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Canadian Military Aircraft Brief List |
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Designer |
Manufacturer |
basic designation |
variant or model |
name |
comments |
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1094 |
Handley Page |
English Electric |
Halifax |
B. Mk. II |
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Served with No. 405 (B) Squadron, RCAF in
1942/43, coded "LQ*B". |
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W |
1095 |
Handley Page |
English Electric |
Halifax |
B. Mk. II |
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Served with No. 405 (B) Squadron, RCAF in
1942/43, coded "LQ*N". |
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W |
1096 |
Handley Page |
English Electric |
Halifax |
B. Mk. II |
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Named "Every Drop Counts". Served with No. 405 (B) Squadron, RCAF in
1942, coded "LQ*O". With
this Squadron when it was attached to No. 18 Group, Coastal Command,
operating from Beaulieu, Hampshire.
Crashed on 17 November 1942, after the upper gunner accidently fired
rounds into engines and aircraft went into a spin. Came down 2.5 miles north west of Newport,
Essex. 4 crew killed. |
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W |
1097 |
Handley Page |
English Electric |
Halifax |
B. Mk. II |
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Served with No. 405 (B) Squadron, RCAF in
1942, coded "LQ*P". Crashed
on landing from a training mission on 12 July 1942, at Aberporth
Airfield, Cardiganshire. Run through a
hedge while landing with one engine out. |
|
W |
1109 |
Handley Page |
English Electric |
Halifax |
B. Mk. II |
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With No. 405 (B) Squadron, RCAF, from 31 July
1942. Coded "LQ*S". Lost on operation to Dusseldorf on 1 August
1942, crashed near Vorst, Germany.
Operated from Pocklington for this mission. |
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W |
1110 |
Handley Page |
English Electric |
Halifax |
B. Mk. II |
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Served with No. 405 Squadron, RCAF, coded
"LQ*C". Operated from
Pocklington. Shot down by night
fighter on 27 / 28 June 1942. Crashed
into the sea 18 kilometres south-southwest of Den Helder,
Holland. |
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W |
1111 |
Handley Page |
English Electric |
Halifax |
B. Mk. II |
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Served with No. 405 (B) Squadron, RCAF, coded
"LQ*D". Operated from
Pocklington. Lost without a trace on
operation to Essen, 8 / 9 June 1942. |
|
W |
1112 |
Handley Page |
English Electric |
Halifax |
B. Mk. II |
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Served with No. 405 (B)Squadron,
RCAF in 1942/43, coded "LQ*E". |
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W |
1113 |
Handley Page |
English Electric |
Halifax |
B. Mk. II |
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Served with No. 405 (B) Squadron, RCAF in
1942, coded "LQ*G". Shot
down by Oblt R. Sigmond
of II/NJG2, 29 / 30 June 1942, on mission to Bremen. Crashed at Noordwolde,
16 kilometres SE of Heerenveen, Holland. All 8 crew killed. One of three aircraft lost by 405 Squadron
on this mission. |
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W |
1145 |
Handley Page |
English Electric |
Halifax |
B. Mk. II |
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Served with No. 405 (B) Squadron, RCAF in
1942, coded "LQ*S".
Abandoned after losing engine power, and engine fire, over the UK, on
mission to Emden on 6 / 7 June 1942. Crew bailed out. Crashed near Binbrook,
Lincolnshire. |
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W |
1152 |
Handley Page |
English Electric |
Halifax |
B. Mk. II |
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With No. 405 (B) Squadron, RCAF, coded
"LQ*U", when lost on 8/9 November 1942. Failed to return from anti-shipping strike
on La Gironde harbour, 5 fatalities and 1 POW. Believed to have been brought down by flak.. |
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W |
1173 |
Handley Page |
English Electric |
Halifax |
B. Mk. II |
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Served with No. 405 (B) Squadron, RCAF, coded
"LQ*X". Took part in raid on
Stuttgart, night of 11/12 March 1943. |
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W |
1175 |
Handley Page |
English Electric |
Halifax |
B. Mk. II |
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Served with No. 405 (B) Squadron, RCAF in
1942, coded "LQ*Q". Lost on
mission to Bremen on 27 / 28 June 1942, believed to have crashed into the
sea. No survivors. |
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W |
1186 |
Handley Page |
English Electric |
Halifax |
B. Mk. II |
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Served with No. 405 (B) Squadron, RCAF in
1942, coded "LQ*P". Lost on
mission to Hamburg on 26 / 27 July 1942.
