. Then erved with 156 Sqn, 1654 HCU, 622 Sqn, 3 LFS, and 90 Sqn before being scrapped in 1946.

1942-06-13

Missing

Training

Served with 44 Sqn. Crashed in the North Sea on 6th June 1942.

1942-06-06

Shot Down

Essen

Served with 44 Sqn. Lost on 7th mission. Hit by flak on way home. Crashed in sea west of Egmond aan Zee with the loss of all crew.

1942-06-42

Missing

Emden

Served with 61 Sqn and was lost on its 6th operation against Emden.

1942-08-25

Missing

Frankfurt

Served with 97 Sqn. Lost attacking Frankfurt in August 1942.

1945-07-45

Scrapped

Survived the war. Served with 97 Sqn and 1660 HCU before being scrapped after the war.

1942-04-30

Crashed

Allocated to A&AEE, crashed 12 days after delivery and was struck off contract a fortnight later after crashing near Malmesbury killing all 7 occupants..

1943-02-18

Crashed

Served with 61 Sqn until august 1942, then served briefly with 44 Con Flt before transferring to 1661 HCU.

1942-05-08

Crashed

Training

Served with 97 Sqn. Crashed 6 days after delivery near Wragsby. Never flew on operations. Both crew slightly injured.

1945-10-29

Scrapped

Survived the war. Served with 44 Sqn, 106 Con Flt, 83 Sqn, 1667 HCU, 3 LFS, 1660 HCU and 1661 HCU.

1942-08-22

Missing

Shipping Strike

Served with 61 Sqn. Was lost on its 18th operation.

1942-06-42

Missing

Essen

Delivered to 61 Sqn and lost on its first mission against Essen.

1942-05-11

Crashed

Training

Delivered to 61 Sqn. Crashed 3 weeks later and was struck off.

1944-04-04

Missing

Initially allocated to the Handling Sqn at Boscombe Down. Was reallocated to 50 Sqn in August 1943.

1943-09-19

Crashed

Initially allocated to 44 Sqn. Suffered Cat B damage a fortnight later. Reallocated to 1654 HCU once repaired, but moved to 1661 HCU a fortnight later. Suffered Cat B damage again on 8th September 1943 and was scrapped.

1943-01-14

Scrapped

Named "Elizabeth" on the production line after a visit by the King and Queen. Allocated to 207 Sqn, but immediately transferred to 97 Sqn. Suffered Cat B damage on 28th December 1942 when a photoflash detonated on preparation for a mission. Was recategorised Cat E a fortnight later and was scrapped.

Unknown

Scrapped

Initially allocated to 207 Sqn. Then served with 1661 HCU, 12 Sqn, 1667 HCU, 1 LFS and lastly allocated to 1656 HCU in November 1944.

1942-08-12

Crashed

Allocated to 207 Sqn. Collided with Avro Manchester L7385 on the runway at Bottesford and was written off.

1943-06-18

Missing

Initially allocated to 97 Sqn (no ops), but transferred to 106 Sqn within a month.

1943-12-31

Missing

Served with 97 Sqn. Allocated to 166 Sqn in November 1943 it was lost a month later.

1942-05-11

Crashed

Stuttgart

Served with 97 Sqn.

1942-09-20

Missing

Munich

Served with 44 Sqn. Lost on an operation to Munich in September 1942.

1942-05-10

Missing

Warnemunde

Served with 44 Sqn. Lost on 2nd mission.

1943-03-19

Crashed

Served with 44 Sqn until November 1942 then transferred to 661 HCU. Crashed on 13th March 1943 and was struck off.

1942-05-10

Missing

Warnemunde

Served with 44 Sqn. The aircraft was lost on its 4th mission. All 8 crew were killed and all are remembered on the Runnymead Memorial.

1942-07-14

Missing

Duisburg

Served with 97 Sqn. Lost on an operation to Duisburg in July 1942.

1946-09-04

Served with 97 Sqn until end of February 1943, then converted to Instrumentation aircraft. Became 3605M.

