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designation |
variant
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KG |
226 |
Douglas |
Dakota |
Operated by 435 (T)
Squadron, RCAF, on flights to continent from UK, postwar. Reported u/s at Brussels
on 14 October 1945. Serial
number may have been reported in error, this number was also applied to
Noorduyn built Harvard that was not completed.
Might be KG326? |
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KG |
312 |
Douglas |
|
Dakota |
Mk. III |
Operated by No. 437
(T) Squadron, RCAF, in the UK in 1944/1945.
Coded "Z2*G". Crashed
at Wien-Schwechat
airport in Austria on 17 November 1945, not clear if still with 437 (T)
Squadron at this time. |
|
KG |
315 |
Douglas |
Dakota |
Mk. III |
Operated by No. 437
(T) Squadron, RCAF, in the UK in 1944.
Crashed 1.5 km south-west of Driel,
Holland at about 17:00 local time on 23 September 1944, hit by flak
during re-supply mission to Arnhem.
Flight crew of 4 and 4 UK Army dispatchers all
killed. |
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|
KG |
317 |
Douglas |
|
Dakota |
Mk. III |
Operated by No. 435
(T) Squadron, RCAF, in UK for flights to Continent, post war. Coded "OTM*A". |
|
KG |
320 |
Douglas |
Dakota |
Mk. III |
Operated by No. 435
(T) Squadron, RCAF, in UK for flights to Continent, post war. Based at Ampney Down, UK in March 1946. Also used by No. 436 (T)
Squadron, RCAF in the UK, coded "ODN*C". |
|
|
KG |
330 |
Douglas |
|
Dakota |
Mk. III |
Operated by No. 437
(T) Squadron, RCAF, in the UK in 1944/1945.
Coded "Z2*E". |
|
KG |
337 |
Douglas |
Dakota |
Mk. III |
Operated by No. 435
(T) Squadron, RCAF, in UK for flights to Continent, post war. Coded "OTM*B". With Croyden detachment of this unit,
March 1946. |
|
|
KG |
345 |
Douglas |
|
Dakota |
Mk. III |
Operated by No. 437
(T) Squadron, RCAF, in the UK in 1944/1945.
Coded "Z2*V". Operated
as late as 14 July 1945, when it carried Dutch refugees (DPs) from
B.160 to B.56. |
|
KG |
354 |
Douglas |
Dakota |
Mk. III |
Operated by No. 437
(T) Squadron, RCAF in the UK in 1944/45, coded "Z2*H".
Operated by No. 435 (T) Squadron, RCAF, in UK for
flights to Continent, post war. Based
at Ampney Down, UK in
March 1946. |
|
|
KG |
376 |
Douglas |
|
Dakota |
Mk. III |
Operated by No. 437
(T) Squadron, RCAF in the UK in 1944.
Crashed near Keldonk/Erp, Holland on 21 September
1944. Shot down
during resupply mission to Arnheim,
one of 4 squadron aircraft lost on this mission. |
|
KG |
387 |
Douglas |
Dakota |
Mk. III |
Operated by No. 437
(T) Squadron, RCAF, in the UK in 1944, coded "Z2*UF".
Shot down by Fw190s 21 September 1944 after
completing panier drop re-supply mission to Arnheim,
one of 4 Squadron aircraft lost on this mission.
5 crew killed, including pilot S/L R.W. Alexander,
DFC, rest bailed out. First
437 Sdn. Fatalities on operations.
Came down near Sonniushoeve
(or Sonse Hedie?), Holland, south of Wilhelminacanal, near Eindhoven. Crash location also
identified as near hamlet of Esp. |
|
|
KG |
388 |
Douglas |
|
Dakota |
Mk. III |
Operated by No. 437
(T) Squadron, RCAF, in the UK in 1944. |
|
KG |
389 |
Douglas |
Dakota |
Mk. III |
Operated by No. 437
(T) Squadron, RCAF, in the UK in 1944/1945.
Coded "Z2*B". Took
part in first drop at Arnhem, during Operation Market Garden, on 17
September 1944. |
|
|
KG |
394 |
Douglas |
|
Dakota |
Mk. III |
Operated by No. 437
(T) Squadron, RCAF, in the UK in 1944/1945.
Coded "Z2*O". |
|
KG |
395 |
Douglas |
Dakota |
Mk. III |
Operated by No. 437
(T) Squadron, RCAF, in the UK in 1944/1945.
Coded "Z2*Y". |
|
|
KG |
397 |
Douglas |
|
Dakota |
Mk. III |
Operated by 435 (T)
Squadron, RCAF, in the UK. Originally
coded "D". Coded
"ODM*D" after September 1945, on flights to continent from UK. Struck on the ground by
Dakota KG610 of 437 (T) Squadron at B.75 (Nivelles,
France) on 21 January 1946. Crashed
on ridge near Chelsham,
Surrey, en-route from Buckleburg,
Germany to UK, in bad weather, at about 11:35 on 13 February 1946. 8 fatalities, 3 injuries. Accident location also
described as "3 kilometres (1.9 miles) south west of Warlingham, UK".
From squadron ORB: "Aircraft was on a passenger run,
Buckeburg to
Croydon. Forecast was poor and he landed at Manston.
After checking weather again he took off at 1055 hours, flying at 2,500
feet between two layers of 6/10 cloud. Approaching Croydon he tried
"Gee" homing but could not pick up "V" beams. Overshot the field,
turned about and was letting down when he hit a 12-foot hedge on a
700-foot ridge. The aircraft crossed a valley and struck on the other
side against a 650-foot height. Eight persons were killed, 14 seriously
injured and two uninjured. At the time he had 1,485 hours of flying
including 379 solo hours on Dakotas. Accident ruled to be due to
"culpable negligence" ". |
|
KG |
400 |
Douglas |
Dakota |
Mk. III |
Operated by No. 235
Squadron in India. Transferred
to 435 (T) Squadron, RCAF, postwar.
Flown back to UK, leaving Tulihal,
Assam on 7 September 1945. Later
used in UK by No. 436 (T) Squadron, RCAF, coded "ODN*T". |
|
|
KG |
403 |
Douglas |
|
Dakota |
Mk. III |
Operated by No.
436 (T) Squadron, RCAF post war in the UK, coded "ODN*M". |
|
KG |
409 |
Douglas |
Dakota |
Mk. III |
Operated by C Flight
of No. 437 (T) Squadron, RCAF. One
of the first Dakotas with this unit, operational as early as 21
September 1944. Attacked
by Fw 190s on 21
September 1944 during re-supply mission to Arnhem, escaped and returned
to base. 437 (T)
Squadron was reported to have lost 6 Dakotas on this mission, 4 over
the drop zone at Arnhem. Still
with 437 (T) Squadron in January 1945, operating to the Continent. Crashed on 5 February
1945, when it struck trees near Alton, UK while in cloud. Crew bailed out before
crash. |
|
|
KG |
410 |
Douglas |
|
Dakota |
Mk. III |
Operated by No. 437
(T) Squadron, RCAF. Attacked
by 2 Fw 190s 21
September 1941 during re-supply mission to Arnhem, escaped and returned
to base. F/O E.Q. Semple received DFC for this
mission. |
|
KG |
412 |
Douglas |
Dakota |
Mk. III |
With No. 437 (T) Sqaudron, RCAF in February 1945,
operating to the Continent. Reported
to have been operated by RCAF when it was severely damaged due to early
gear retraction on takeoff from Bardufoss
AFB, Norway on 7 October 1945. Sold
to R, Norwegian AF, used as a training aid. |
|
|
KG |
414 |
Douglas |
|
Dakota |
Mk. III |
Operated by 435 (T)
Squadron, RCAF, in the UK in fall of 1945.
Coded "G". |
|
KG |
416 |
Douglas |
Dakota |
Mk. III |
Operated by No. 435
(T) Squadron, RCAF, in UK for flights to Continent, post war. Coded "OTM*K". Based at Ampney Down, UK in March 1946. |
|
|
KG |
422 |
Douglas |
|
Dakota |
Mk. III |
Operated by No. 437
(T) Squadron, RCAF, in UK. Overran
on landing at Vlamertinge,
Belgium during Operation Market Garden on 3 October 1944, nosed over. |
|
KG |
425 |
Douglas |
Dakota |
Mk. III |
With No. 437 (T)
Squadron, RCAF in the UK in 1945, coded "Z2*M".
One of the first aircraft to carry "Royal Canadian
Air Force" marked on fuselage, see photo on page 135 of "RCAF Squadrons
and Aircraft". Operated
by No. 435 (T) Squadron, RCAF, in the UK from fall of 1945. Coded "S".
With Croyden
Detachment of this unit, March 1946. |
|
|
KG |
427 |
Douglas |
|
Dakota |
Mk. III |
With No. 437 (T)
Squadron, RCAF in the UK in January and May 1945.
Still with this Squadron when it was destroyed on 30
January 1946. Struck
by a crash landing B-17 while parked at Kastrup
air field in Denmark. |
|
KG |
439 |
Douglas |
Dakota |
Mk. III |
Operated by 435 (T)
Squadron, RCAF, Croyden
detachment, on flights to continent from UK, at time of crash. Crashed on takeoff from Croyden, UK on 19 October 1945. Lost power on takeoff, due
to wrong fuel tank selector settings.
3 (or 4) fatalities, 1 injury. |
|
|
KG |
448 |
Douglas |
|
Dakota |
Mk. III |
Operated by No. 235
Squadron in India. Transferred
to 435 (T) Squadron, RCAF, postwar.
Flown back to UK, leaving Tulihal,
Assam on 5 September 1945. Later
operated in the UK by No. 436 (T) Squadron, RCAF, coded "ODN*F". |
|
KG |
452 |
Douglas |
Dakota |
Mk. III |
Operated by No. 437
(T) Squadron, RCAF, in the UK in February 1945. |
|
|
KG |
455 |
Douglas |
|
Dakota |
Mk. III |
Operated by No.
436 (T) Squadron, RCAF post war in the UK, coded "ODN*G". |
|
KG |
486 |
Douglas |
Dakota |
Mk. III |
Operated by No. 435
(T) Squadron, RCAF, in UK for flights to Continent, post war. Coded "ODM*K". With Croyden detachment of this unit,
March 1946. |
|
|
KG |
489 |
Douglas |
|
Dakota |
Mk. III |
Operated by No. 437
(T) Squadron, RCAF. Shot
down 21 September 1944 during re-supply mission to Arnhem, one of 4
Squadron aircraft lost on this mission.
Crash landed at Eerschot,
Holland. Also
reported as forced landing at B5 (Melsbroek,
Belgium) on this date. |
|
KG |
490 |
Douglas |
Dakota |
Mk. III |
Operated by No. 435
(T) Squadron, RCAF in India. Damaged
2 August 1945 at Comilla,
when undercarriage was retracted early during takeoff. |
|
|
KG |
517 |
Douglas |
|
Dakota |
Mk. III |
Operated by 435 (T)
Squadron, RCAF, in the UK in fall of 1945.
Coded "A". |
|
KG |
529 |
Douglas |
Dakota |
Mk. III |
Operated by No. 437
(T) Squadron, RCAF, in the UK in January 1945. |
|
|
KG |
537 |
Douglas |
|
Dakota |
Mk. III |
Operated by 435 (T)
Squadron, RCAF, in the UK in fall of 1945.
Coded "B". |
|
KG |
557 |
Douglas |
Dakota |
Mk. III |
Operated by 435 (T)
Squadron, RCAF, in the UK in fall of 1945.
Coded "ODM*U".
With Croyden
Detachment of this unit, March 1946. |
|
|
KG |
559 |
Douglas |
|
Dakota |
Mk. III |
Operated by 435 (T)
Squadron, RCAF, in the UK in fall of 1945.
Coded "ODM*O". |
|
KG |
563 |
Douglas |
Dakota |
Mk. III |
Operated by 435 (T)
Squadron, RCAF, in the UK in fall of 1945.
Coded "ODM*N". |
|
|
KG |
565 |
Douglas |
|
Dakota |
Mk. III |
Operated by 435 (T)
Squadron, RCAF, in the UK in fall of 1945.