Believed to have exploded in flight near Stein, Germany, 10 kilometres
SE of Stade. |
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W |
1230 |
Handley Page |
English Electric |
Halifax |
B. Mk. II |
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Served with No. 405 (B) Squadron, RCAF, coded
"LQ*L". Shot down over
Hamburg on 27 July 1942, 1 survivor. |
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W |
1235 |
Handley Page |
English Electric |
Halifax |
B. Mk. II |
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Served with No. 419 (B) Squadron, RCAF. |
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W |
1265 |
Handley Page |
English Electric |
Halifax |
B. Mk. II |
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Reported with No. 419 (B) Squadron, RCAF. Must be a typo, this serial number not
used. |
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W |
1271 |
Handley Page |
English Electric |
Halifax |
B. Mk. II |
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Served with No. 419 (B) Squadron, RCAF, coded
"VR*P". Bombed Pilsen on 16
/ 17 April 1943. Operated by a crew
from No. 428 (B) Sdn. On 21 / 22 June 1943, when
lost on mission to Krefeld. Crashed at
De Posthoorn, Holland, near Rucphen. No survivors. |
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W |
1274 |
Handley Page |
English Electric |
Halifax |
B. Mk. II |
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Served with No. 405 (B) Squadron, RCAF at Topcliffe, UK, coded "LQ*R". Lost on operation to Flensburg, Germany in
September 1942. Brought down by flak,
crashed on Elso moor, west of Kelstrup
plantation in Denmark. All 7 crew
killed. |
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W |
3109 |
Supermarine |
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Spitfire |
Mk. Va |
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Used by No. 403 (F) Squadron, RCAF, August 1941. |
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W |
3112 |
Supermarine |
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Spitfire |
Mk. Va |
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Used by No. 411 (F) Squadron, RCAF. Shot down by Fw190 during Circus 116A,
sweep over Bailleul, France. P/O J.W. Sills killed. |
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W |
3114 |
Supermarine |
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Spitfire |
Mk. Va |
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Used by No. 403 (F) Squadron, RCAF, from 4 August
1941. Coded "KH*R". Flew on Ramrod mission on 12 August 1941. |
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W |
3127 |
Supermarine |
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Spitfire |
Mk. Vb |
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Used by No. 403 (F) Squadron, RCAF, from 27 September
1941. |
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W |
3128 |
Supermarine |
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Spitfire |
Mk. Vb |
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Used by No. 416 (F) Squadron, RCAF, from 30 June
1943. After leaving this squadron it
survived a mid-air on 18 April 1944, and was sold to Portugal in 1947. |
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W |
3129 |
Supermarine |
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Spitfire |
Mk. Vb |
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Used by No. 402 (F) Squadron, RCAF, from 20 August
1943. Category AC damage from a flying
accident on 15 April 1944, repaired on site.
Still with this unit on 13 May 1944.
Hsad left this unit before it crashed on 8
August 1944. |
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W |
3131 |
Supermarine |
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Spitfire |
Mk. Vb |
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Used by No. 401 (F) Squadron, RCAF, from 27 September
1941. Shot down by Bf 109 of JG26, off
Boulogne on 12 February 1942. Pilot
Sgt. J.A.O. Levesque taken prisoner. |
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W |
3170 |
Supermarine |
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Spitfire |
Mk. Vb |
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Used by No. 403 (F) Squadron, RCAF, November 1941 to 1943.
Coded "KH*V". Not
confirmed by RAF movement card.
Overturned during downwind landing at Marttlesham
Heath on 5 April 1942, probably with 403 Squadron at that time. |
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W |
3177 |
Supermarine |
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Spitfire |
Mk. Vb |
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Used by No. 412 (F) Squadron, RCAF, from 16 April
1942. |
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W |
3178 |
Supermarine |
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Spitfire |
Mk. IIA |
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Used by No. 401 (F) Squadron, RCAF, from 27 September
1941, on operations. Coded
"YO*Q". Lost on Roadstead
mission on 11 February 1942, shot down by flak off Dunkirk. Pilot F/Sgt. W. D. Hagyard
killed. |
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W |
3207 |
Supermarine |
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Spitfire |
Mk. Vb |
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Named "Lincoln Imp". Used by No. 416 (F) Squadron, RCAF, from 10 March
1943. Left this unit by 23 March 1943. |
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W |
3207 |
Supermarine |
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Spitfire |
LF Mk. Vb |
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Named "Abbotts Haugh
Falkirk Bairn". Used by No. 413 (F) Squadron, RCAF, from 29 June
1943. |
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W |
3209 |
Supermarine |
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Spitfire |
Mk. Vb |
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Named "Edmonton-London-Alberta". Used by No. 411 (F) Squadron, RCAF, from 20 August
1942. |
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W |
3212 |
Supermarine |
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Spitfire |
Mk. Vb |
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Named "Ghewdex". Used by No. 417 (F) Squadron, RCAF, from 6 February
1942. Category B damage in flying
accident on 10 February 1942, repaired on site. Later converted to Seafire,
re-registered as NX883. |
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W |
3215 |
Supermarine |
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Spitfire |
Mk. VB |
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Named "Marksman". Served with No. 411 (F) Squadron, RCAF,
from 2 October 1941, coded "DB*C".
Lost on Circus mission to Abbeville on 24 March 1942. Claimed by JG26. Pilot P/O J.W. Sills killed. |
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W |
3226 |
Supermarine |
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Spitfire |
Mk. Vb |
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Some confusion in records, may have served
with No. 421, 412 and 416 Squadrons, RCAF.
May have been lost on 26 September 1943, while with No. 416 Sdn. |
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W |
3249 |
Supermarine |
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Spitfire |
Mk. Vb |
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Named "Baltic Exchange III". Used by No. 402 (F) Squadron, RCAF, from 10 May 1944. |
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W |
3250 |
Supermarine |
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Spitfire |
Mk. Vb |
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Named "Central Provinces and Berar
II". Used by No. 402 (F)
Squadron, RCAF, from
30 May 1944. Category AC damage on
operations, 8 June 1944. |
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W |
3313 |
Supermarine |
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Spitfire |
Mk. Vb |
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Named "Nike". Used by No. 401 (F) Squadron, RCAF, from 5 December
1942. To No. 402 (F) Squadron, RCAF on
12 December 1942. With No. 416 (F)
Squadron, RCAF, from 23 March 1943.
