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Missions Flown
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Missions Flown
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NX611 "Just Jane" at East Kirkby
Rxxxx Series
Photo | Serial | Struck Off | Fate | Last Operation | Story |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
R5482 | 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. | |
R5483 | 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. | |
R5484 | 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. | |
R5485 | 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. | ||
R5486 | 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. | |
R5487 | 1942-07-27 | Missing | Hamburg | Served with 97 Sqn until going missing on a mission to Hamburg. | |
R5488 | 1942-07-05 | Missing | Gardening | Served with 97 Sqn for 3 months before transferring to 61 Sqn. Lost 6 weeks weeks later. Presumed lost over the North Sea. Sgt Brown's body was later washed ashore. | |
R5489 | 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. | |
R5490 | 1948-01-24 | Served throughout the war with 97 Sqn, 1654 HCU and 15 Sqn. Scrapped in 1948. | |||
R5491 | 1943-05-31 | Served briefly with 44 Sqn but didnt fly any missions, before transferring to 61 Sqn and then 1656 HCU. | |||
R5492 | 1943-09-30 | Served with 44 Sqn, 106 Sqn and 1661 HCU. | |||
R5493 | 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. |
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