Coded "ODM*N". |
|
KG |
568 |
Douglas |
Dakota |
Mk. III |
Operated by No. 437
(T) Squadron, RCAF, in the UK in February 1945. |
|
|
KG |
577 |
Douglas |
|
Dakota |
Mk. III |
Operated by No. 437
(T) Squadron, RCAF, in the UK in January and February 1945. Coded "ODO*K" when it flew
this unit's last mission in Europe, Brussels to Odiham,
on 30 May 1946. |
|
KG |
580 |
Douglas |
Dakota |
Mk. III |
Operated by No. 435
(T) Squadron, RCAF, in the UK in fall of 1945.
Coded "ODM*O".
Lost engine en-route to Brussels from Croyden, UK on 25 November 1945. Failed engine would not
feather, made emergency landing at West Malling, UK, no further damage. Carried Canadian Secretary
of State, Paul Martin, Sr., from Abbeville, France to UK, February 1946. Also used by No. 436 (T)
Squadron, RCAF during this time, coded "ODN*J". |
|
|
KG |
587 |
Douglas |
|
Dakota |
Mk. III |
Operated by 435 (T)
Squadron, RCAF, in the UK in fall of 1945.
Coded "T". Based
at Ampney Down, UK,
March 1946. Flew
this unit's last mission in the UK, from Down Ampney
to Rennes, France and return, on 14 March 1946.
Transferred to No. 436 (T) Squadron, RCAF. Flew this unit's last
mission in the UK, from Brussels to Odiham,
UK on 16 June 1946. |
|
KG |
589 |
Douglas |
Dakota |
Mk. III |
Operated by 437 (T)
Squadron, RCAF, in the UK in fall of 1944.
Lost 19 September 1944 on re-supply mission to
Arnhem, one of several squadron aircraft diverted by weather on that
day. Crash landed
in tobacco field between Calais and Lille, near B.55.
First operational loss from this unit. |
|
|
KG |
597 |
Douglas |
|
Dakota |
Mk. III |
Operated by 435 (T)
Squadron, RCAF, in the UK in fall of 1945.
Coded "D". |
|
KG |
600 |
Douglas |
Dakota |
Mk. III |
Operated by No. 437
(T) Squadron, RCAF, in the UK in 1944/1945.
Coded "Z2*C". |
|
|
KG |
610 |
Douglas |
|
Dakota |
Mk. III |
Operated by No. 437
(T) Squadron, RCAF, in the UK in 1944/1945.
Taxied into Dakota KG397 of 437 (T) Squadron at B.75
(Nivelles, France) on 21
January 1946. |
|
KG |
634 |
Douglas |
Dakota |
Mk. III |
Operated by No. 437
(T) Squadron, RCAF, in the UK in 1944/1945.
Coded "Z2*T". Towed
Horsa from Birch,
UK to Hammilken,
Germany 24 March 1945, landed at B.75 near Nivelles,
France. Crew slept
in aircraft for two nights, returned to UK 26 March 1945. |
|
|
KG |
635 |
Douglas |
|
Dakota |
Mk. III |
Operated by No.
436 (T) Squadron, RCAF post war in the UK, coded "ODN*P". |
|
KG |
653 |
Douglas |
Dakota |
Mk. III |
Assigned to No. 1
Ferry Unit, but operated by No. 437 (T) Squadron, RCAF, when it was
lost in Europe on 24 September 1944, carrying ground crew destined for
RCAF Dakota squadrons in the Far East.
Apparently went off course in bad weather, shot down
by II/JG53 near Neu Leiningen, Germany. 23 fatalties. |
|
|
KG |
659 |
Douglas |
|
Dakota |
Mk. III |
Operated by No. 435
(T) Squadron, RCAF, in the UK in fall of 1945.
Coded "W". Based
at Ampney Down, UK,
March 1946. Also
used by No. 436 (T) Squadron, RCAF during this time, coded "ODN*Q". |
|
KG |
668 |
Douglas |
Dakota |
Mk. III |
Operated by No. 235
Squadron in India. Transferred
to 435 (T) Squadron, RCAF, postwar.
Flown back to UK, leaving Tulihal,
Assam on 7 September 1945. Coded
"ODM*S" in the UK. |
|
|
KG |
692 |
Douglas |
|
Dakota |
Mk. III |
Operated by No. 435
(T) Squadron, RCAF, in UK for flights to Continent, post war. Based at Ampney Down, UK in March 1946. |
|
KG |
713 |
Douglas |
Dakota |
Mk. III |
Operated by 435 (T)
Squadron, RCAF, in the UK in fall of 1945.
Coded "ODM*Y". |
|
|
KG |
755 |
Douglas |
|
Dakota |
Mk. III |
Operated by 436 (T)
Squadron, RCAF, in India. coded "Q". |
|
KG |
755 |
Douglas |
Dakota |
Mk. III |
Operated by 436 (T)
Squadron, RCAF, in India. Crashed
while attempting an overshoot at Mingaladon
on 26 May 1945. Struck
by Spitfire shortly after. |
|
|
KG |
788 |
Douglas |
|
Dakota |
Mk. III |
To No. 435 (T)
Squadron, RCAF on 1 November 1944.
Struck off this Squadron on 30 May 1946. |
|
KG |
790 |
Douglas |
Dakota |
Mk. III |
Operated by 436 (T)
Squadron, RCAF, in India. coded "P". |
|
|
KG |
794 |
Douglas |
|
Dakota |
Mk. III |
Operated by 436 (T)
Squadron, RCAF, in India. coded "N". |
|
KG |
808 |
Douglas |
Dakota |
Mk. III |
Operated by No. 437
(T) Squadron, RCAF, in the UK in 1944/1945.
Coded "Z2*M". |
|
|
KG |
855 |
Douglas |
|
Dakota |
Mk. III |
Operated by 436 (T)
Squadron, RCAF, in India. coded "K". |
|
KG |
918 |
Consolidated |
Liberator |
C. Mk.VI |
Used by No. 426 (T)
Squadron, RCAF, on operational flights to Middle East and India, summer
and fall of 1945, coded "OW*X". |
|
|
KG |
983 |
Consolidated |
Liberator |
C. Mk.VIII |
Used by No. 426 (T)
Squadron, RCAF, on operational flights to Middle East and India, summer
and fall of 1945, coded "OW*Y". |
|
|
KH |
135 |
Consolidated |
Liberator |
C. Mk. VIII |
Used by No. 423 (T)
Squadron, RCAF, for training in the UK, summer of 1945. |
|
|
KH |
136 |
Consolidated |
Liberator |
C. Mk. VIII |
Used by No. 423 (T)
Squadron, RCAF, for training in the UK, summer of 1945. |
|
|
KH |
179 |
Consolidated |
Liberator |
C. Mk.VIII |
Used by No. 426 (T)
Squadron, RCAF, on operational flights to Middle East and India, summer
and fall of 1945, coded "HW". |
|
|
KH |
181 |
Consolidated |
Liberator |
C. Mk.VIII |
Used by No. 426 (T)
Squadron, RCAF, on operational flights to Middle East and India, summer
and fall of 1945, coded "LW". |
|
|
KH |
222 |
Consolidated |
Liberator |
C. Mk.VIII |
Used by No. 426 (T)
Squadron, RCAF, for training in the UK, summer of 1945. |
|
|
KH |
224 |
Consolidated |
Liberator |
C. Mk.VIII |
Used by No. 426 (T)
Squadron, RCAF, on operational flights to Middle East and India, summer
and fall of 1945, coded "NW". |
|
|
KH |
262 |
Consolidated |
Liberator |
C. Mk. VIII |
Used by No. 422 (T)
Squadron, RCAF, for training in the UK, summer of 1945. |
|
|
KH |
263 |
Consolidated |
Liberator |
C. Mk. VIII |
Used by No. 423 (T)
Squadron, RCAF, for training in the UK, summer of 1945. |
|
|
KH |
264 |
Consolidated |
Liberator |
C. Mk. VIII |
Used by No. 422 (T)
Squadron, RCAF, for training in the UK, summer of 1945. |
|
|
KH |
329 |
Consolidated |
Liberator |
C. Mk.VIII |
Used by No. 426 (T)
Squadron, RCAF, on operational flights to Middle East and India, summer
and fall of 1945, coded "Z". |
|
|
KH |
333 |
Consolidated |
Liberator |
C. Mk.VIII |
Used by No. 426 (T)
Squadron, RCAF, on operational flights to Middle East and India, summer
and fall of 1945, coded "JW". |
|
|
KH |
346 |
Consolidated |
Liberator |
C. Mk.VIII |
Used by No. 426 (T)
Squadron, RCAF, for training in the UK, summer of 1945. |
|
|
KH |
381 |
Consolidated |
Liberator |
C. Mk.VI |
Used by No. 426 (T)
Squadron, RCAF, on operational flights to Middle East and India, summer
and fall of 1945, coded "W". Returned
to Tempsford, UK from
India on 27 December 1945. |
|
|
KH |
417 |
Consolidated |
Liberator |
C. Mk. VIII |
Used by No. 423 (T)
Squadron, RCAF, for training in the UK, summer of 1945. |
|
|
KH |
420 |
Consolidated |
Liberator |
C. Mk.VI |
Used by No. 426 (T)
Squadron, RCAF, for training in the UK, summer of 1945. |
|
|
KH |
641 |
North American |
Mustang |
Mk. IV |
Equivalent to USAAF
P-51D. Used by No.
442 (F) Squadron, RCAF, from the UK in 1945.
Left this Squadron on 1 August 1945. |
|
|
KH |
647 |
North American |
Mustang |
Mk. IV |
Equivalent to USAAF
P-51D. Used by No.
442 (F) Squadron, RCAF, from the UK in 1945, coded "Y2*H". Flown by F/O L.H. Wilson
on 16 April 1945 from Hunsdon,
UK, when he shared in the destruction of an Fw
190. One of 13
aircraft on the squadron's last operational mission, top cover for task
force liberating the Channel Islands on 9 May 1945, flown from Hunsdon, UK. |
|
|
KH |
659 |
North American |
Mustang |
Mk. IV |
Equivalent to USAAF
P-51D. Used by No.
442 (F) Squadron, RCAF, from the UK in 1945, coded "Y2*I". Flown by F/L W. V. Shank
on 16 April 1945, when he destroyed an Fw
190. One of 13
aircraft on the squadron's last operational mission, top cover for task
force liberating the Channel Islands on 9 May 1945, flown from Hunsdon, UK. |
|
|
KH |
661 |
North American |
Mustang |
Mk. IV |
Equivalent to USAAF
P-51D. Used by No.
442 (F) Squadron, RCAF, from the UK in 1945, coded "Y2*C". One of 13 aircraft on the
squadron's last operational mission, top cover for task force
liberating the Channel Islands on 9 May 1945, flown from Hunsdon, UK.
Left this Squadron on 1 August 1945. |
|
|
KH |
665 |
North American |
Mustang |
Mk. IV |
Equivalent to USAAF
P-51D. Used by No.
442 (F) Squadron, RCAF, from the UK in 1945, coded "Y2*V". One of 13 aircraft on the
squadron's last operational mission, top cover for task force
liberating the Channel Islands on 9 May 1945, flown from Hunsdon, UK. |
|
|
KH |
666 |
North American |
Mustang |
Mk. IV |
Equivalent to USAAF
P-51D. Used by No.
442 (F) Squadron, RCAF, from the UK in 1945. |
|
|
KH |
668 |
North American |
Mustang |
Mk. IV |
Equivalent to USAAF
P-51D. Used by No.
442 (F) Squadron, RCAF, from the UK in 1945, coded "Y2*T". Flown by F/O R. J. Robillard on 16 April 1945 from Hunsdon, UK, when he shared in
the destruction of an Fw
190. One of 13
aircraft on the squadron's last operational mission, top cover for task
force liberating the Channel Islands on 9 May 1945, flown from Hunsdon, UK. |
|
|
KH |
680 |
North American |
Mustang |
Mk. IVA |
Equivalent to USAAF
P-51K. Used by No.
442 (F) Squadron, RCAF, in the UK in 1945, coded "Y2*B". One of 13 aircraft on the
squadron's last operational mission, top cover for task force
liberating the Channel Islands on 9 May 1945, flown from Hunsdon, UK. |
|
|
KH |
694 |
North American |
Mustang |
Mk. IVA |
Equivalent to USAAF
P-51K. Used by No.