Left this unit by June 1943. |
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W |
3318 |
Supermarine |
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Spitfire |
Mk. VB |
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Named "Jewellery Watch & Allied
Trades FF". Used by No. 403 (F)
Squadron, RCAF, from 20 September 1941 to October 1941. Coded "KH*N". With No. 411 (F) Squadron, RCAF from 25
September 1942. Became instructional
airframe 3405M on 17 October 1942. |
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W |
3324 |
Supermarine |
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Spitfire |
Mk. Vb |
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Named "Newcastle on Tyne II". Squadron history of No. 403 (F) Squadron,
RCAF, shows this aircraft arriving on 5 May 1942, lost on operations 2 June
1943. RAF records show this aircraft
lost in combat on 2 June 1942, during Rodeo 69 in the Pas-de-Calias area. F/O
J.F. Parr POW. One of 7 seven aircraft
lost by 403 Sdn. In this mission. |
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W |
3332 |
Supermarine |
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Spitfire |
Mk. Vb |
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Named "Hendon Griffon". Used by No. 403 (F) Squadron, RCAF, from 4 August
1941. Left this unit by November 1941. |
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W |
3370 |
Supermarine |
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Spitfire |
Mk. Vb |
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Used by No. 411 (F) Squadron, RCAF, from 20 December
1942. To No. 402 (F) Squadron, RCAF on
25 March 1943. Left this unit by 26
April 1943. |
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W |
3380 |
Supermarine |
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Spitfire |
Mk. Vb |
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Used by No. 412 (F) Squadron, RCAF, January and
February 1942. To No. 401 (F)
Squadron, RCAF on 7 August 1943. Left
this unit by March 1944. |
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W |
3406 |
Supermarine |
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Spitfire |
Mk. Vb |
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Used by No. 425 (F) Squadron, RCAF, from 22 November
1941. Left this unit by February 1942.. |
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W |
3421 |
Supermarine |
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Spitfire |
Mk. VB |
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Used by No. 403 (F) Squadron, RCAF, c.1941 to
1943. Coded "KH*F". Reported in Kostenuk
and Griffin, but this serial number was not allocated. Maybe W3431? |
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W |
3426 |
Supermarine |
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Spitfire |
Mk. VB |
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Used by No. 403 (F) Squadron, RCAF, from 12
September 1941. Coded
"KH*D". Category AC damage
on operations on 12 April 1942. |
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W |
3431 |
Supermarine |
|
Spitfire |
Mk. Vb |
|
Named "Kaapstad
III". Used by No. 403 (F)
Squadron, RCAF, from
31 December 1941. Category AC damage
in a flying accident on 30 March 1942, repaired on site. |
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W |
3432 |
Supermarine |
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Spitfire |
Mk. Vb |
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Named "Cordell Hull". Used by No. 402 (F) Squadron, RCAF, from 22 to 26
April 1943. |
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W |
3436 |
Supermarine |
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Spitfire |
Mk. Vb |
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Named "Midland Banker". Used by No. 403 (F) Squadron, RCAF, from 4 August
1941. Coded "KH*X" on 12
August 1941, when it took part in Operation 77. Left this unit by November 1941. |
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W |
3438 |
Supermarine |
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Spitfire |
Mk. Vb |
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First flown on 28 June 1941. Named "Kaapstad
I". Used by No. 403 (F) Squadron,
RCAF, from 4
August 1941. Coded
"KH*G". On Operation 77 over
France on 12 August 1941. Used by S/L
B. G. Morris to score one confirmed and one probable, over France, on 19
August 1941. Lost in fight with Bf
109s over Chocques, France on 21 August 1941,
during Circus 83. F/O D.J. McKenna
bailed out, taken POW, died of wounds on 4 September 1941. |
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W |
3439 |
Supermarine |
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Spitfire |
Mk. Vb |
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Named "Kaapstad
IV". Used by No. 401 (F)
Squadron, RCAF, from
12 March 1943. To No. 416 (F)
Squadron, RCAF on 3 June 1943. Left
this unit by 7 June 1943. Later to
USAAF. |
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W |
3440 |
Supermarine |
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Spitfire |
Mk. Vb |
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Named "Trengganu". Used by No. 401 (F) Squadron, RCAF, from 8 December
1941. Flew close escort on Circus 112b
on 8 March 1942. Left this unit by
June 1942. |
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W |
3441 |
Supermarine |
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Spitfire |
Mk. Vb |
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Named "Alloway". Used by No. 417 (F) Squadron, RCAF, from 24 April
1942. Left this unit by June 1942. |
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W |
3443 |
Supermarine |
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Spitfire |
Mk. Vb |
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Named "Cape Town I". Used by No. 416 (F) Squadron, RCAF, from 4 September
1943. Category B damage in a flying
accident on 3 October 1943. |
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W |
3446 |
Supermarine |
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Spitfire |
Mk. Vb |
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Used by No. 403 (F) Squadron, RCAF, from 4
August 1941. Coded
"KH*V". Flew Target Support
on Operation 77 on 12 August 1941. Left
this unit by 29 August 1941. |
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W |
3452 |
Supermarine |
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Spitfire |
Mk. Vb |
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Named "Midnight Sun". Used by No. 401 (F) Squadron, RCAF, from 1 October
1941. Crashed and burned on 27 October
1941. Damaged over France in combat
with Bf 109 of JG26. Abandoned over
UK, with 25:00 airframe time. |
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W |
3453 |
Supermarine |
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Spitfire |
Mk. Vb |
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Named "County Borough of
Reading". Used by No. 403 (F)
Squadron, RCAF, from
4 August 1941. Coded
"KH*M". Flew target support
on Operation 77 on 12 August 1941.
