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Wxxxx Series

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Serial
Struck Off
Fate
Last Operation
Story
W4990
1947-07-11
Survived the war. Served with 12 Sqn, 626 Sqn, 1 LFS, 1656 HCU.
W4991
1943-09-30
Crashed
Mannheim
Served with 12 Sqn. Thought to have crashed at Hallenhausen, SSW of Parsberg
W4992
1943-06-23
Shot Down
Oberhausen
Served with 12 Sqn. Hit by flak and exploded, the wreckage crashing in Monchengladbach.
W4993
1947-03-24
Survived the war. Served with 101 Sqn and 625 Sqn
W4994
1945-12-28
Survived the war. Served with 12 Sqn, 166 Sqn, 1656 HCU.
W4995
1948-03-25
Survived the war. Served with 101 Sqn, 625 Sqn, 1 LFS, 1656 HCU.
W4996
1944-02-01
Served with 101 Sqn and 166 Sqn.
W4997
1947-07-11
Survived the war. Served with 101 Sqn.
W4998
1943-06-01
Crashed
Dusseldorf
Served with 100 Sqn. Hit by flak and crashed near Horst on its 2nd operation.
W4999
1943-12-17
Served with 100 (29 ops) and 625 Sqn.
W5000
1943-08-06
Shot Down
Hamburg
Served with 61 Sqn. Hit by flak on the bombing run, crashed and exploded in the meadows of the Este near to Buxtehude, approximately 20km south west of Hamburg at 02.31hrs. It is almost certain that the bodies of the seven servicmen remain at the crash site.
W5001
1943-05-29
Dusseldorf
Served with 207 Sqn.

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