442 (F) Squadron, RCAF, from the UK in 1945, coded "Y2*P". One of 13 aircraft on the
squadron's last operational mission, top cover for task force
liberating the Channel Islands on 9 May 1945, flown from Hunsdon, UK. |
|
|
KH |
700 |
North American |
Mustang |
Mk. IVA |
Equivalent to USAAF
P-51K. Used by No.
442 (F) Squadron, RCAF, from the UK in 1945, coded "Y2*S". |
|
|
KH |
709 |
North American |
Mustang |
Mk. IVA |
Equivalent to USAAF
P-51K. Used by No.
442 (F) Squadron, RCAF, from the UK in 1945, coded "Y2*J". One of 13 aircraft on the
squadron's last operational mission, top cover for task force
liberating the Channel Islands on 9 May 1945, flown from Hunsdon, UK. |
|
|
KH |
711 |
North American |
Mustang |
Mk. IVA |
Equivalent to USAAF
P-51K. Used by No.
442 (F) Squadron, RCAF, from the UK in 1945, coded "Y2*N". One of 13 aircraft on the
squadron's last operational mission, top cover for task force
liberating the Channel Islands on 9 May 1945, flown from Hunsdon, UK. |
|
|
KH |
729 |
North American |
Mustang |
Mk. IVA |
Equivalent to USAAF
P-51K. Used by No.
442 (F) Squadron, RCAF, in the UK in 1945, coded "Y2*A". One of 13 aircraft on the
squadron's last operational mission, top cover for task force
liberating the Channel Islands on 9 May 1945, flown from Hunsdon, UK. |
|
|
KH |
735 |
North American |
Mustang |
Mk. IVA |
Equivalent to USAAF
P-51K. Used by No.
442 (F) Squadron, RCAF, from the UK in 1945, coded "Y2*W". One of 13 aircraft on the
squadron's last operational mission, top cover for task force
liberating the Channel Islands on 9 May 1945, flown from Hunsdon, UK. |
|
|
KH |
737 |
North American |
Mustang |
Mk. IVA |
Equivalent to USAAF
P-51K. Used by No.
442 (F) Squadron, RCAF, from the UK in 1945, coded "Y2*D". Left this Squadron on 1
August 1945. |
|
|
KH |
747 |
North American |
Mustang |
Mk. IVA |
Equivalent to USAAF
P-51K. Used by No.
442 (F) Squadron, RCAF, from the UK in 1945, coded "Y2*Y". One of 13 aircraft on the
squadron's last operational mission, top cover for task force
liberating the Channel Islands on 9 May 1945, flown from Hunsdon, UK.
Left this Squadron on 1 August 1945. |
|
|
KH |
764 |
North American |
Mustang |
Mk. IVA |
Equivalent to USAAF
P-51K. Used by No.
442 (F) Squadron, RCAF, from Hunsdon,
UK in 1945. |
|
|
KH |
765 |
North American |
Mustang |
Mk. IVA |
Equivalent to USAAF
P-51K. Used by No.
442 (F) Squadron, RCAF, from the UK in 1945, coded "Y2*R". One of 13 aircraft on the
squadron's last operational mission, top cover for task force
liberating the Channel Islands on 9 May 1945, flown from Hunsdon, UK. |
|
|
KJ |
763 |
Douglas |
|
Dakota |
Mk. IV |
Operated by No. 436
(T) Squadron, RCAF in India, coded "L". |
|
KJ |
820 |
Douglas |
Dakota |
Mk. IV |
Operated by No. 436
(T) Squadron, RCAF in India, coded "A". |
|
|
KJ |
821 |
Douglas |
|
Dakota |
Mk. IV |
Operated by No. 435
(T) Squadron, RCAF, in India. Coded
"J". Also with No.
436 (T) Squadron, RCAF in India, coded "U". |
|
KJ |
841 |
Douglas |
Dakota |
Mk. IV |
Operated by No. 436
(T) Squadron, RCAF in India, coded "F". |
|
|
KJ |
845 |
Douglas |
|
Dakota |
Mk. IV |
Operated by No. 436
(T) Squadron, RCAF in India, coded "V".
Lost on operations in northwest Burma 7 February
1945. |
|
KJ |
858 |
Douglas |
Dakota |
Mk. IV |
Operated by No. 436
(T) Squadron, RCAF in India, coded "H". |
|
|
KJ |
883 |
Douglas |
|
Dakota |
Mk. IV |
Operated by 435 (T)
Squadron, RCAF, in India. Coded
"N". |
|
KJ |
887 |
Douglas |
Dakota |
Mk. IV |
Operated by No. 436
(T) Squadron, RCAF in India, coded "J". |
|
|
KJ |
953 |
Douglas |
|
Dakota |
Mk. IV |
Operated by 435 (T)
Squadron, RCAF, in India. Coded
"X". Attempted
takeoff at Tulihal,
Assam, with rudder lock in place on 5 August 1945.
Left runway, undercarriage collapsed when a ditch
was encountered, written off. |
|
KJ |
956 |
Douglas |
Dakota |
Mk. IV |
Operated by No. 436
(T) Squadron, RCAF in India, coded "G". |
|
|
KJ |
964 |
Douglas |
|
Dakota |
Mk. IV |
Operated by No. 436
(T) Squadron, RCAF in India, coded "T". |
|
KJ |
971 |
Douglas |
Dakota |
Mk. IV |
Operated by No. 235
Squadron in India. Transferred
to 435 (T) Squadron, RCAF, postwar.
Flown back to UK, leaving Tulihal,
Assam on 7 September 1945. |
|
|
KK |
105 |
Douglas |
|
Dakota |
Mk. IV |
Operated by 435 (T)
Squadron, RCAF, in India, coded "A". See photo on page 133 of "RCAF
Squadrons and Aircraft". |
|
KK |
107 |
Douglas |
Dakota |
Mk. IV |
Operated by 436 (T)
Squadron, RCAF, in India, coded "M". |
|
|
KK |
113 |
Douglas |
|
Dakota |
Mk. IV |
Operated by 436 (T)
Squadron, RCAF, in India, coded "B". |
|
KK |
126 |
Douglas |
Dakota |
Mk. IV |
Operated by 436 (T)
Squadron, RCAF, in India, coded "D". |
|
|
KK |
143 |
Douglas |
|
Dakota |
Mk. IV |
Operated by 435 (T)
Squadron, RCAF, in the UK, post war.
Coded "ODM*A". |
|
KK |
251 |
Consolidated |
Liberator |
C. Mk.VI |
Used by No. 426 (T)
Squadron, RCAF, for training in the UK, summer of 1945. |
|
|
KK |
254 |
Consolidated |
Liberator |
C. Mk.VI |
Used by No. 426 (T)
Squadron, RCAF, for training in the UK, summer of 1945. |
|
|
KK |
255 |
Consolidated |
Liberator |
C. Mk.VI |
Used by No. 426 (T)
Squadron, RCAF, on operational flights to Middle East and India, summer
and fall of 1945, coded "Q". |
|
|
KK |
267 |
Consolidated |
Liberator |
C. Mk.VI |
Used by No. 426 (T)
Squadron, RCAF, on operational flights to Middle East and India, summer
and fall of 1945, coded "O". Left
Tempsford, UK for
India on 20 December 1945, one of 4 aircraft dispatched that day on the
last round trips to India by this Squadron. |
|
|
KK |
337 |
Consolidated |
Liberator |
C. Mk.VI |
Used by No. 426 (T)
Squadron, RCAF, for training in the UK, summer of 1945. |
|
|
KK |
340 |
Consolidated |
Liberator |
C. Mk.VI |
Used by No. 426 (T)
Squadron, RCAF, on operational flights to Middle East and India, summer
and fall of 1945, coded "R". |
|
|
KK |
341 |
Consolidated |
Liberator |
C. Mk.VI |
Used by No. 426 (T)
Squadron, RCAF, on operational flights to Middle East and India, summer
and fall of 1945, coded "OLW*P". One
of two aircraft that flew this unit's first missions to India,
departing UK on 30 September 1945, returning 7 October. |
|
|
KK |
369 |
Consolidated |
Liberator |
C. Mk. VIII |
Used by No. 423 (T)
Squadron, RCAF, for training in the UK, summer of 1945. |
|
|
KK |
374 |
Consolidated |
Liberator |
C. Mk.VI |
Used by No. 426 (T)
Squadron, RCAF, on operational flights to Middle East and India, summer
and fall of 1945, coded "T". |
|
|
KL |
350 |
Consolidated |
Liberator |
C. Mk.VI |
Used by No. 426 (T)
Squadron, RCAF, for training in the UK, summer of 1945. |
|
|
KL |
496 |
Consolidated |
Liberator |
C. Mk. VIII |
Used by No. 422 (T)
Squadron, RCAF, for training in the UK, summer of 1945. |
|
|
KL |
514 |
Consolidated |
Liberator |
C. Mk. VIII |
Used by No. 422 (T)
Squadron, RCAF, for training in the UK, summer of 1945. |
|
|
KL |
618 |
Consolidated |
Liberator |
C. Mk.VI |
Used by No. 426 (T)
Squadron, RCAF, on operational flights to Middle East and India, summer
and fall of 1945, coded "K". |
|
|
KL |
619 |
Consolidated |
Liberator |
C. Mk.VI |
Used by No. 426 (T)
Squadron, RCAF, on operational flights to Middle East and India, summer
and fall of 1945, coded "H". |
|
|
KL |
621 |
Consolidated |
Liberator |
C. Mk.VI |
Used by No. 426 (T)
Squadron, RCAF, on operational flights to Middle East and India, summer
and fall of 1945, coded "D". |
|
|
KL |
625 |
Consolidated |
Liberator |
C. Mk.VI |
Used by No. 426 (T)
Squadron, RCAF, on operational flights to Middle East and India, summer
and fall of 1945, coded "V". |
|
|
KL |
639 |
Consolidated |
Liberator |
C. Mk.VI |
Used by No. 426 (T)
Squadron, RCAF, on operational flights to Middle East and India, summer
and fall of 1945, coded "F". |
|
|
KL |
641 |
Consolidated |
Liberator |
C. Mk.VI |
Used by No. 426 (T)
Squadron, RCAF, on operational flights to Middle East and India, summer
and fall of 1945, coded "OLW*A". One
of two aircraft that flew this unit's first missions to India,
departing UK on 30 September 1945, returning 7 October. |
|
|
KL |
643 |
Consolidated |
Liberator |
C. Mk.VIII |
Used by No. 426 (T)
Squadron, RCAF, for training in the UK, summer of 1945. |
|
|
KL |
647 |
Consolidated |
Liberator |
C. Mk.VI |
Used by No. 426 (T)
Squadron, RCAF, on operational flights to Middle East and India, summer
and fall of 1945. Left
Tempsford, UK for
India on 20 December 1945, one of 4 aircraft dispatched on the last
round trips to India by this Squadron. |
|
|
KL |
650 |
Consolidated |
Liberator |
C. Mk.VI |
Used by No. 426 (T)
Squadron, RCAF, on operational flights to Middle East and India, summer
and fall of 1945, coded "J". |
|
|
KL |
658 |
Consolidated |
Liberator |
C. Mk.VI |
Used by No. 426 (T)
Squadron, RCAF, on operational flights to Middle East and India, summer
and fall of 1945. Left
Tempsford, UK for
India on 20 December 1945, one of 4 aircraft dispatched on the last
round trips to India by this Squadron. |
|
|
KL |
663 |
Consolidated |
Liberator |
C. Mk.VI |
Used by No. 426 (T)
Squadron, RCAF, on operational flights to Middle East and India, summer
and fall of 1945, coded "C". |
|
|
KL |
670 |
Consolidated |
Liberator |
C. Mk.VI |
Used by No. 426 (T)
Squadron, RCAF, on operational flights to Middle East and India, summer
and fall of 1945, coded "G". |
|
|
KL |
681 |
Consolidated |
Liberator |
C. Mk.VI |
Used by No. 426 (T)
Squadron, RCAF, for training in the UK, summer of 1945. |
|
|
KL |
686 |
Consolidated |
Liberator |
C. Mk.VI |
Used by No. 426 (T)
Squadron, RCAF, on operational flights to Middle East and India, from
summer and fall of 1945. Departed
Tempsford, UK on 1
December 1945 for India. Left
Tempsford, UK for
India on 20 December 1945, one of 4 aircraft dispatched on the last
round trips to India by this Squadron.