Unknown

Served with 61 Sqn until October 1942 when transferred to 1654 HCU. Became 3471M.

1942-05-30

Missing

Cologne

Served with 61 Sqn.

1942-06-02

Missing

Essen

Delivered to 61 Sqn and lost on its second mission against Essen.

1942-08-21

Missing

Tanker Attack

Served with 61 Sqn. Was lost on its 2nd mission. The first mission is debatable it was this aircraft. It was supposed to be in repair at that time and may have been R5663 instead.

1942-06-02

Missing

Essen

Served with 83 Sqn. Lost on its third operation.

1944-01-26

Missing

Served with 83 Sqn until June 1943. Transferred to PFF NTU for 3 months before joining 61 Sqn.

1942-11-07

Missing

Genoa

Served with 83 Sqn.

1942-10-26

Burnt

Airfield

Served with 83 Sqn. Aircraft caught fire on dispersal on 25th September 1942. No-one in aircraft at time. Cockpit burnt out. Aircraft scrapped.

1942-05-10

Missing

Warnemunde

Served with 44 Sqn. Lost on its 1st mission with the loss of 7 of the 8 crew. The only survivor was the Rear Gunner, Sgt Dougie Moore who survived as a PoW. This was the first squadron loss where all the crew were from Rhodesia.

1942-11-14

Crashed

Training

Served with 97 Sqn. Was originally OF-D but was damaged on 30th May 1942. Returned as OF-B in September 1942. Crashed on a night training sortie killing all 8 crew.

1942-12-10

Missing

Turin

Served with 207 Sqn.

1942-06-03

Missing

Essen

Served with 97 Sqn. Lost on its 2nd mission.

1943-06-29

Missing

Served with 97 Sqn until April 1943 when it transferred to 106 Sqn. Lost 2 months later.

1943-07-12

Missing

Served with 106 Sqn.

1942-12-22

Missing

Munich

Served with 106 Sqn.

1943-01-23

Missing

Berlin

Served with 97 Sqn apart from a brief detachment to 106 Con Flt.

1942-08-01

Burnt

Training

Served with 106 Sqn.

1942-08-06

Missing

Essen

Served with 44 Sqn. The aircraft was lost on its 14th mission. All 7 crew were killed and are remembered on the Runnymede Memorial.

1942-08-01

Missing

Dusseldorf

Movement card shows allocated to 97 Sqn, but ORBs show only missions were with 106 Sqn.

1942-08-21

Missing

Tanker Attack

Initially allocated to 106 Sqn but transferred to 61 Sqn the same day. Went missing on its 10th mission.

Unknown

Served with AFEE until May 1943 then transferred to No. 4 School of Technical Training. Became 4130M.

1943-03-18

Missing

Essen

Served with 97 Sqn.

1942-07-26

Missing

Duisburg

Served with 106 Sqn.

1948-09-13

Scrapped

Survived the war. Served with 97 Sqn, 106 Sqn, 1 LFS, 1662 HCU. Became 5288M.

1942-08-25

Missing

Frankfurt

Served with 83 Sqn.

1943-05-17

Missing

Pilsen

Served with the RAE until Oct 1942 when it joined 106 Sqn.

1947-05-22

Scrapped

Survived the war. Served with 97 Sqn, RAE, 97 Sqn, 106 Sqn, Instrument Flight School, and No. 3 School of Technical Training.

1942-06-03

Missing

Essen

Initially allocated to 44 Sqn but transferred the following day to 61 Sqn. Lost on its 2nd mission against Essen.

1943-08-09

Crashed

Served with 97 Sqn until April 1943 when it transferred to 106 Sqn.

1942-06-27

Missing

Bremen

Initially allocated to 44 Sqn but transferred the following day to 61 Sqn. Lost on its 9th mission against Bremen.

1942-08-18

Missing

Gardening

Served with 207 Sqn.

1942-05-25

Crashed

Training

Served with 207 Sqn.

194705-13

Scrapped

Survived the war. Served with 61 Sqn and 1654 HCU before being scrapped in 1947.

