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Rxxxx Series
Photo
Serial
Struck Off
Fate
Last Operation
Story
R5732
1942-08-17
Crashed
Mainz
Served with 44 Sqn. Crashed on landing returning from an operation to Mainz.
R5733
1947-05-07
Scrapped
Survived the war. Served with 50 Sqn, 44 Sqgn, 1654 HCU, 3LFS, 6 LFS.
R5734
1944-04-05
Missing
Nuremburg
Initially allocated to 50 Sqn but transferred to 1654 HCU the same day. Also served with 61 Sqn. Homebound, while flying North of track was intercepted by night fighter Ju88 flown by Major Rudolf Schoenert of NJG10, crashing at Namur. Other source material claim that Lt Fred Hromadnik of 9./NJG4 claimed this loss at 0416 hrs 3.5 km North East of Namur.
R5735
1942-08-15
Missing
Dusseldorf
Served with 50 Sqn for a month before being lost on an op to Dusseldorf.
R5736
1943-07-21
Initially allocated to 50 Sqn but transferred to 1654 HCU the next day. Also served with 1660 HCU.
R5737
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. Likely night fighter victim, crashing at Vrizy in the Ardennes.
R5738
1943-01-11
Missing
Essen
Initially allocated to 50 Sqn, but transferred to 97 Sqn the following day.
R5739
1944-02-22
Missing
Leipzig
Initially allocated to 44 Sqn but transferred to 1654 HCU two days later. Transferred to 15 Sqn at the end of 1943. Crashed near Jena, Germany.
R5740
1943-06-43
Missing
Gelsenkirchen
Served with 44 Sqn. Shot down by a night-fighter flown by Hptm Franz Buschmann of 12/7./MJG1 at 02.17 hrs and crashed into the North Sea 50km west of Texel.
R5741
1942-09-01
Missing
Saarbrucken
Served with 97 Sqn.
R5742
1942-08-29
Missing
Nuremberg
Served with 61 Sqn and was lost on its 3rd mission. Cause of loss unknown.
R5743
1943-02-25
Missing
Wilhelmshaven
Served with 83 Sqn.

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