Returned to Tempsford,
UK from India on 27 December 1945. |
|
|
KM |
122 |
North American |
Mustang |
Mk. IV |
Equivalent to USAAF
P-51K. Used by No.
442 (F) Squadron, RCAF, from the UK in 1945, coded "Y2*F". |
|
|
KM |
218 |
North American |
Mustang |
Mk. IV |
Equivalent to USAAF
P-51K. Used by No.
442 (F) Squadron, RCAF, from the UK in 1945, coded "Y2*Q". |
|
|
KN |
208 |
Douglas |
Dakota |
Mk. IV |
Operated by No. 437
(T) Squadron, RCAF, in India. Crashed
in valley near Toungoo
on 7 July 1945. |
|
|
KN |
227 |
Douglas |
|
Dakota |
Mk. IV |
Operated by No. 435
(T) Squadron, RCAF, in UK for flights to Continent, post war. Based at Ampney Down, UK in March 1946. |
|
KN |
256 |
Douglas |
Dakota |
Mk. IV |
With No. 437 (T)
Squadron, RCAF in the UK in 1944/1945, coded "Z2*L". |
|
|
KN |
258 |
Douglas |
|
Dakota |
Mk. IV |
Reported with No. 435
(T) Squadron, RCAF in the UK in 1945/1946. |
|
KN |
261 |
Douglas |
Dakota |
Mk. IV |
Operated by 435 (T)
Squadron, RCAF, in the UK in fall of 1945.
Coded "Y". With
Croyden Detachment
of this unit, March 1946. |
|
|
KN |
262 |
Douglas |
|
Dakota |
Mk. IV |
With No. 437 (T)
Squadron, RCAF in the UK in 1944/1945, coded "Z2*V". |
|
KN |
270 |
Douglas |
Dakota |
Mk. IV |
Operated by 435 (T)
Squadron, RCAF, in the UK in fall of 1945.
Coded "X". Based
at Ampney Down, UK,
March 1946. |
|
|
KN |
278 |
Douglas |
|
Dakota |
Mk. IV |
With No. 437 (T)
Squadron, RCAF in the UK in 1944/1945, coded "Z2*W".
Operated by No. 435 (T) Squadron, RCAF, in UK for
flights to Continent, post war. Based
at Ampney Down, UK in
March 1946. |
|
KN |
281 |
Douglas |
Dakota |
Mk. IV |
With No. 437 (T)
Squadron, RCAF in the UK in 1944/1945, coded "Z2*N". |
|
|
KN |
413 |
Douglas |
|
Dakota |
Mk. IV |
Operated by 435 (T)
Squadron, RCAF, on flights to continent from UK, at time of crash. Coded "ODM*F". Flew into high ground,
en-route Copenhagen to Oslo, on 18 December 1945.
Crew and 13 passengers killed. |
|
KN |
415 |
Douglas |
Dakota |
Mk. IV |
Operated by 435 (T)
Squadron, RCAF, in the UK in fall of 1945.
Coded "F". |
|
|
KN |
427 |
Douglas |
|
Dakota |
Mk. IV |
Operated by No. 235
Squadron in India. Transferred
to 435 (T) Squadron, RCAF, postwar.
Flown back to UK, leaving Tulihal,
Assam on 5 September 1945. With
No. 437 (T) Squadron, RCAF by May 1945, when it flew as part of a
formation to Copenhagen. Coded
"AY" at that time. |
|
KN |
436 |
Douglas |
Dakota |
Mk. IV |
Operated by 435 (T)
Squadron, RCAF, on flights to continent from UK, postwar. Coded "ODM*F". Overshot runway on landing
at Oslo, 8 October 1945. Came
to rest hanging over cliff. No injuries, not known if repaired. |
|
|
KN |
443 |
Douglas |
|
Dakota |
Mk. IV |
Operated by 435 (T)
Squadron, RCAF, in the Far East. Operated
as late as August 1945, possibly being ferried back to UK at that time. |
|
KN |
451 |
Douglas |
Dakota |
Mk. IV |
Operated by 436 (T)
Squadron, RCAF, in the UK post war.
Coded "ODM*H |
|
|
KN |
462 |
Douglas |
|
Dakota |
Mk. IV |
Briefly operated by
436 (T) Squadron, RCAF, in the UK in April 1945. |
|
KN |
511 |
Douglas |
Dakota |
Mk. IV |
Operated by 435 (T)
Squadron, RCAF, in the UK in fall of 1945.
Coded "ODM*Z". |
|
|
KN |
563 |
Douglas |
|
Dakota |
Mk. IV |
Operated by 435 (T)
Squadron, RCAF, in India. Crashed
in Burma 21 June 1945, 6 fatalities.
Wreckage discovered 1996, crew given military burial
in Rangoon. |
|
KN |
655 |
Douglas |
Dakota |
Mk. IV |
Operated by 435 (T)
Squadron, RCAF, in the UK in fall of 1945.
Coded "LW". |
|
|
KN |
665 |
Douglas |
|
Dakota |
Mk. IV |
Operated by 435 (T)
Squadron, RCAF, on flights to continent from UK.
Coded "ODM*E".
Carried Canadian Secretary of State, Paul Martin,
Sr., to Abbeville, France on 4 February 1946.
With Croyden
Detachment, March 1946. Operated
by No. 436 (T) Squadron, RCAF from Odiham,
UK on 2 April 1946, when it transported officials to the Nurenburg War Trials. |
|
KN |
666 |
Douglas |
Dakota |
Mk. IV |
Operated by 435 (T)
Squadron, RCAF, in the UK in fall of 1945.
Coded "KW". With
Croyden Detachment
of this unit, March 1946. |
|
|
KN |
683 |
Douglas |
|
Dakota |
Mk. III |
Operated by 435 (T)
Squadron, RCAF, in India in mid 1945,
coded "D". Received
by this unit on 15 July 1945, first squadron aircraft with LORAN and
Eureka. |
|
KN |
719 |
Consolidated |
Liberator |
C. Mk. VIII |
Used by No. 422 (T)
and No. 426 (T) Squadron, RCAF, for training in the UK, summer of 1945. |
|
|
KN |
721 |
Consolidated |
Liberator |
C. Mk. VIII |
Used by No. 422 (T)
and No. 426 (T) Squadron, RCAF, for training in the UK, summer of 1945. |
|
|
KN |
723 |
Consolidated |
Liberator |
C. Mk. VIII |
Used by No. 422 (T)
Squadron, RCAF, for training in the UK, summer of 1945. |
|
|
KN |
727 |
Consolidated |
Liberator |
C. Mk. VIII |
Used by No. 422 (T)
and No. 426 (T) Squadron, RCAF, for training in the UK, summer of 1945. |
|
|
KN |
734 |
Consolidated |
Liberator |
C. Mk. VIII |
Used by No. 422 (T)
Squadron, RCAF, for training in the UK, summer of 1945. |
|
|
KN |
736 |
Consolidated |
Liberator |
C. Mk. VIII |
Used by No. 422 (T)
Squadron, RCAF, for training in the UK, summer of 1945. |
|
|
KN |
739 |
Consolidated |
Liberator |
C. Mk. VIII |
Used by No. 422 (T)
Squadron, RCAF, for training in the UK, summer of 1945. |
|
|
KN |
740 |
Consolidated |
Liberator |
C. Mk. VIII |
Used by No. 426 (T)
Squadron, RCAF, for training in the UK, summer of 1945. |
|
|
KN |
742 |
Consolidated |
Liberator |
C. Mk. VIII |
Used by No. 422 (T)
Squadron, RCAF, for training in the UK, summer of 1945. |
|
|
KN |
743 |
Consolidated |
Liberator |
C. Mk. VIII |
Used by No. 422 (T)
and No. 423 (T) Squadron, RCAF, for training in the UK, summer of 1945. |
|
|
KN |
754 |
Consolidated |
Liberator |
C. Mk. VIII |
Reported with No. 422
(T) Squadron, RCAF, for training in the UK, summer of 1945. Probably a typo, this
serial was assigned to a Mustang. |
|
|
KN |
755 |
Consolidated |
Liberator |
C. Mk. VIII |
Used by No. 422 (T)
and No. 423 (T) Squadron, RCAF, for training in the UK, summer of 1945. Probably a typo, this
serial was assigned to a Mustang. |
|
|
KN |
756 |
Consolidated |
Liberator |
C. Mk. VIII |
Used by No. 422 (T)
and No. 426 (T) Squadron, RCAF, for training in the UK, summer of 1945. Probably a typo, this
serial was assigned to a Mustang. |
|
|
KN |
757 |
Consolidated |
Liberator |
C. Mk. VIII |
Used by No. 422 (T)
and No. 426 (T) Squadron, RCAF, for training in the UK, summer of 1945. Probably a typo, this
serial was assigned to a Mustang. |
|
|
KN |
758 |
Consolidated |
Liberator |
C. Mk. VIII |
Used by No. 422 (T)
and No. 426 (T) Squadron, RCAF, for training in the UK, summer of 1945. Probably a typo, this
serial was assigned to a Mustang. |
|
|
KN |
761 |
Consolidated |
Liberator |
C. Mk. VIII |
Used by No. 422 (T)
and No. 426 (T) Squadron, RCAF, for training in the UK, summer of 1945. Probably a typo, this
serial was assigned to a Mustang. |
|
|
KN |
763 |
Consolidated |
Liberator |
C. Mk. VIII |
Used by No. 422 (T)
Squadron, RCAF, for training in the UK, summer of 1945.
Probably a typo, this serial was assigned to a
Mustang. |
|
|
KN |
767 |
Consolidated |
Liberator |
C. Mk.VIII |
Used by No. 426 (T)
Squadron, RCAF, for training in the UK, summer of 1945.
Probably a typo, this serial was assigned to a
Mustang. |
|
|
KN |
775 |
Consolidated |
Liberator |
C. Mk. VIII |
Used by No. 422 (T)
and No. 426 (T) Squadron, RCAF, for training in the UK, summer of 1945. Probably a typo, this
serial was assigned to a Mustang. |
|
|
KN |
810 |
Consolidated |
Liberator |
C. Mk. VIII |
Used by No. 422 (T)
Squadron, RCAF, for training in the UK, summer of 1945.
Probably a typo, this serial was assigned to a
Mustang. |
|
|
KN |
883 |
Consolidated |
Liberator |
C. Mk. VIII |
Used by No. 426 (T)
Squadron, RCAF, on operational flights to Middle East and India, summer
and fall of 1945. |
|
|
KP |
220 |
Douglas |
|
Dakota |
Mk. IV |
Operated by No. 435
(T) Squadron, RCAF, in UK for flights to Continent, post war. Based at Ampney Down, UK in March 1946. |
|
KP |
226 |
Douglas |
Dakota |
Mk. IV |
Operated by 435 (T)
Squadron, RCAF, in the UK in fall of 1945.
Coded "P". |
|
|
KP |
227 |
Douglas |
|
Dakota |
Mk. IV |
Operated by 435 (T)
Squadron, RCAF, in the UK in fall of 1945.
Coded "J". Based
at Ampney Down, UK,
March 1946. |
|
KP |
241 |
Douglas |
Dakota |
Mk. IV |
Operated by 435 (T)
Squadron, RCAF, in the UK in fall of 1945.
Coded "V". |
|
|
KV |
867 |
Bristol |
Rootes |
Beaufighter |
Mk. VIF |
Served with No. 406
(NF) Squadron, RCAF, coded "HU*I". |
|
KV |
921 |
Bristol |
Rootes |
Beaufighter |
Mk. VIF |
Served with No. 406
(NF) Squadron, RCAF, coded "HU*Z". |
|
KV |
977 |
Bristol |
Rootes |
Beaufighter |
Mk. VIF |
Served with No. 406
(NF) Squadron, RCAF, in summer of 1944. |
|
KV |
981 |
Bristol |
Rootes |
Beaufighter |
Mk. VIF |
Served with No. 406
(NF) Squadron, RCAF, in summer of 1944. |
|
KW |
101 |
Bristol |
Rootes |
Beaufighter |
Mk. VIF |
Served with No. 406
(NF) Squadron, RCAF, in summer of 1944. |
|
KW |
102 |
Bristol |
Rootes |
Beaufighter |
Mk. VIF |
Served with No. 406
(NF) Squadron, RCAF, in summer of 1944. |
|
KW |
103 |
Bristol |
Rootes |
Beaufighter |
Mk. VIF |
Served with No. 406
(NF) Squadron, RCAF, coded "HU*T". |
|
KW |
105 |
Bristol |
Rootes |
Beaufighter |
Mk. VIF |
Served with No. 406
(NF) Squadron, RCAF, in summer of 1944. |
|
KW |
109 |
Bristol |
Rootes |
Beaufighter |
Mk. VIF |
Served with No. 406
(NF) Squadron, RCAF, in summer of 1944. |
|
KW |
110 |
Bristol |
Rootes |
Beaufighter |
Mk. VIF |
Served with No. 406
(NF) Squadron, RCAF, in summer of 1944. |
|
KW |
119 |
Bristol |
Rootes |
Beaufighter |
Mk. VIF |
Served with No. 406
(NF) Squadron, RCAF, in summer of 1944.
