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Rxxxx Series
Photo
Serial
Struck Off
Fate
Last Operation
Story
R5700
1943-09-22
Missing
Hannover
Served with 106 Sqn and 9 Sqn. Crashed at Hardwick whilst with 106 Sqn (photo) but was repaired and moved to 9 Sqn. Hit by heavy flak and crashed.
R5701
1942-10-07
Missing
Aachen
Served with 97 Sqn.
R5702
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.
R5703
1942-10-01
Wismar
Served with 61 Sqn.
R5724
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.
R5725
1942-09-10
Missing
Dusseldorf
Served with 50 Sqn for 2 months before going missing on its 15th mission.
R5726
1944-05-05
Served with 50 Sqn, 44 Sqn, 100 Sqn, 1662 Sqn, 5 LFS.
R5727
1946-01-23
Served with 44 Sqn for a fortnight before transferring to RAF Rustwick. Transferred to Canada and lost on trials.
R5728
1942-07-30
Missing
Saarbrucken
Served with 50 Sqn. Lost on its 2nd mission 3 weeks after delivery.
R5729
1944-01-19
Missing
Brunswick
Initially allocated to 50 Sqn, but transferred to 44 Sqn the same day. Shot down by a night-fighter and crashed 2000 near Gieboldehausen 21 Km ENE of Gottingen.
R5730
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.
R5731
1943-03-06
Missing
Hamburg
Served with 106 Sqn.

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