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Rxxxx Series
Photo
Serial
Struck Off
Fate
Last Operation
Story
R5506
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.
R5507
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.
R5508
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.
R5509
1942-08-18
Missing
Gardening
Served with 207 Sqn before going missing on a Gardening operation.
R5510
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.
R5511
1942-02-21?
Scrapped
Served with 61 Sqn, 1664 HCU and 1656 HCU before being converted to Instrumentation aircraft in Feb 1943. Became 3606M.
R5512
1942-12-23
Missing
Duisburg
Served with 97 Sqn until it was lost on an operation to Duisburg.
R5513
1942-04-19
Missing
Augsburg
Served with 97 Sqn. Lost less than 3 weeks after being delivered.
R5514
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.
R5515
1942-06-13
Missing
Training
Served with 44 Sqn. Crashed in the North Sea on 6th June 1942.
R5516
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.
R5517
1942-06-42
Missing
Emden
Served with 61 Sqn and was lost on its 6th operation against Emden. Hit by either flak or a night fighter and crashed at Gross Midlum in Germany.

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