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Rxxxx Series
Photo
Serial
Struck Off
Fate
Last Operation
Story
R5494
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.
R5495
1942-06-10
Missing
Essen
Served with 97 Sqn. Missing on an op to Essen on 8th June 1942, its 11th operation.
R5496
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.
R5497
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.
R5498
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.
R5499
1942-08-12
Missing
Gardening (Silverthorne)
Served with 207 Sqn.
R5500
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.
R5501
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.
R5502
1942-08-28
Missing
Nuremberg
Served with 97 Sqn until going missing on a mission to Nuremburg.
R5503
1945-07-12
Scrapped
Survived the war, serving with the following units: 207 Sqn, 1660 HCU, 50 Sqn, 1664 HCU and 1652 HCU.
R5504
1945-11-29
Scrapped
Survived the war serving with 207 Sqn and 1660 HCU before transferring to No. 4 School of Technical Training.
R5505
1947-01-15
Scrapped
Survived the war serving with 207 Sqn, 61 Sqn and ECFS before being scrapped in 1947.

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