1942-07-26

Missing

Duisburg

Served with 83 Sqn.

1942-06-26

Missing

Bremen

Served with 83 Sqn.

1942-06-12

Missing

Gardening

Served with 83 Sqn.

1943-04-21

Missing

Pilsen

Served with 83 Sqn.

1942-08-25

Missing

Frankfurt

Served with 83 Sqn.

1947-05-15

Scrapped

Survived the war. Served with 44 Sqn and 1661 HCU before being scrapped in 1947.

1944-07-12

Missing

Served with 83 Sqn, 50 Sqn, 83 Sqn and 622 Sqn.

1943-04-08

Missing

Essen

Served with 83 Sqn apart from a short transfer to 50 Sqn in July 1942.

1942-06-04

Missing

Bremen

Served with 61 Sqn. Was lost on its second operation against Bremen.

1942-09-11

Missing

Gardening (Silverthorne)

Served with 207 Sqn.

1943-05-10

Missing

Dortmund

Served with 83 Sqn.

1943-01-23

Missing

Berlin

Served with 83 Sqn.

1945-11-16

Scrapped

Survived the war. Served with 44 Sqn, 106 Sqn, 1660 HCU, 3 LFS, 90 Sqn.

1942-07-42

Missing

Duisburg

Served with 207 Sqn.

1942-08-14

Missing

Mainz

Served with 207 Sqn.

1947-05-15

Scrapped

Survived the war. Served with 97 Sqn and 1667 HCU.

1945-09-20

Scrapped

Survived the war. Served with 207 Sqn and 1661 HCU. Became 3508M.

1942-06-12

Missing

Gardening

Served with 83 Sqn for 10 days before being lost.

1943-01-30

Missing

Dusseldorf

Served for 6 days with 97 Sqn (no ops) before transferring to 106 Sqn.

1942-09-10

Missing

Dusseldorf

Served with 106 Sqn.

1942-08-18

Missing

Osnabruck

Served with 50 Sqn until lost on a raid against Osnabruck on its 10th operation.

1942-06-30

Missing

Essen

Served with 83 Sqn.

1947-05-22

Scrapped

Survived the war. Served with 49 Sqn, 1654 HCU, 1669 HCU and 5 LFS.

1942-06-08

Missing

Essen

Served with 83 Sqn. Lost after 6 days.

1942-12-30

Served with AFEE until September 1942, then transferred to 50 Con Flt for a fortnight before going to 1664 HCU.

1942-08-21

Missing

Tanker Attack

Served with 61 Sqn. Was lost on its 17th operation attacking a tanker.

1942-08-25

Missing

Frankfurt

Served with 61 Sqn. Was lost on its 14th operation against Frankfurt.

1942-07-03

Missing

Gardening

Served with 61 Sqn. Was lost on its sixth operation whilst gardening off the Danish coast.

1942-09-04

Crashed

Kassel

Served with 44 Sqn. Overshot on return from Kassel.

1943-08-04

Missing

Served with 44 Sqn and 106 Sqn.

1942-12-18

Missing

Nienburg

Served with 44 Sqn.

1943-08-27

Served with 83 Sqn, 1656 HCU and 1657 HCU.

1946-12-05

Scrapped

Survived the war. Served with 106 Sqn, 207 Sqn, IBDU, 1661 HCU, 5 LFS and No. 4 School of Technical Training. Became 4901M.

1943-12-31

Missing

Served with 83 Sqn and 44 Sqn.

1942-11-22

Crashed

Genoa

Served with 83 Sqn. Crashed at Waterbeach. All crew killed.

1947-01-15

Scrapped

Survived the war. Served with 83 Sqn, PFF NTU, 1656 HCU and 1 LFS.

1944-04-18

Served with 97 Sqn and 1656 HCU.

1942-11-07

Missing

Genoa

Served with 83 Sqn.

1944-12-28

Crashed

Served with 207 Sqn, 103 Sqn, 1662 HCU and 3 LFS.