Left this unit by 23 August 1941. |
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W |
3454 |
Supermarine |
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Spitfire |
Mk. Vb |
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Named "Heston
and Isleworth". Used by No. 402 (F) Squadron, RCAF, from 11 July
1943. Flew on Ramrod 313 on 11
November 1943. Category AC damage in a
flying accident on 7 October 1944, repaired on site. Struck off on 25 October 1945, no record of
other squadrons using this aircraft after No. 402. |
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W |
3502 |
Supermarine |
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Spitfire |
Mk. Vb |
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Named "Wolds and Buckrose". Used by No. 403 (F) Squadron, RCAF, from 4 August
1941. Coded "KH*K". Was coded "KH*L" on 12 August
1941 when it flew on Operation 77. Left
this unit by 25 August 1941. |
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W |
3521 |
Supermarine |
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Spitfire |
Mk. Vb |
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Used by No. 401 (F) Squadron, RCAF, from 16 April
1943. Category E damage in a flying
accident on 14 May 1943. |
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W |
3526 |
Supermarine |
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Spitfire |
Mk. Vb |
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With No. 403 (F) Squadron, RCAF. Lost in combat on 2 June 1942, during Rodeo
69 in the Pas-de-Calias area. F/L E.V. Darling KIA. One of 7 seven aircraft lost by 403 Sdn. in this mission. |
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W |
3529 |
Supermarine |
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Spitfire |
Mk. Vb |
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Named "Caithness". Used by No. 402 (F) Squadron, RCAF, from 4 December
1943. Left this unit by June 1944. |
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W |
3564 |
Supermarine |
|
Spitfire |
Mk. Vb |
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Used by No. 403 (F) Squadron, RCAF, from 28
January 1942. Coded
"KH*K". Lost on operations
on 2 June 1942, after combat over Le Touquet,
France. Ditched near Dover, pilot
F/Sgt. G.D. Aitken rescued. Had 231:40
airframe time when lost. |
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W |
3569 |
Supermarine |
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Spitfire |
LF Mk. Vb |
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Used by No. 416 (F) Squadron, RCAF, from 7 March
1942. Category AC damage in a flying
accident on 25 March 1942, repaired on site.
Left this unit by July 1942. |
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W |
3570 |
Supermarine |
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Spitfire |
Mk. Vb |
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Used by No. 411 (F) Squadron, RCAF, from 16 October
1941. Repaired on site on 4 November
1941, no details. Category B damage on
operations on 8 January 1942. Struck
off on 3 February 1942, apparently not repairable. |
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W |
3573 |
Supermarine |
|
Spitfire |
Mk. Vb |
|
Used by No. 403 (F) Squadron, RCAF, mid 1941. Coded "KH*K". Used by P/O K.H. Anthony to score this
unit's first kill, a Bf109F over France on 9 August 1941. Operating out of Hornchurch
at that time. Failed to return from
operations on 19 August 1941. |
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W |
3574 |
Supermarine |
|
Spitfire |
Mk. Vb |
|
Used by No. 416 (F) Squadron, RCAF, from 16 November
1943. Left this unit by February 1944. |
|
W |
3575 |
Supermarine |
|
Spitfire |
Mk. Vb |
|
Used by No. 417 (F) Squadron, RCAF in April
1942. |
|
W |
3601 |
Supermarine |
|
Spitfire |
Mk. Vb |
|
Used by No. 401 (F) Squadron, RCAF, from 28 September
1941. Lost on operations 27 October
1941, shot up by Bf 109s over France.
Crashed while attempting to land at Deal, UK. Pilot Sgt. S.L. Thompson was killed. |
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W |
3603 |
Supermarine |
|
Spitfire |
Mk. IIA |
|
Used by No. 401 (F) Squadron, RCAF, from 28 October
1941, on operations. Coded "YO*P". Category B damage on operations 13 February
1942. Had left this unit by June 1942. |
|
W |
3604 |
Supermarine |
|
Spitfire |
Mk. Vb |
|
Used by No. 403 (F) Squadron, RCAF, from 12 September
1941. Left this unit by November
1941. Survived the war, and was sold
as scrap. |
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W |
3608 |
Supermarine |
|
Spitfire |
Mk. Vb |
|
Used by No. 412 (F) Squadron, RCAF, from 9 October
1943. |
|
W |
3619 |
Supermarine |
|
Spitfire |
Mk. Vb |
|
Used by No. 401 (F) Squadron, RCAF, from 7 December
1942. Was being flown by No. 403 (F) Sdn. pilot on 11 February 1943, when it struck a tree on
a Rhubarb mission, near Bayeaux, France. Returned to base and was repaired. Transferred to Free French AF on 19 January
1945. |
|
W |
3621 |
Supermarine |
|
Spitfire |
Mk. Vb |
|
Used by No. 416 (F) Squadron, RCAF, from 11 June
1943. Category B damage in a flying
accident on 27 March 1944. Repaired by
de Havilland, returned to RAF. |
|
W |
3630 |
Supermarine |
|
Spitfire |
LF Mk. VB |
|
Named "Kuwait". Used by No. 403 (F) Squadron, RCAF, from 4 August
1941. Coded "KH*Z" when it
flew target support for Operation 77 on 12 August 1941. Left this unit by October 1941. |
|
W |
3634 |
Supermarine |
|
Spitfire |
Mk. Vb |
|
Named "March Brown". Used by No. 402 (F) Squadron, RCAF, from 6 June
1943. Still with this unit (or 411
Squadron?) when it crashed near Leith Hill, Surrey on 19 October 1943. Lost control in clouds, struck high
ground. This hill, near Gatwick,
claimed several aircraft in bad weather during the war. |
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W |
3638 |
Supermarine |
|
Spitfire |
Mk. Vb |
|
Used by No. 411 (F) Squadron, RCAF, from 8 January
1943. To No. 411 (F) Squadron, RCAF on
25 March 1943. Left this unit by June
1943. |
|
W |
3639 |
Supermarine |
|
Spitfire |
Mk. Vb |
|
Served with No. 411 (F) Squadron, RCAF, from 2
October 1941, coded "DB*B".