Coded "HU*S". |
|
KW |
807 |
Hawker |
Hurricane |
Mk. IV |
Used for training by
No. 439 (F) Squadron, RCAF, in early 1944. |
|
|
KW |
911 |
Hawker |
|
Hurricane |
Mk. IV |
Used for training by
No. 439 (F) Squadron, RCAF, in early 1944. |
|
KZ |
568 |
Hawker |
Hurricane |
Mk. IV |
Used for training by
No. 439 (F) Squadron, RCAF, in early 1944.
Mid air
with KZ577 on 7 February 1944, while practicing section tactics. Damaged, but recovered
safely to base. |
|
|
KZ |
577 |
Hawker |
|
Hurricane |
Mk. IV |
Used for training by
No. 439 (F) Squadron, RCAF, in early 1944.
Mid air
with KZ568 on 7 February 1944, while practicing section tactics. Damaged, but recovered
safely to base. |
|
KZ |
736 |
Hawker |
Hurricane |
Mk. IV |
Used for training by
No. 439 (F) Squadron, RCAF, in early 1944. |
|
|
LB |
646 |
Hawker |
|
Hurricane |
Mk. IV |
Used for training by
No. 439 (F) Squadron, RCAF, in early 1944. |
|
LD |
564 |
Hawker |
Hurricane |
Mk. IV |
Used for training by
No. 439 (F) Squadron, RCAF, in early 1944.
Crashed on training flight near Loch Doon, Ayrshire on 18 March 1944,
killing F/O R. M.
McTavish. |
|
|
LD |
568 |
Hawker |
|
Hurricane |
Mk. IV |
Used for training by
No. 439 (F) Squadron, RCAF, in early 1944. |
|
LD |
570 |
Hawker |
Hurricane |
Mk. IV |
Used for training by
No. 439 (F) Squadron, RCAF, in early 1944, coded "5V*Z". |
|
|
LD |
594 |
Hawker |
|
Hurricane |
Mk. IV |
Used for training by
No. 439 (F) Squadron, RCAF, in early 1944. |
|
LD |
969 |
Hawker |
Hurricane |
Mk. IV |
Used for training by
No. 439 (F) Squadron, RCAF, in early 1944. |
|
|
LD |
970 |
Hawker |
|
Hurricane |
Mk. IV |
Used for training by
No. 439 (F) Squadron, RCAF, in early 1944. |
|
LD |
972 |
Hawker |
Hurricane |
Mk. IV |
Used for training by
No. 439 (F) Squadron, RCAF, in early 1944.
Mid-air with a USAAF P-47 serial 42-76469 while mock
dog fighting near Hurn, 21
March 1944, killing Flight Lieutenant Norval
Edward Pollock. Came
down on Avon causeway. |
|
|
LD |
973 |
Hawker |
|
Hurricane |
Mk. IV |
Used for training by
No. 438 (F) Squadron, RCAF, in early 1944.
Used for training by No. 439 (F) Squadron, RCAF, in
early 1944. |
|
LD |
974 |
Hawker |
Hurricane |
Mk. IV |
Used for training by
No. 439 (F) Squadron, RCAF, in early 1944. |
|
|
LE |
132 |
Hawker |
|
Hurricane |
Mk. IV |
Used for training by
No. 439 (F) Squadron, RCAF, in early 1944. |
|
LE |
133 |
Hawker |
Hurricane |
Mk. IV |
Used for training by
No. 439 (F) Squadron, RCAF, in early 1944. |
|
|
LE |
134 |
Hawker |
|
Hurricane |
Mk. IV |
Used for training by
No. 439 (F) Squadron, RCAF, in early 1944. |
|
LE |
268 |
Hawker |
Hurricane |
Mk. IV |
Used for training by
No. 439 (F) Squadron, RCAF, in early 1944. |
|
|
LE |
396 |
Hawker |
|
Hurricane |
Mk. IV |
Used for training by
No. 439 (F) Squadron, RCAF, in early 1944. |
|
LE |
397 |
Hawker |
Hurricane |
Mk. IV |
Used for training by
No. 439 (F) Squadron, RCAF, in early 1944. |
|
|
LE |
507 |
Hawker |
|
Hurricane |
Mk. IV |
Used for training by
No. 439 (F) Squadron, RCAF, in early 1944. |
|
LE |
568 |
Hawker |
Hurricane |
Mk. IV |
Used for training by
No. 439 (F) Squadron, RCAF, in early 1944.
Lost at sea on 10 February 1944. |
|
|
LK |
626 |
Handley Page |
Halifax |
B. Mk. V |
Served with No. 427
(B) Squadron, RCAF, coded"'ZL*P". Bombed Leverkusen on 22/23
August 1943. Bombed
Berlin on 23/24 August 1943. Bombed
Nurnberg on 27/28 August 1943. Bombed
Munchen-Gladbach
on 30/31 August 1943. |
|
|
LK |
627 |
Handley Page |
Halifax |
B. Mk. V |
Served with No. 427
(B) Squadron, RCAF, coded 'ZL*K'.
Bombed Berlin on 23/24 August 1943.
Bombed Nurnberg on 27/28 August 1943. Bombed Berlin on August
31/September 1, 1943. Failed
to return from attack on Frankfurt on 20/21 December 1943. All of the crew were POW. |
|
|
LK |
628 |
Handley Page |
Halifax |
B. Mk. V |
Served with No. 427
(B) Squadron, RCAF, coded 'ZL*N'.
Bombed Leverkusen on 22/23 August 1943. Bombed Nurnberg on 27/28
August 1943. Bombed
Berlin on August 31/September 1, 1943.
Bombed Mannheim on 5/6 September 1943. Failed to return from
attack on Munich on 6/7 September 1943, shot down by a night fighter. 5 crew killed and 3 POW. |
|
|
LK |
629 |
Handley Page |
Halifax |
B. Mk. V |
Served with No. 427
(B) Squadron, RCAF, coded 'ZL*F'.
Bombed Nurnberg on 27/28 August 1943. Failed to return from
attack on Hamburg and Munchen-Gladbach
on 30 / 31 August 1943. All
7 crew were killed. Reported
as crashing in Belgium, near Aartselaar,
and as crashing in Germany. |
|
|
LK |
632 |
Handley Page |
Halifax |
B. Mk. V |
Served with No. 431
(B) Squadron, RCAF, coded 'SE*M'.
Failed to return from attack on Mannheim on 18/19
November 1943. All
were killed. |
|
|
LK |
633 |
Handley Page |
Halifax |
B. Mk. V |
Served with No. 427
(B) Squadron, RCAF, coded 'ZL*G'.
Failed to return from attack on Munchen-Gladbach on 30/31 August
1943. 3 crew were
killed and 4 POW. Reported
on mission to Berlin the next night, this was probably another "ZL*G". |
|
|
LK |
634 |
Handley Page |
Halifax |
B. Mk. V |
Served with No. 434
(B) Squadron, RCAF, coded 'WL*T'.
Failed to return from attack on Hannover/Bochum on
27/28 September 1943. Shot
down by night fighter from III/NJG 1 at 21:55 near Ledgen.
5 crewmembers were killed and 2 POW. |
|
|
LK |
635 |
Handley Page |
Halifax |
B. Mk. V |
Served with No. 428
(B) Squadron, RCAF, coded 'NA*H'.
Also reported as "NA*N" when lost.
Took off from Middelton-St-George
at 18:28 local, failed to return from attack on Hannover on 22/23
September 1943, no survivors. May
have come down at Schefkoven,
a suburb of Delmenhorst, but this crash is also reported as a No. 77
Squadron, RAF Halifax. |
|
|
LK |
636 |
Handley Page |
Halifax |
B. Mk. V |
Served with No. 427
(B) Squadron, RCAF, coded 'ZL*H'.
Bombed Munchen-Gladbach
on 30/31 August 1943. Bombed
Berlin on August 31/September 1, 1943.
Failed to return from attack on Mannheim on 5/6
September 1943. All
crew were killed. |
|
|
LK |
637 |
Handley Page |
Halifax |
B. Mk. V |
Served with No. 427
(B) Squadron, RCAF, coded 'ZL*W', when it bombed Mannheim on 5/6
September 1943. Attacked
by an ME-210 outbound at the Dutch coast during raid on Kassel 3/4
October, 1943. Severe
damage, made a safe landing at base.
2 killed, 1 seriously injured.
Also coded "ZL*V". |
|
|
LK |
638 |
Handley Page |
Halifax |
B. Mk. V |
Served with No. 434
(B) Squadron, RCAF, coded "WL*V".
Mining operation on 2 October 1943.
Failed to return from raid on Kassel on 3 October
1943. 3 crew
killed, 4 PoW. Came
down in a lake Garbsen, Germany, near Hannover.
Wreckage visible in the lake for many years, at
least till 1949. Port
outer engine over revved and caught fire.
Most crew bailed out, aircraft was struck by flak
while crew was bailing out. Was reported to have exploded shortly
before it crashed. |
|
|
LK |
639 |
Handley Page |
Halifax |
B. Mk. V |
Served with No. 431
(B) Squadron, RCAF, coded 'SE*E'.
Failed to return from attack on Kassel on 22/23
October 1943, no survivors. |
|
|
LK |
640 |
Handley Page |
Halifax |
B. Mk. V |
Served with No. 431
(B) Squadron, RCAF, coded 'SE*Q'.
Failed to return from attack on Mannheim on 18/19
November 1943. All
were killed. |
|
|
LK |
643 |
Handley Page |
Halifax |
B. Mk. V |
Served with No. 427
(B) Squadron, RCAF, coded 'ZL*T'. |
|
|
LK |
644 |
Handley Page |
Halifax |
B. Mk. V |
Served with No. 427
(B) Squadron, RCAF, coded 'ZL*C'.
Failed to return from attack on Frankfurt on 20/21
December 1943. All
were killed. Came
down near Weilmunster,
locals speculated aircraft was after Goering's private train, parked in
a nearby tunnel. |
|
|
LK |
647 |
Handley Page |
Halifax |
B. Mk. V |
Served with No. 434
(B) Squadron, RCAF, coded 'WL*C'.
Bombed Montlucan
on 15/16 September 1943. Bombed
Modane on 16/17
September 1943. Failed
to return from attack on Hannover on 8/9 October 1943, shot down by a
night fighter. 6
crew were killed and one POW. |
|
|
LK |
648 |
Handley Page |
Halifax |
B. Mk. V |
Served with No. 434
(B) Squadron, RCAF, coded 'WL*F'.
Failed to return from attack on Hannover on 27/28
September 1943. All
were killed. |
|
|
LK |
649 |
Handley Page |
Halifax |
B. Mk. V |
Served with No. 431
(B) Squadron, RCAF, coded "SE*G".
Served with No. 434 (B) Squadron, RCAF, coded 'WL*F'
when lost. Failed
to return from attack on Berlin on 28/29 January 1944.
All were killed. |
|
|
LK |
652 |
Handley Page |
Halifax |
B. Mk. V |
Served with No. 431
(B) Squadron, RCAF, coded 'SE*K'. |
|
|
LK |
656 |
Handley Page |
Halifax |
B. Mk. V |
Served with No. 434
(B) Squadron, RCAF, coded 'WL*C'.