1942-06-29

Missing

Bremen

Served with 97 Sqn. Lost on its second mission 11 days after delivery.

1943-03-06

Crashed

Served with 106 Sqn and 1660 HCU.

1943-06-02

Missing

Served with 106 Sqn.

1942-08-16

Missing

Dusseldorf

Served with 106 Sqn.

1942-09-25

Missing

Gardening

Served with 61 Sqn for three months before going missing on a Gardening op in the Baltic.

1943-01-14

Missing

Essen

Served with 106 Sqn.

1942-09-17

Missing

Essen

Served with 106 Sqn.

1942-09-04

Missing

Bremen

Initially allocated to 83 Sqn, it was transferred to 61 Sqn the following day. It was lost on its 14 operation against Bremen.

1942-08-09

Missing

Duisburg

Served with 106 Sqn.

1942-08-26

Missing

Frankfurt

Served with 106 Sqn.

1943-10-10

Scrapped

Originally allocated to 97 Sqn, but moved to 50 Sqn 2 days later. Transferred to 44 Sqn and then 50 sqn, and 460 Sqn on 7th Jan 43. Moved to 1667 HCU in July 43 and suffered Cat E damage on 30th Sep 43. Struck off later.

1943-06-12

Missing

Originally allocated to 106/207 Sqns but was Cat B on delivery. Back in action with 83 Sqn in March 43 before going missing.

1943-07-31

Missing

Originally allocated to 106/50 Sqn before transferring to 44 Sqn and back to 50 Sqn. Moved to 100? Sqn in March 43 and was missing in Jul 43.

1943-05-14

Missing

Bochum

Originally allocated to 106/50 Sqn. Suffered Cat B damage on 1st Aug 42. Returned to action with 12 Sqn mid April 43 and was lost a month alter on a operation to Bochum.

1942-09-24

Crashed

Gardening

Originally allocated to 106/50 Sqn crashed returning from a Gardening operation on 19th Sep 1942.

1946-10-28

Scrapped

Survived the war. Initially allocated to 61/50 Sqn. Then served with 1654 HCU and 3 LFS before being scrapped at the end of the war.

1942-11-01

Missing

Milan

Served with 50 Sqn. Lost on its 22nd operation.

1947-05-15

Scrapped

Survived the war. Served with RAE, 1667 HCU, 15 Sqn, 75 Sqn, 90 Sqn, 3 LFS and 5 LFS before being scrapped.

1947-05-15

Scrapped

Survived the war serving with 207 Sqn.

1942-12-23

Crashed

Bad Zwischenhan

Served with 207 Sqn.

1942-11-26

Missing

Haselunne

Served with 207 Sqn.

1942-07-13

Missing

Danzig

Served with 97 Sqn. Was lost on its second mission.

1942-12-21

Crashed

Duisburg

Served with 44 Sqn and 106 Sqn.

1943-09-14

Crashed

Originally allocated to 49 Sqn, but transferred to 1654 HCU 3 days later. Suffered Cat E2 damage on 1st Sep 43 and struck off shortly afterwards.

1942-12-21

Scrapped

Munich

Served with 61 Sqn. Crashed on return from an op to Munich. Was used for salvage parts.

1943-09-22

Missing

Served with 106 Sqn and 9 Sqn.

1942-10-07

Missing

Aachen

Served with 97 Sqn.

1944-03-02

Missing

Initially allocated to 50 Sqn, but transferred to 106 Sqn. Then served with 460 Sqn, 100 Sqn (5 ops), 625 Sqn. Photo is when it was at 50 Sqn after crash landing at RAF Bradwell Bay where the pilot was injured, the Nav seriously injured and the W/Op killed (Sgt Lewis Herbert Austin RAAF). The aircraft was repaired.

1942-10-01

Wismar

Served with 61 Sqn.

1942-09-25

Crashed

Gardening

Served with 61 Sqn. Was lost when crash landed returning from an operation, when all the crew received an immediate DFM.

1942-09-10

Missing

Dusseldorf

Served with 50 Sqn for 2 months before going missing on its 15th mission.