Lost in combat with enemy fighters off Calais, France on 16 December
1941. Pilot S.D. Chamberlain was
killed. |
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W |
3641 |
Supermarine |
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Spitfire |
Mk. Vb |
|
Used by No. 421 (F) Squadron, RCAF, from 7 June
1942. Left this unit by August 1942. |
|
W |
3647 |
Supermarine |
|
Spitfire |
Mk. VB |
|
Used by No. 421 (F) Squadron, RCAF, from 21
November 1942. With No. 412 (F)
Squadron, RCAF from 3 February 1943. |
|
W |
3650 |
Supermarine |
|
Spitfire |
Mk. VB |
|
Used by No. 403 (F) Squadron, RCAF, from 12
September 1941. Coded
"KH*X". Repaired on site 20
September 1941, no details. Left this
unit by March 1942. |
|
W |
3652 |
Supermarine |
|
Spitfire |
Mk. Vb |
|
Named "Blue Charm". Used by No. 416 (F) Squadron, RCAF, from 3
June 1943. Left this unit by 7 June
1943. |
|
W |
3653 |
Supermarine |
|
Spitfire |
Mk. Vb |
|
Used by No. 403 (F) Squadron, RCAF, from 11
August 1941, 5 days after first flight.
Left this unit by 25 August 1941, lost on 17 September 1941. |
|
W |
3712 |
Supermarine |
|
Spitfire |
Mk. Vb |
|
Used by No. 403 (F) Squadron, RCAF, from 11
August 1941, 11 days after first flight.
Left this unit by 25 August 1941, lost on 31 August 1941. |
|
W |
3720 |
Supermarine |
|
Spitfire |
Mk. Vb |
|
Used by No. 403 (F) Squadron, RCAF, from 24
February 1942. Hit the sea on Rhubarb
mission, en route to Calais on 27 February 1942. Sgt. R. Bateman rescued. |
|
W |
3768 |
Supermarine |
|
Spitfire |
Mk. Vb |
|
Named "Higham Ferrers-Irthlingborough". Used by No. 441 (F) Squadron, RCAF, from 27
February 1944 for training, from Digby. |
|
W |
3817 |
Supermarine |
|
Spitfire |
Mk. Vb |
|
Named "Wellingborough". Used by No. 417 (F) Squadron, RCAF, from 6
February 1942. Left this unit by April
1942. |
|
W |
3822 |
Supermarine |
|
Spitfire |
Mk. Vb |
|
Named "Zanzibar II". Used by No. 403 (F) Squadron, RCAF, from 12
September 1941. Coded
"KH*Q". Stalled and crashed
on 14 October 1941. Originally
Category E, but repaired, and back in service with No. 129 Squadron, RAF by
19 August 1942. |
|
W |
3823 |
Supermarine |
|
Spitfire |
Mk. VB |
|
Named "Holt I". Used by No. 403 (F) Squadron, RCAF, from 12
September 1941. Coded
"KH*S". Left this unit by
November 1941. To No. 402 (F)
Squadron, RCAF from 29 April 1942. To
No. 412 (F) Squadron, RCAF on 8 May 1942.
Left this unit by 24 May 1942. |
|
W |
3834 |
Supermarine |
|
Spitfire |
Mk. Vb |
|
A presentation aircraft, originally named
"Holt XII". With No. 421 (F)
Squadron, RCAF from 10 March 1943. To No. 416 (F) Squadron, RCAF on 23 May
1943. With No. 401 (F) Squadron, RCAF
when it was inscribed "Corps of Imperial Frontiersmen", on 13 June
1943, the third aircraft to carry this name.
Coded "YO*Q". Regular
pilot was F/L T.K. Ibbotson from Radisson, Saskatchewan. Flew 10 bomber escort missions, 13 to 29 June
1943. To No. 3501 Servicing Unit on 7
July, returned 9 July 1943. 4 more
escort and sweep missions in July, including 19 July, when one Bf 109 and one
Fw 190 were claimed. Ibbotson killed in motorcycle accident on
31 July 1943, aircraft passed to F/L O.M. Mahaffy
of Toronto. 21 escort and sweep
missions flown in August and September 1943.
Reported damaged in November 1943, left the squadron at this
time. Later used for training,
survived the war, and was struck off on 17 September 1945. |
|
W |
3839 |
Supermarine |
|
Spitfire |
Mk. Vb |
|
Named "Kettering District". Used by No. 403 (F) Squadron, RCAF, from 20
August 1942. Was to be named
"Corps of Imperial Frontiersmen", replacing BL598 (which see). Destroyed in mid-air with BM346 on 17
February 1943, crashed near Stubb House,
Yorkshire. Had 297:30 airframe time. |
|
W |
3843 |
Supermarine |
|
Spitfire |
Mk. Vb |
|
Named "St. Kitts Nevis II". Used by No. 412 (F) Squadron, RCAF, from
110 October 1942. To No. 421 (F)
Squadron, RCAF on 31 January 1943.
