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Rxxxx Series
Photo
Serial
Struck Off
Fate
Last Operation
Story
R5549
Unknown
Scrapped
Initially allocated to 207 Sqn. Then served with 1661 HCU, 12 Sqn, 1667 HCU, 1 LFS and lastly allocated to 1656 HCU in November 1944.
R5550
1942-08-12
Crashed
Allocated to 207 Sqn. Collided with Avro Manchester L7385 on the runway at Bottesford and was written off.
R5551
1943-06-18
Missing
Initially allocated to 97 Sqn (no ops), but transferred to 106 Sqn within a month.
R5552
1943-12-31
Missing
Served with 97 Sqn. Allocated to 166 Sqn in November 1943 it was lost a month later.
R5553
1942-05-11
Crashed
Stuttgart
Served with 97 Sqn.
R5554
1942-09-20
Missing
Munich
Served with 44 Sqn. Lost on an operation to Munich in September 1942.
R5555
1942-05-10
Missing
Warnemunde
Served with 44 Sqn. Lost on 2nd mission.
R5556
1943-03-19
Crashed
Served with 44 Sqn until November 1942 then transferred to 661 HCU. Crashed on 13th March 1943 and was struck off.
R5557
1942-05-10
Missing
Warnemunde
Served with 44 Sqn. The aircraft was lost on its 4th mission. All 8 crew were killed and all are remembered on the Runnymead Memorial.
R5558
1942-07-14
Missing
Duisburg
Served with 97 Sqn. Lost on an operation to Duisburg in July 1942.
R5559
1946-09-04
Served with 97 Sqn until end of February 1943, then converted to Instrumentation aircraft. Became 3605M.
R5560
Unknown
Served with 61 Sqn until October 1942 when transferred to 1654 HCU. Became 3471M.

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