Hit by flak twice over Berlin on 20/21 January 1944,
severe damage. On
return crew bailed out over Driffield. |
|
|
LK |
657 |
Handley Page |
Halifax |
B. Mk. V |
Served with No. 431
(B) Squadron, RCAF, based in Tholthorpe,
coded 'SE*K'. Failed
to return from attack on Hannover on 8 / 9 October 1943, was hit by
flak and blew up in mid-air. 7
crew were killed and one POW. One
survivor landed near Kleinburgwedel,
Hannover. |
|
|
LK |
658 |
Handley Page |
Halifax |
B. Mk. V |
Served with No. 427
(B) Squadron, RCAF, coded 'ZL*H'.
Bombed Bochum on 29/30 September 1943. |
|
|
LK |
659 |
Handley Page |
Halifax |
B. Mk. V |
Served with No. 431
(B) Squadron, RCAF, coded "SE*A".
Failed to return from attack on Berlin on 29/30
December 1943. All
were killed. |
|
|
LK |
661 |
Handley Page |
Halifax |
B. Mk. V |
Served with No. 428
(B) Squadron, RCAF, coded 'NA*C'. |
|
|
LK |
662 |
Handley Page |
Halifax |
B. Mk. V |
Served with No. 428
(B) Squadron, RCAF. Was
with No. 429 (B) Squadron, RCAF, coded "AL*Q" when lost. Failed to return from
attack on Leipzig on 19/20 February 1944.
3 crew were killed and 4 who bailed out were POW. Aircraft came down near Dachwig. |
|
|
LK |
663 |
Handley Page |
Halifax |
B. Mk. V |
Served with No. 434
(B) Squadron, RCAF, coded "WL*F".
Failed to return from attack on Kassel on 22/23
October 1943. 4
crew were killed and 3 POW. |
|
|
LK |
666 |
Handley Page |
Halifax |
B. Mk. V |
Served with No. 434
(B) Squadron, RCAF, coded 'T'. Failed
to return from attack on Kassel on 22/23 October 1943, shot down by a
fighter and flak. 6
were killed and 1 POW. |
|
|
LK |
669 |
Handley Page |
Halifax |
B. Mk. V |
Served with No. 434
(B) Squadron, RCAF, coded 'WL*Z'. |
|
|
LK |
680 |
Handley Page |
Halifax |
B. Mk. V |
Served with No. 428
(B) Squadron, RCAF. Was
with No. 431 (B) Squadron, RCAF, coded 'SE*R' when lost. Failed to return from
attack on Magdeburg on 21/22 January 1944, shot down by flak. 6 crew were killed and 1
POW. |
|
|
LK |
682 |
Handley Page |
Halifax |
B. Mk. V |
Served with No. 434
(B) Squadron, RCAF, coded 'WL*R'.
Bombed Berlin through 10/10 cloud cover on 15
February 1944, using path finder flares.
Bombed Leipzig on 19/20 February 1944, again through
10/10 cloud. Attacked
by night fighter over North Sea on way to target, gunners claimed
several hits. Bombed
Meulin-les-Mureaux in early morning of 2
March 1944. |
|
|
LK |
683 |
Handley Page |
Halifax |
B. Mk. V |
Served with No. 434
(B) Squadron, RCAF, coded 'WL*V'.
Failed to return from attack on Leipzig on 3/4
December 1943, hit by flak over the target.
On return they ran out of fuel and successfully
ditched in the English Channel, crew rescued. |
|
|
LK |
684 |
Handley Page |
Halifax |
B. Mk. V |
Served with No. 427
(B) Squadron, RCAF, coded 'ZL*R'. |
|
|
LK |
685 |
Handley Page |
Halifax |
B. Mk. V |
Served with No. 431
(B) Squadron, RCAF, coded 'SE*C'.
Failed to return from attack on Leipzig on 3/4
December 1943. 1
killed and
6 POW. |
|
|
LK |
686 |
Handley Page |
Halifax |
B. Mk. V |
Served with No. 434
(B) Squadron, RCAF, coded 'WL*L'.
Bombed Mannheim-Ludwigshafen on 18/19 November 1943. Failed to return from
attack on Frankfurt on 20/21 December 1943.
Took off at 16:41, last position report received at
21:51. All were
killed. |
|
|
LK |
693 |
Handley Page |
Halifax |
B. Mk. V |
Served with No. 434
(B) Squadron, RCAF, coded 'WL*A'.
Failed to return from attack on Mannheim on 18/19
November 1943. Shot
down by flak on approach to target, at about 20:00 local time. 1 killed and 6 crew were
POWs. |
|
|
LK |
694 |
Handley Page |
Halifax |
B. Mk. V |
Served with No. 431
(B) Squadron, RCAF, coded 'SE*T'.
Failed to return from mission to Leipzig on 20
February 1944, all crew killed. |
|
|
LK |
696 |
Handley Page |
Halifax |
B. Mk. V |
Served with No. 434
(B) Squadron, RCAF, coded 'WL*F'.
Bombed Mannheim-Ludwigshafen on 18/19 Novermber 1943.
On return from attack on rail yards at Amiens, 15/16
March 1944, swung on landing and the under carriage collapsed. |
|
|
LK |
697 |
Handley Page |
Halifax |
B. Mk. V |
Served with No. 429
(B) Squadron, RCAF, coded 'AL*D'.
Failed to return from attack on Berlin on 28/29
January 1944. All
were killed. |
|
|
LK |
700 |
Handley Page |
Halifax |
B. Mk. V |
Served with No. 427
(B) Squadron, RCAF, coded 'ZL*N'. |
|
|
LK |
701 |
Handley Page |
Halifax |
B. Mk. V |
Served with No. 431
(B) Squadron, RCAF, coded 'SE*L'.
Failed to return from attack on Berlin on 29/30
December 1943. 6
crew were killed and 1 POW. |
|
|
LK |
702 |
Handley Page |
Halifax |
B. Mk. V |
Served with No. 434
(B) Squadron, RCAF, coded 'WL*E'.
Failed to return from attack on Berlin. No survivors on 22 / 23
November 1943 |
|
|
LK |
703 |
Handley Page |
Halifax |
B. Mk. V |
Served with No. 434
(B) Squadron, RCAF, coded 'WL*W'.
Bombed Leipzig on 19/20 February 1944. |
|
|
LK |
705 |
Handley Page |
Halifax |
B. Mk. V |
Served with No. 431
(B) Squadron, RCAF, coded 'SE*X', based at Croft.
Failed to return from attack on Augsburg (also
reported as Gardening mission), 25/26 February 1944, shot down by a
night fighter of IV./NJG 3, while flying at 18,000 feet and crashed at
23:43 in the Klelund
plantation, Denmark. All
7 crew were killed. |
|
|
LK |
708 |
Handley Page |
Halifax |
B. Mk. V |
Served with No. 434
(B) Squadron, RCAF, coded 'WL*L'.
With No. 431 (B) Squadron, RCAF, coded "SE*G", when
it bombed Lille, France on 9/10 April 1944, and Ghent on 10/11 April
1944. |
|
|
LK |
709 |
Handley Page |
Halifax |
B. Mk. V |
Served with No. 434
(B) Squadron, RCAF, coded 'WL*E'. |
|
|
LK |
734 |
Handley Page |
Halifax |
B. Mk. V |
Served with No. 429
(B) Squadron, RCAF, coded "AL*C". |
|
|
LK |
735 |
Handley Page |
Halifax |
B. Mk. V |
Served with No. 427
(B) Squadron, RCAF, coded 'ZL*Z'.
Attacked by an ME-110 during raid on Magdeburg,
21/22 January 1944, severe damage. |
|
|
LK |
739 |
Handley Page |
Halifax |
B. Mk. V |
Served with No. 428
(B) Squadron, RCAF, coded 'NA*P'.
Shot down by flak during raid on Berlin on 20/21
January 1944, the crew's first operation.
Hit by flak on approach to target, dropped bombs,
hit again while leaving target. Crew
bailed out on return trip due to excessive fuel loss.
Crashed near Chalons-sur-Name,
France. 6 evaded
& 1 POW. |
|
|
LK |
740 |
Handley Page |
Halifax |
B. Mk. V |
Served with No. 434
(B) Squadron, RCAF, coded 'WL*V'.
Failed to return from attack on Berlin on 28/29
January 1944, no survivors. |
|
|
LK |
746 |
Handley Page |
Halifax |
B. Mk. V |
Served with No. 429
(B) Squadron, RCAF in 1943/44, coded 'AL*K'.
Coded "AL*H" when lost.
Failed to return from attack on Berlin on 28/29
January 1944, shot down by a night fighter.
5 killed & 2 POW. |
|
|
LK |
752 |
Handley Page |
Fairey |
Halifax |
B. Mk. III |
Serving with No. 427
(B) Squadron, RCAF, coded "ZL*V", when lost.
Failed to return from attack on Berlin on 24/25
March 1944. 4
killed 3 POW. |
|
LK |
754 |
Handley Page |
Fairey |
Halifax |
B. Mk. III |
Serving with No. 432
(B) Squadron, RCAF, coded "QO*C" when lost.
Shot down by night fighter on 31 March 1944, en
route to Nuremberg. Came
down south-south-east of Freidberg. Some sources say this
information actually pertains to Halifax MZ504. |
|
LK |
755 |
Handley Page |
Fairey |
Halifax |
B. Mk. III |
Served with No. 427
(B) Squadron, RCAF, coded "ZL*S".
Also with 432 (B) Squadron, "QO*K" and 415 (B)
Squadron, "6U*K" and "6U*D". |
|
LK |
758 |
Handley Page |
Fairey |
Halifax |
B. Mk. III |
With No. 427 (B)
Squadron, RCAF, coded "ZL*E". Lost
on a training flight on 7 February 1944.
Crashed at 13:00 out of a steep turn at low
altitude, came down on east side of Leeming airfield, post crash fire.
All 6 crew killed. |
|
LK |
759 |
Handley Page |
Fairey |
Halifax |
B. Mk. III |
Serving with No. 427
(B) Squadron, RCAF, coded "ZL*Z" when lost.
Failed to return from attack on Augsburg on 25/26
February 1944, shot down by a night fighter.
6 crew were killed and 1 POW. |
|
LK |
764 |
Handley Page |
Fairey |
Halifax |
B. Mk. III |
Served with No. 432
(B) Squadron, RCAF, coded "QO*F".
Attacked ten times by an ME-210 during raid on the
rail yards at Haine St.
Pierre, 8/9 May 1944, some
damage. With No.
434 (B) Squadron, coded "WL*V", when it was damaged by flak over Vaires on 18 July 1944. Later coded "WL*Z". |
|
LK |
765 |
Handley Page |
Fairey |
Halifax |
B. Mk. III |
Served with No. 415
(B) Squadron, RCAF, coded "6U*M".
Also served with No. 432 (B) Squadron, RCAF, coded
"QO*H". |
|
LK |
766 |
Handley Page |
Fairey |
Halifax |
B. Mk. III |
Short wing span,
ventral gun. Operated
by No. 415 (B) Squadron, RCAF, from East Moor, UK.
Coded "6U*Q". Coded
"6U*V" when it bombed Hamburg on 28/29 July 1944.
Also served with No. 432 (B) Squadron, RCAF, coded
"QO*V". |
|
LK |
779 |
Handley Page |
Fairey |
Halifax |
B. Mk. III |
With No. 432 (B)
Squadron, RCAF, coded "QO*W" when lost.
Failed to return from attack on Frankfurt on 22/23
March 1944, shot down by a night fighter.
5 crew were killed and 2 POW. |
|
LK |
786 |
Handley Page |
Fairey |
Halifax |
B. Mk. III |
With No. 434 (B)
Squadron in summer of 1944, coded "WL*S". |
|
LK |
792 |
Handley Page |
Fairey |
Halifax |
B. Mk. III |
With No. 434 (B)
Squadron, RCAF, coded "WL*N", and "WL*X" when lost.
Lost on 17 June 1944 during mission to Sterkrade, shot down by night
fighter, came down near Otterlo, Holland. |
|
LK |
796 |
Handley Page |
Fairey |
Halifax |
B. Mk. III |
Used by No. 426 (B)
Squadron, RCAF, from Linton-on-Ouse, Yorkshire, coded "OW*M". Also with No. 434 (B)
Squadron, coded "WL*S" when it bombed Hamburg on 28/29 July 1944. Flak damage to wings
during raid on Kiel on 16 August 1944.
Ditched 28 miles off Scarborough on return, due to
low fuel. |
|
LK |
798 |
Handley Page |
Fairey |
Halifax |
B. Mk. III |
With No. 429 (B)
Squadron, RCAF when lost on 9 May 1944.