Left this unit by 3 May 1943. |
|
W |
3853 |
Supermarine |
|
Spitfire |
Mk. Vb |
|
Served with No. 411 (F) Squadron, RCAF, from 9
October 1941. Repaired on site 6
November 1941, no details. To No. 412
(F) Squadron, RCAF on 26 November 1941.
Category AC damage on operations, 16 April 1942. Destroyed in flying accident 24 September
1942. |
|
W |
3853 |
Supermarine |
|
Spitfire |
Mk. Vb |
|
Named "Nyasland
II". Served with No. 411 (F)
Squadron, RCAF, from 26 March 1942, coded "DB*C". Left this unit by 18 September 1942. |
|
W |
3895 |
Supermarine |
|
Spitfire |
Mk. Vb |
|
Named "Nyasland
V". Served with No. 417 (F)
Squadron, RCAF, from 7 February 1942.
Left this unit by 28 March 1942. |
|
W |
3899 |
Supermarine |
|
Spitfire |
LF Mk. Vb |
|
Served with No. 401 (F) Squadron, RCAF, from
28 September 1941, 11 days after first flight. Left this unit by November 1941. |
|
W |
3932 |
Supermarine |
|
Spitfire |
LF Mk. Vb |
|
Served with No. 412 (F) Squadron, RCAF, from
29 June 1943. Left this unit by 3
December 1943. |
|
W |
3938 |
Supermarine |
|
Spitfire |
Mk. Vb |
|
Served with No. 403 (F) Squadron, RCAF, from
12 September 1941, 6 days after first flight.
Coded "KH*J". Left
this unit by 3 April 1942. Later to
RN, fitted with arrestor hook by September 1942. |
|
W |
3941 |
Supermarine |
|
Spitfire |
Mk. Vb |
|
Served with No. 401 (F) Squadron, RCAF, from
16 June 1942. To No. 416 (F) Squadron,
RCAF from 3 June 1943. Left this unit
by 12 June 1943. |
|
W |
3946 |
Supermarine |
|
Spitfire |
Mk. Vb |
|
Served with No. 421 (F) Squadron, RCAF, from
20 November 1942. To No. 412 (F)
Squadron, RCAF on 3 February 1943.
Left this unit by 15 May 1943.
To No. 416 (F) Squadron, RCAF from 15 December 1943. Left this unit by 13 February 1944. |
|
W |
3949 |
Supermarine |
|
Spitfire |
Mk. Vb |
|
Served with No. 412 (F) Squadron, RCAF. Took part in attack mission on E-boats in
English Channel on 15 March 1942. |
|
W |
3951 |
Supermarine |
|
Spitfire |
Mk. Vb |
|
Served with No. 411 (F) Squadron, RCAF, from 2
October 1941, 2 weeks after first flight.
Category AC damage in flying accident on 11 December 1941, repaired on
site. To No. 402 (F) Squadron, RCAF on
29 January 1942. Left this unit by
April 1943. |
|
W |
3952 |
Supermarine |
|
Spitfire |
Mk. Vb |
|
Served with No. 412 (F) Squadron, RCAF, from 1
October 1941, 6 days after first flight.
To Rolls Royce for modifications on 22 October 1941, returned to this
unit. Shot down by Bf 109s near
Dunkirk-Lille during Circus 110 on 8 November 1941. P/O K.R.E. Denkman
killed. |
|
W |
3953 |
Supermarine |
|
Spitfire |
Mk. Vb |
|
Served with No. 401 (F) Squadron, RCAF, from 1
November 1941, 5 days after first flight.
Category B damage in flying accident on 10 January 1942. Category C damage in flying accident on 3
September 1942. Repaired on site, left
this unit by 18 September 1942. |
|
W |
3955 |
Supermarine |
|
Spitfire |
Mk. Vb |
|
Served with No. 401 (F) Squadron, RCAF, from
19 October 1941. Shot down by Adolf Galland of JG 26 on 27 October 1941. Pilot Sgt. B.G. Hodgkinson POW. Had 11:20 airframe time. |
|
W |
3958 |
Supermarine |
|
Spitfire |
Mk. Vb |
|
Served with No. 412 (F) Squadron, RCAF, from
12 October 1941. Part of rear support
wing for Circus 112A, raid on Comines power station, on 8 March 1942. Destroyed in a flying accident on 23 July
1942. |
|
W |
3959 |
Supermarine |
|
Spitfire |
Mk. Vb |
|
Served with No. 401 (F) Squadron, RCAF, from
12 October 1941, 12 days after first flight.
Shot down during Circus 110 on 8 November 1941. S/L G.D. Bushell,
DFM killed. |
|
W |
3964 |
Supermarine |
|
Spitfire |
Mk. Vb |
|
Served with No. 401 (F) Squadron, RCAF, from
22 October 1941. Shot down by Bf 109s
of JG 26 on 27 October 1941. P/O C.W. Floody POW. Had
7:00 airframe time. |
|
W |
3965 |
Supermarine |
|
Spitfire |
Mk. Vb |
|
Served with No. 412 (F) Squadron, RCAF, from 2
September 1942. To No. 421 (F)
Squadron, RCAF from 31 January 1943.