1944-05-05

Served with 50 Sqn, 44 Sqn, 100 Sqn, 1662 Sqn, 5 LFS.

1946-01-23

Served with 44 Sqn for a fortnight before transferring to RAF Rustwick. Transferred to Canada and lost on trials.

1942-07-30

Missing

Saarbrucken

Served with 50 Sqn. Lost on its 2nd mission 3 weeks after delivery.

1944-01-19

Missing

Initially allocated to 50 Sqn, but transferred to 44 Sqn the same day.

1947-01-27

Scrapped

Survived the war. Initially allocated to 50 Sqn but transferred to 1654 HCU the next day. Then served with 5 LFS and 1656 HCU before being scrapped at the end of the war.

1943-03-06

Missing

Hamburg

Served with 106 Sqn.

1942-08-17

Crashed

Mainz

Served with 44 Sqn. Crashed on landing returning from an operation to Mainz.

1947-05-07

Scrapped

Survived the war. Served with 50 Sqn, 44 Sqgn, 1654 HCU, 3LFS, 6 LFS.

1944-04-05

Missing

Initially allocated to 50 Sqn but transferred to 1654 HCU the same day. Also served with 61 Sqn.

1942-08-15

Missing

Dusseldorf

Served with 50 Sqn for a month before being lost on an op to Dusseldorf.

1943-07-21

Initially allocated to 50 Sqn but transferred to 1654 HCU the next day. Also served with 1660 HCU.

1942-07-29

Missing

Saarbrucken

Initially allocated to 50 Sqn, but transferred to 61 Sqn 3 days later. Lost on its 6th trip to Saarbrucken.

1943-01-11

Missing

Essen

Initially allocated to 50 Sqn, but transferred to 97 Sqn the following day.

1944-02-22

Missing

Initially allocated to 44 Sqn but transferred to 1654 HCU two days later. Transferred to 15 Sqn at the end of 1943.

1943-06-43

Missing

Served with 44 Sqn.

1942-09-01

Missing

Saarbrucken

Served with 97 Sqn.

1942-08-29

Missing

Nuremberg

Served with 61 Sqn and was lost on its 3rd mission.

1943-02-25

Missing

Wilhelmshaven

Served with 83 Sqn.

1943-09-11

Missing

Initially allocated to 97 Sqn but transferred to 49 Sqn the following day. Also served with 9 Sqn.

1943-07-21

Served with 207 Sqn and 460 Sqn.

1942-08-12

Missing

Le Havre

Served with 50 Sqn. Missing on its 4th op.

1945-04-20

Served with 50 Sqn and 1654 HCU.

1942-07-27

Missing

Hamburg

Served with 106 Sqn.

1943-03-15

Missing

Essen

Served with 106 Sqn.

1943-02-22

Missing

Wilhelmshaven

Served with 106 Sqn.

1945-06-09

Survived the war. Served with 49 Sqn, 57 Sqn, 1661 HCU, 1 LFS, 1656 HCU, 1662 HCU, 1668 HCU. Became 5257M.

1942-09-22

Crashed

Duisburg

Served with 49 Sqn.

1942-11-23

Crashed

Training

Served with 50 Sqn.

1943-04-04

Missing

Berlin

Served with 83 Sqn.

1942-09-01

Missing

Bremen

Served with 207 Sqn and 57 Sqn.

1945-10-17

Scrapped

Survived the war. Served with 207 Sqn, 1667 HCU, 1651 HCU, 1660 HCU, 1661 HCU.

1947-01-15

Scrapped

Survived the war. Served with 49 Sqn, 156 Sqn, 61 Sqn, 1661 HCU, 5 LFS.

1943-05-11

Served with 207 Sqn, 97 Sqn, 1660 HCU.

1942-10-01

Missing

Wismar

Served with 61 Sqn.

1942-08-14

Missing

Mainz

Served with 207 Sqn.

1942-08-05

Missing

Essen

Served with 207 Sqn.

1942-12-20

Missing

Duisburg

Served with 49 Sqn.