Shot down by night fighter from II/NJG 1, 1
kilometre south of Courtrai, France. |
|
LK |
799 |
Handley Page |
Fairey |
Halifax |
B. Mk. III |
With No. 427 (B)
Squadron, RCAF, coded "ZL*N". With
No. 434 (B) Squadron, RCAF, coded "WL*E", when it swung on take off from Croft on 7 August
1944 and struck a parked aircraft.
Landing gear collapsed, aircraft then struck a wall. |
|
LK |
800 |
Handley Page |
Fairey |
Halifax |
B. Mk. III |
Served with No. 429
(B) Squadron, RCAF, coded "AL*N".
Failed to return from attack on Nurnberg on 30 / 31
March 1944. On the
homeward leg having strayed north of the intended route over
Saarbrucken, flak suddenly stopped and the aircraft was almost
immediately shot down by night fighter (Oblt
Martin Becker, I/NJG6). With
one engine on fire, the aircraft flew on for some time and all the crew
managed to bale out. Crashed at Weiler-la-Tour, 5½ miles
south-east of Luxemburg City. Crew
on 17th operation; 2 evaded, 5 PoW. |
|
LK |
801 |
Handley Page |
Fairey |
Halifax |
B. Mk. III |
Served with No. 429
(B) Squadron, RCAF, dates unknown.
With No. 434 (B) Squadron, RCAF, coded "WL*D" when
lost on 17 June 1944. Came
down near Ruurlo,
Holland. |
|
LK |
802 |
Handley Page |
Fairey |
Halifax |
B. Mk. III |
Served with No. 429
(B) Squadron, RCAF, coded "AL*F".
Failed to return from attack on Dusseldorf on 22/23
April 1944, shot down by flak. 4
killed and 3 POW. Came
down near Herkingen,
Holland. |
|
LK |
804 |
Handley Page |
Fairey |
Halifax |
B. Mk. III |
Served with No. 429
(B) Squadron, RCAF, coded "AL*Q".
Bombed Frankfurt 18/19 March, 1944, attacked by an
ME-109. Failed to
return from attack on Nurnberg on 30/31 March 1944, attacked by a night
fighter, forced to ditch in the English Channel on return, 1 killed. |
|
LK |
805 |
Handley Page |
Fairey |
Halifax |
B. Mk. III |
Served with No. 429
(B) Squadron, RCAF, coded "AL*H".
Failed to return from attack on Berlin on 24/25
March 1944. 4 crew
were killed and 3 POW. |
|
LK |
807 |
Handley Page |
Fairey |
Halifax |
B. Mk. III |
With No. 432 (B)
Squadron, RCAF, coded "QO*J". Failed
to return from attack on the rail yards at Montzen
on 27/28 April 1944. 1
killed 2 POW 4 evaded. |
|
LK |
810 |
Handley Page |
Fairey |
Halifax |
B. Mk. III |
With No. 425 (B)
Squadron, RCAF, coded "KW*Y". Failed
to return from attack on the rail yards at Le Mans on 22/23 May 1944. 6 killed 1 POW. |
|
LK |
811 |
Handley Page |
Fairey |
Halifax |
B. Mk. III |
Served with No. 432
(B) Squadron, RCAF at East Moor, Yorkshire.
Coded "QO*N". Failed
to return from attack on the military camp at Bourg Leopold on 27/28
May 1944. Crashed
at Budel, 9 kilometres
west-north-west of Weert,
Holland. 4 crew
killed, 2 POW, 2 evaded. |
|
LK |
828 |
Handley Page |
Fairey |
Halifax |
B. Mk. III |
Served with No. 431
(B) Squadron, RCAF, coded "SE*S".
Named "The Simcoe Warrior".
Bombed Noisy-Le-Sec, France on 18/19 April 1944. Bombed Dusseldorf on 22/23
April 1944. Bombed
Essen on 26/27 April 1944. Bombed
Montzen on 27/28
April 1944. Attacked
by an ME-110 during raid on the rail yards at Haivre
St. Pierre 8/9 May 1944. |
|
LK |
833 |
Handley Page |
Fairey |
Halifax |
B. Mk. III |
With No. 431 (B)
Squadron, RCAF, coded "SE*R". Bombed
Noisy-Le-Sec, France on 18/19 April 1944.
Bombed Lens, France on 20/21 April 1944. Bombed Dusseldorf on 22/23
April 1944. Bombed Karlsrhue on 24/25 April 1944. Bombed Essen on 26/27
April 1944. Bombed Montzen on 27/28 April 1944. Failed to return from
attack on Hamburg on 28 / 29 July 1944, shot down by a night fighter
over Quarnstedt,
Germany. 6 killed 1
POW. |
|
LK |
837 |
Handley Page |
Fairey |
Halifax |
B. Mk. III |
Served with No. 431
(B) Squadron, RCAF, coded "SE*H".
Bombed Noisy-Le-Sec, France on 18/19 April 1944. Bombed Lens, France on
20/21 April 1944. Bombed
Dusseldorf on 22/23 April 1944. Bombed
Montzen on 27/28
April 1944. Crashed
near Meyel, Holland on
17 June 1944. |
|
LK |
842 |
Handley Page |
Fairey |
Halifax |
B. Mk. III |
With No. 431 (B)
Squadron, RCAF, coded "SE*N". Bombed
Noisy-Le-Sec, France on 18/19 April 1944.
Bombed Lens, France on 20/21 April 1944. Bombed Karlsrhue on 24/25 April 1944. Bombed Essen on 26/27
April 1944. Failed
to return from attack on the rail yards at Montzen
on 27/28 April 1944, shot down by a night fighter, crashed near Genk. 4 killed and 3 POW. One of 4 Squadron aircraft
lost on this mission. |
|
LK |
845 |
Handley Page |
Fairey |
Halifax |
B. Mk. III |
With no. 431 (B)
Squadron, RCAF, coded "SE*J". Bombed
Lens, France on 20/21 April 1944.
Bombed Dusseldorf on 22/23 April 1944. Bombed the oil facilities
at Donges on 23/24 July 1944. Failed
to return from attack on Hamburg on 28/29 July 1944.
All were killed. |
|
LK |
863 |
Handley Page |
Fairey |
Halifax |
B. Mk. III |
With No. 431 (B)
Squadron, RCAF, coded "SE*O", when it bombed Karlsrhue
on 24/25 April 1944. |
|
LK |
868 |
Handley Page |
Fairey |
Halifax |
B. Mk. III |
With No. 431 (B)
Squadron, RCAF, coded "SE*O". Bombed
Lens, France on 20/21 April 1944.
Returned early from mission to Dusseldorf on 22/23
April 1944, after rear gunner's oxygen failed and it was not possible
to move him from turret. |
|
LK |
871 |
Handley Page |
Fairey |
Halifax |
B. Mk. III |
Used by No. 426 (B)
Squadron, RCAF, from Linton-on-Ouse, Yorkshire, coded "OW*K". Also with No. 434 (B)
Squadron, RCAF, coded "K". |
|
LK |
879 |
Handley Page |
Fairey |
Halifax |
B. Mk. III |
With No. 426 (B)
Squadron, RCAF, in 1944, coded "OW*P".
Crashed in North Sea near Zandvoort,
Holland on 17 June 1944. |
|
LK |
880 |
Handley Page |
Fairey |
Halifax |
B. Mk. III |
With No. 426 (B)
Squadron, RCAF, in 1944, coded "OW*C". |
|
LK |
883 |
Handley Page |
Fairey |
Halifax |
B. Mk. III |
Used by No. 426 (B)
Squadron, RCAF, from Linton-on-Ouse, Yorkshire, coded "OW*E". Failed to return from
attack the rail yards at Louvain on 12/13 May 1944.
3 killed, 1 POW, 3 evaded. |
|
LK |
884 |
Handley Page |
Fairey |
Halifax |
B. Mk. III |
With No. 431 (B)
Squadron, RCAF, coded "SE*X". Bombed
Noisy-Le-Sec, France on 18/19 April 1944.
Bombed Karlsrhue
on 24/25 April 1944. Bombed
Essen on 26/27 April 1944. Bombed
Montzen on 27/28
April 1944. Failed
to return from attack on the rail yards at Haine
St. Pierre on 8/9 May 1944, shot down by a night fighter. All killed. |
|
LK |
886 |
Handley Page |
Fairey |
Halifax |
B. Mk. III |
With No. 434 (B)
Squadron, RCAF, coded "WL*D". Bombed
Stuttgart on 25/26 July 1944. Bombed
Hamburg on 28/29 July 1944. |
|
LK |
893 |
Handley Page |
Halifax |
B. Mk. V |
Served with No. 434
(B) Squadron, RCAF, coded 'WL*U'.
Bombed Leverkusen on 22/23 August 1943. Failed to return from
attack on Mannheim on 18/19 November 1943.
1 killed & 6 POW. |
|
|
LK |
894 |
Handley Page |
Halifax |
B. Mk. V |
Served with No. 434
(B) Squadron, RCAF, coded 'WL*K'.
Bombed Leverkusen on 22/23 August 1943. Bombed Nurnberg on 27/28
August 1943. Failed
to return from attack on Munchen
Gladbach, 30/31
August 1943. Shot
down by night fighter on way to target.
Crashed 1.5 kilometres north-west of the village of
Kessenich in Belgium. All
8 crew were killed. |
|
|
LK |
896 |
Handley Page |
Halifax |
B. Mk. V |
Served with No. 431
(B) Squadron, RCAF, coded 'SE*B'. |
|
|
LK |
897 |
Handley Page |
Halifax |
B. Mk. V |
Served with No. 431
(B) Squadron, RCAF, coded 'SE*P'. |
|
|
LK |
898 |
Handley Page |
Halifax |
B. Mk. V |
Served with No. 431
(B) Squadron, RCAF, coded 'SE*O'.
Failed to return from attack on Leipzig on 3/4
December 1943. All
were killed. |
|
|
LK |
900 |
Handley Page |
Halifax |
B. Mk. V |
Served with No. 427
(B) Squadron, RCAF, coded 'ZL*D'.
Returned early from attack on Manheim on 9/10 August
1943, after prop speed control unit went u/s.
Bombed Milan on 12/13 August 1943, divereted to Hartford Bridge, UK
on return due to radio failure. Bombed
Penemunde on 17/18
August 1943. Bombed
Leverkusen on 22/23 August 1943. Bombed
Berlin on 23/24 August 1943. Bombed
Nurnberg on 27/28 August 1943. Bombed
Munchen-Gladbach
on 30/31 August 1943. Bombed
Mannheim on 5/6 September 1943. Failed
to return from attack on Hannover on 8/9 October 1943.
All were killed. |
|
|
LK |
901 |
Handley Page |
Halifax |
B. Mk. V |
Served with No. 428
(B) Squadron, RCAF, coded 'NA*C'. |
|
|
LK |
905 |
Handley Page |
Halifax |
B. Mk. V |
Served with No. 431
(B) Squadron, RCAF, coded 'SE*D'.
Bombed Berlin on 15/16 February 1944, slight damage
from fighter attack. Failed
to return from attack on Leipzig on 19/20 February 1944, shot down by a
night fighter. 6
crew killed and 1 POW. |
|
|
LK |
906 |
Handley Page |
Halifax |
B. Mk. V |
Served with No. 428
(B) Squadron, RCAF, coded 'NA*D'.
Failed to return from attack on Berlin on 22/23
November 1943. Came
down at Scherenbostel,
north of Hannover. All
7 crew were killed. |
|
|
LK |
907 |
Handley Page |
Halifax |
B. Mk. V |
Served with No. 434
(B) Squadron, RCAF, coded "WL*M".
Bombed Montlucan
on 15/16 September 1943. Bombed
Modane on 16/17
September 1943. Damaged
in bird strike on 25 February 1944, pilot P/O H. Alton injured. |
|
|
LK |
908 |
Handley Page |
Halifax |
B. Mk. V |
Served with No. 428
(B) Squadron, RCAF, coded 'NA*I'.
Bombed Hannover on 22 September 1943. Attacked by an enemy
aircraft and flak during raid on Kassel on 22/23 October 1943, severely
damaged. Landed
safely at Snetterton
Heath, written off due damage. 1
killed, 1 injured. |
|
|
LK |
909 |
Handley Page |
Halifax |
B. Mk. V |
Served with No. 434
(B) Squadron, RCAF, coded 'WL*G'.