Left this unit by 21 February 1943. |
|
W |
4018 |
Short |
Shorts, Rochester |
Sunderland |
Mk. III |
|
With No. 422 (GR) Squadron, RCAF from August
1942. |
|
W |
4028 |
Short |
Shorts, Rochester |
Sunderland |
|
With No. 423 (GR) Squadron, RCAF from 3
January 1943. |
|
|
W |
4596 |
Vickers |
|
Wellington |
Mk. II |
|
Served with No. 405 Squadron, RCAF, coded
"LQ*M". |
|
W |
4891 |
Avro |
Metropolitan Vickers |
Lancaster |
Mk. I |
|
With No. 405 (B) Squadron, RCAF in August
1943. No record of operations. |
|
W |
5368 |
Vickers |
|
Wellington |
Mk. II |
|
Served with No. 405 (B) Squadron, RCAF in
1941/42, coded "LQ*K". |
|
W |
5390 |
Vickers |
|
Wellington |
Mk. II |
|
Served with No. 405 (B) Squadron, RCAF in
1941/42, coded "LQ*X", at Pocklington, UK. Lost on 15 April 1942, on raid to
Dortmund. Radioed for assistance at
05:18, no further trace. |
|
W |
5421 |
Vickers |
|
Wellington |
Mk. II |
|
Served with No. 405 (B) Squadron, RCAF in 1941,
coded "LQ*T". Had left this
unit by 5/6 August 1941, when it was lost while with No. 12 Squadron, RAF. |
|
W |
5427 |
Vickers |
|
Wellington |
Mk. II |
|
Served with No. 405 (B) Squadron, RCAF in
1941/42, coded "LQ*N". Lost
on 14/15 April 1942, on raid to Dortmund, out of Pocklington, UK. Believed to have crashed at Bruhl, 16 km SSW of Koln. |
|
W |
5476 |
Vickers |
|
Wellington |
Mk. II |
|
Served with No. 405 (B) Squadron, RCAF in
1941/42, coded "LQ*H". Lost
30 November / 1 December 1941, on raid to Hamburg, out of Pocklington. Radioed they were returning to base,
believed lost at sea. |
|
W |
5483 |
Vickers |
|
Wellington |
Mk. II |
|
Served with No. 405 (B) Squadron, RCAF in
1941, coded "LQ*J". Lost on
2/3 August 1941, on raid to Berlin, out of Pocklington, UK. |
|
W |
5484 |
Vickers |
|
Wellington |
Mk. II |
|
Served with No. 405 (B) Squadron, RCAF in
1941/42, coded "LQ*G".
Launched on this unit's first raid, to Schwerte
on 12 June 1941, but returned early due to mechanical failure. |
|
W |
5487 |
Vickers |
|
Wellington |
Mk. II |
|
Served with No. 405 (B) Squadron, RCAF from 6
May 1941. Destroyed on 4 June 1941 in
German raider attack on Driffield. First unit loss, may have been first RCAF
bomber loss in UK. |
|
W |
5488 |
Vickers |
|
Wellington |
Mk. II |
|
Served with No. 405 (B) Squadron, RCAF in 1941,
coded "LQ*B". Lost on 28/29
August 1941, on raid to Duisburg, out of Pocklington, UK. |
|
W |
5489 |
Vickers |
|
Wellington |
Mk. II |
|
Served with No. 405 (B) Squadron, RCAF from 6
May 1941, coded "LQ*A".
Wings and fuel tanks damaged by flak over Frankfurt on 24/25 October
1941, returned to base. Caught fire
while taxiing to dispersal, burnt out, no reported casualties. |
|
W |
5490 |
Vickers |
|
Wellington |
Mk. II |
|
Served with No. 405 (B) Squadron, RCAF from 6
May 1941, coded "LQ*D".
Damaged in raid on Dortmund on 6/7 July 1941. Returned to base on one engine, crashed
while attempting landing. 2
fatalities. |
|
W |
5491 |
Vickers |
|
Wellington |
Mk. II |
|
Served with No. 405 (B) Squadron, RCAF from 6
May 1941. Damaged by German intruder
raid on Driffield, 4 June 1941, but repaired. Lost after leaving this unit. |
|
W |
5492 |
Vickers |
|
Wellington |
Mk. II |
|
Served with No. 405 (B) Squadron, RCAF in
1941. Damaged in mid-air on 8 August
1941, repaired. Lost on local wireless
test flight on 18 September 1941.
Dingy came loose and fouled elevator controls. Aircraft enter steep dive, broke up in
flight, crashed and exploded at Northfield Farm, 3 miles NNE of Pocklington. 8 fatalities. |
|
W |
5495 |
Vickers |
|
Wellington |
Mk. II |
|
Served with No. 405 (B) Squadron, RCAF in
1941/42, coded "LQ*W". |
|
W |
5496 |
Vickers |
|
Wellington |
Mk. II |
|
With No. 405 (B) Squadron, RCAF, coded
"LQ*M", when lost on raid to Hannover on 14 / 15 August 1941. |
|
W |
5497 |
Vickers |
|
Wellington |
Mk. II |
|
Served with No. 405 (B) Squadron, RCAF, coded
"LQ*M". Crashed on landing
at Pocklington on 18 March 1942, returning from training exercise. Some injuries. |
|
W |
5515 |
Vickers |
|
Wellington |
Mk. II |
|
Served with No. 405 (B) Squadron, RCAF in
1941/42, coded "LQ*R", and "LQ*Y". Equipped to drop 4,000 pound "Cookie"
bomb. |
|
W |
5516 |
Vickers |
|
Wellington |
Mk. II |
|
With No. 405 (B) Squadron, RCAF when lost on
raid to Kiel on 26 / 27 February 1941.
Was coded "LQ*D". |
|
W |
5521 |
Vickers |
|
Wellington |
Mk. II |
|
Served with No. 405 (B) Squadron, RCAF, coded
"LQ*P". Lost on raid to
Berlin, 7 / 8 September 1941. Shot
down by night fighter, entire crew POW.