Returned early from mission to Munich on 6/7
September 1943, due to radio failure.
Bombed Montlucan
on 15/16 September 1943. Failed
to return from attack on Hannover on 22/23 September 1943. All were killed. Probably shot down by
night fighter. |
|
|
LK |
913 |
Handley Page |
Halifax |
B. Mk. V |
Served with No. 428
(B) Squadron, RCAF, coded 'NA*N'.
Hit by incendiaries during attack on Munich on 6/7
September 1943, and crash-landed near Cerilly,
France. |
|
|
LK |
914 |
Handley Page |
Halifax |
B. Mk. V |
Served with No. 428
(B) Squadron, RCAF, coded 'NA*K'.
Reported as "NA*N" when lost.
Failed to return from attack on Hannover on 22/23
September 1943. 6
crew were killed and 1 POW. |
|
|
LK |
915 |
Handley Page |
Halifax |
B. Mk. V |
Served with No. 428
(B) Squadron, RCAF, coded 'NA*V'.
Bombed Hannover on 22 September 1943. Failed to return from
attack on Hannover on 27/28 September 1943, shot down by a night
fighter, crashed near target area.
5 crew were killed and 2 POW. |
|
|
LK |
916 |
Handley Page |
Halifax |
B. Mk. V |
Served with No. 434
(B) Squadron, RCAF, coded "WL*P".
Bombed Montlucan
on 15/16 September 1943. Bombed
Modane on 16/17
September 1943. Bombed
Bochum 29/30 September 1943. Bombed
Berlin on 22/23 November 1943 |
|
|
LK |
917 |
Handley Page |
Halifax |
B. Mk. V |
Served with No. 434
(B) Squadron, RCAF, based at Thothorpe,
coded 'WL*X'. Bombed
Modane on 16/17
September 1943. Failed to return from attack on Hannover on 27 / 28
September 1943. Crashed
near Eberholzen. All 8 crew were killed. |
|
|
LK |
918 |
Handley Page |
Halifax |
B. Mk. V |
Served with No. 431
(B) Squadron, RCAF, coded 'SE*F'.
Low on fuel after attack on Berlin 28/29 January
1944, landed at Dishforth and skidded off the runway.
Severely damaged. |
|
|
LK |
919 |
Handley Page |
Halifax |
B. Mk. V |
Served with No. 434
(B) Squadron, RCAF, coded 'WL*R'.
Failed to return from attack on Hannover on 27/28
September 1943. All
were killed. |
|
|
LK |
920 |
Handley Page |
Halifax |
B. Mk. V |
Served with No. 427
(B) Squadron, RCAF, coded 'ZL*J'.
Failed to return from attack on Frankfurt on 4/5
October 1943. All 7
crew were killed. Came
down near Haut-Fays, Belgium. |
|
|
LK |
923 |
Handley Page |
Halifax |
B. Mk. V |
Served with No. 427
(B) Squadron, RCAF, coded 'ZL*B'. Failed to return from attack on
Magdeburg on 21/22 January 1944, attacked by a night fighter. 3 crew were killed and 4
POW. |
|
|
LK |
924 |
Handley Page |
Halifax |
B. Mk. V |
Served with No. 428
(B) Squadron, RCAF. |
|
|
LK |
925 |
Handley Page |
Halifax |
B. Mk. V |
Served with No. 431
(B) Squadron, RCAF, coded 'SE*R'.
Failed to return from attack on Kassel on 3/4
October 1944, shot down by a night fighter.
3 crew were killed, 3 POW. |
|
|
LK |
927 |
Handley Page |
Halifax |
B. Mk. V |
Served with No. 428
(B) Squadron, RCAF. |
|
|
LK |
928 |
Handley Page |
Halifax |
B. Mk. V |
Served with No. 428
(B) Squadron, RCAF, coded 'NA*B'.
Failed to return from attack on Frankfurt on 20/21
December 1943. 3
crew were killed and 1 POW. |
|
|
LK |
930 |
Handley Page |
Halifax |
B. Mk. V |
Served with No. 428
and No. 429 (B) Squadrons, RCAF. With
No. 1664 Heavy Conversion Unit when lost on a leaflet raid over France
on 21 March 1944. Recalled
due to bad weather, suffered runaway engine over English Channel. Forced landed in UK after
3 crew bailed out. 3
crew still on aircraft died of burns following the forced landing. |
|
|
LK |
931 |
Handley Page |
Halifax |
B. Mk. V |
Served with No. 428
(B) Squadron, RCAF, coded 'NA*W'.
Failed to return from attack on Frankfurt on 4/5
October 1943, shot down by a night-fighter.
Crashed near Ubereisenbach. 5 were POWs and 2 evaded
capture. |
|
|
LK |
945 |
Handley Page |
Halifax |
B. Mk. V |
Served with No. 434
(B) Squadron, RCAF, named "The Old Straw Hat".
Coded 'WL*T', dates unknown.
Coded "WL*O" by December 1943, and when lost on 19 /
20 February 1944. Failed
to return from attack on Leipzig, shot down by a night fighter. 3 crew were killed and 4
POW. |
|
|
LK |
947 |
Handley Page |
Halifax |
B. Mk. V |
Served with No. 428
(B) Squadron, RCAF, coded "NA*Z".
Named "Dragon".
Also with No. 429 (B) Squadron, RCAF, coded "AL*R". With No. 431 (B) Squadron,
RCAF, coded "SE*H", when it bombed Karlsrhue
on 24/25 April 1944. |
|
|
LK |
950 |
Handley Page |
Halifax |
B. Mk. V |
Served with No. 428
(B) Squadron, RCAF, coded 'NA*T'.
Hit by flak on 19/20 November 1943, the starboard
inner u/s. Over
England on return, both port engines quit and the crew bailed out. Crashed into a
cemetery near Canterbury, 1 killed. |
|
|
LK |
952 |
Handley Page |
Halifax |
B. Mk. V |
Served with No. 431
(B) Squadron, RCAF, coded 'SE*K'. |
|
|
LK |
953 |
Handley Page |
Halifax |
B. Mk. V |
Served with No. 428
(B) Squadron, RCAF. Also
with No. 434 (B) Squadron, RCAF, coded 'WL*C' when it bombed
Mannheim-Ludwigshafen on 18/19 November 1943.
Still "WL*C" when it failed to return from attack on
Berlin on 22/23 November 1943. 3
crew were killed and 4 POW. |
|
|
LK |
954 |
Handley Page |
Halifax |
B. Mk. V |
Served with No. 428
(B) Squadron, RCAF, coded 'NA*E'.
Bombed Dusseldorf on 3/4 November 1943, damaged by
flak over target. Crashed
in farm field near Coningsby on return.
All were killed.
Memorial to crew unveiled at crash sight on South Kyme Golf Club in Lincolnshire
in November 2009. |
|
|
LK |
956 |
Handley Page |
Halifax |
B. Mk. V |
Served with No. 428
(B) Squadron, RCAF, coded 'NA*S'.
While returning from attack on Leverkusen on 19/20
November 1943, hit by flak. Crew
baled out over
Holland, 4 POWs and 3 evaded. |
|
|
LK |
959 |
Handley Page |
Halifax |
B. Mk. V |
Served with No. 428
(B) Squadron, RCAF. With
No. 427 (B) Squadron, RCAF, coded 'ZL*D' when lost.
Failed to return from attack on Kassel on 22/23
October 1943. All
were killed. |
|
|
LK |
963 |
Handley Page |
Halifax |
B. Mk. V |
Served with No. 431
(B) Squadron, RCAF, coded 'SE*H'.
Failed to return from attack on Leipzig on 19/20
February 1944. All
were killed. |
|
|
LK |
964 |
Handley Page |
Halifax |
B. Mk. V |
Served with No. 431
(B) Squadron, RCAF. Coded
"SE*N" when it bombed Le Mans on 13 March 1944, and Amiens on 15 March
1944. Varying
information from another source: Coded 'SE*T' when it failed to return
from attack on Leipzig on 19 / 20 February 1944.
All were killed. |
|
|
LK |
967 |
Handley Page |
Halifax |
B. Mk. V |
Served with No. 431
(B) Squadron, RCAF, coded 'SE*J'.
Failed to return from attack on Frankfurt on 25/26
November 1943, shot down by flak.
4 crew were POWs and 3 evaded capture. |
|
|
LK |
968 |
Handley Page |
Halifax |
B. Mk. V |
Served with No. 431
(B) Squadron, RCAF, coded 'SE*P'.
Failed to return from attack on Leipzig on 3/4
December 1943. 3
crew were killed and 4 POW. |
|
|
LK |
969 |
Handley Page |
Halifax |
B. Mk. V |
Served with No. 428
(B) Squadron, RCAF, coded 'NA*G'.
Failed to return from attack on Frankfurt on 25/26
November 1943, shot down by a night fighter.
6 crew were POW, plus at least one fatality. |
|
|
LK |
970 |
Handley Page |
Halifax |
B. Mk. V |
Served with No. 434
(B) Squadron, RCAF, coded 'WL*N'.
Bombed Stuttgart on 26 November 1943. Failed to return from
attack on Frankfurt on 20 / 21 December 1943.
Took off at 16:50 no further reports received. All of the crew were POW. |
|
|
LK |
971 |
Handley Page |
Halifax |
B. Mk. V |
Served with No. 434
(B) Squadron, RCAF, coded 'WL*Y'.
Failed to return from attack on Berlin on 15/16
February 1943. All
were killed. |
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|
LK |
972 |
Handley Page |
Halifax |
B. Mk. V |
Served with No. 427
(B) Squadron, RCAF, coded "ZL*F".
Also with No. 434 (B) Squadron, RCAF, coded "WL*N". |
|
|
LK |
973 |
Handley Page |
Halifax |
B. Mk. V |
Served with No. 431
(B) Squadron, RCAF, from RAF Tholthorpe,
coded 'SE*E'. Failed
to return from attack on Frankfurt on 25/26 November 1943. Reported as destroyed by
night fighter. All
7 crew were killed. |
|
|
LK |
974 |
Handley Page |
Halifax |
B. Mk. V |
Served with No. 427
(B) Squadron, RCAF, coded "ZL*J", named "Judy Garland", in spring of
1943. Served with
No. 429 (B) Squadron, RCAF, coded 'AL*Z', when it bombed Berlin on
15/16 February 1944. Still
with this unit when lost on 19/20 February 1944.
Failed to return from attack on Leipzig. Came down near Stendal, Germany. 6 crew were killed and 1
POW. |
|
|
LK |
975 |
Handley Page |
Halifax |
B. Mk. V |
Served with No. 427
(B) Squadron, RCAF, coded 'ZL*E'.
Also with No. 431 (B) Squadron, RCAF, coded 'SE*N'. |
|
|
LK |
976 |
Handley Page |
Halifax |
B. Mk. V |
Served with No. 427
(B) Squadron, RCAF, coded 'ZL*Z'.
Failed to return from attack on Mannheim on 18/19
November 1943. All
were killed. |
|
|
LK |
990 |
Handley Page |
Halifax |
B. Mk. V |
Served with No. 434
(B) Squadron, RCAF, coded 'WL*X'.
Failed to return from attack on Leverkusen on 19/20
November 1943. 1
killed & 6 crew were POW. |
|
|
LK |
991 |
Handley Page |
Halifax |
B. Mk. V |
Served with No. 431
(B) Squadron, RCAF, coded "SE*U".
Struck by landing Halifax BB251 of 1659 HCU while
parked at Topcliffe on 21 December 1943.
This aircraft repaired and returned to service,
BB251 written off. |
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|
LK |
993 |
Handley Page |
Halifax |
B. Mk. V |
Served with No. 429
(B) Squadron, RCAF, coded 'AL*J'.
Bombed Berlin on 20/21 January 1944.
Failed to return from mission to Leipzig on 19/20
February 1944. |
|
|
LK |
995 |
Handley Page |
Halifax |
B. Mk. V |
Served with No. 429
(B) Squadron, RCAF, coded 'AL*C'.
Reported as failed to return from attack on
Frankfurt on 19/20 February 1944, shot down by a night fighter, 5 crew
were POW, but not confirmed (may be confused with LK993, which see). |
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