Came down 2 kilometres north-east of Nienburg,
near Erichshagen. |
|
W |
5522 |
Vickers |
|
Wellington |
Mk. II |
|
With No. 405 (B) Squadron RCAF at Pocklington,
UK, coded "LQ*Q". Lost on
raid to Cologne on 16 / 17 June 1941, may have been shot down by night
fighter. |
|
W |
5527 |
Vickers |
|
Wellington |
Mk. II |
|
With No. 405 (B) Squadron RCAF at Pocklington,
UK, coded "LQ*F". Lost on
raid to Hamburg on 2 / 3 August 1941, crashed in North Sea. |
|
W |
5530 |
Vickers |
|
Wellington |
Mk. II |
|
With No. 405 (B) Squadron RCAF at Pocklington,
UK, coded "LQ*L". |
|
W |
5531 |
Vickers |
|
Wellington |
Mk. II |
|
With No. 405 (B) Squadron RCAF at Pocklington,
UK, coded "LQ*U". Took off
for raid on Essen on 13 April 1942, then crashed near Creeting
St. Mary, Suffolk, after engine fire. |
|
W |
5534 |
Vickers |
|
Wellington |
Mk. II |
|
With No. 405 (B) Squadron RCAF at Pocklington,
UK, coded "LQ*N". Lost on
raid to Hannover on 14 / 15 July 1941.
Came down in Holland, all 6 crew PoW. |
|
W |
5535 |
Vickers |
|
Wellington |
Mk. II |
|
With No. 405 (B) Squadron RCAF at Pocklington,
UK. Coded "LQ* E". Reported to be first RCAF aircraft to carry
nose art during the war. Crashed and
burnt out 1 mile north of Pocklington on 1 September 1941, after an engine
fire while on a training mission. No
serious injuries. |
|
W |
5537 |
Vickers |
|
Wellington |
Mk. II |
|
Served with No. 405 (B) Squadron, RCAF, in the
summer of 1941, coded "LQ*O, "U" and
"L". Was "LQ*L" on
16 June 1941, when it was damaged by night fighter on attack on Cologne,
forced landed at West Raynham. Was
"LQ*O" on 24 July 1941 when lost on raid to Brest, 6 killed. |
|
W |
5551 |
Vickers |
|
Wellington |
Mk. II |
|
With No. 405 (B) Squadron RCAF at Pocklington,
UK, coded "LQ*U". Shot down
by Bf109s at Ploudaniel, France (near Brest) on 24
July 1941. 2 Crew POW, 4 killed. |
|
W |
5553 |
Vickers |
|
Wellington |
Mk. II |
|
Served with No. 405 Squadron, RCAF, coded
"LQ*D". Lost 7 / 8 November
1941, after bombing Berlin. |
|
W |
5555 |
Vickers |
|
Wellington |
Mk. II |
|
Served with No. 405 (B) Squadron, RCAF, coded
"LQ*D". |
|
W |
5560 |
Vickers |
|
Wellington |
Mk. II |
|
With No. 405 (B) Squadron RCAF at Pocklington,
UK, coded "LQ*M". Took off
on raid to Wilhelmshaven on 22 / 23 December 1943. Returned early due to engine problems,
diverted to Lindholme, crashed while attempting
landing there. No injuries. |
|
W |
5561 |
Vickers |
|
Wellington |
Mk. II |
|
With No. 405 (B) Squadron RCAF at Pocklington,
UK, coded "LQ*J". Lost on
raid to Emden on 28 / 29 December 1941. |
|
W |
5564 |
Vickers |
|
Wellington |
Mk. II |
|
Served with No. 405 (B) Squadron, RCAF in
1941/42, coded "LQ*Q". |
|
W |
5572 |
Vickers |
|
Wellington |
Mk. II |
|
Served with No. 405 (B) Squadron, RCAF, coded
"LQ*X". |
|
W |
5581 |
Vickers |
|
Wellington |
Mk. II |
|
With No. 405 (B) Squadron RCAF at Pocklington,
UK, coded "LQ*V". Severely
damaged by Bf109s during raid on Brest on 24 July 1941. Ditched off Tor Point, Devon. 3 Injuries, no fatalities. |
|
W |
5589 |
Vickers |
|
Wellington |
Mk. II |
|
Served with No. 405 Squadron, RCAF, coded
"LQ*F". Crashed on air test
on 5 January 1942, engine problems.
Attempted to land on artillery range near Strenshall
Village. All crew killed. |
|
W |
5856 |
Fairey |
Blackburn |
Swordfish |
Mk. II |
|
Used briefly by No. 415 (TB) Squadron, RCAF
for trials on small craft strikes over the English Channel. Survived the war,
now flown by the Royal Navy Historical Flight. |
|
W |
6000 |
Short |
Blackburn at Dunbarton |
Sunderland |
Mk. III |
|
Operated by No. 423 (GR) Squadron, RCAF from
13 July 1942, coded "A".
Second Sunderland with this unit.
Left this unit by December 1942. |
|
W |
6001 |
Short |
Blackburn at Dunbarton |
Sunderland |
Mk. III |
|
Operated by No. 423 (GR) Squadron, RCAF from
17 July 1942, coded "B".
First Sunderland with this unit.
Left this unit by November 1942. |
|
W |
6006 |
Short |
Blackburn at Dunbarton |
Sunderland |
Mk. III |
|
Operated by No. 423 (GR) Squadron, RCAF from
26 August 1942, coded "AB*E".
Scored this unit's first kill, U-456 shared with one RN and one RCN
ship, on 12 May 1943, while escorting convoy HX237. Left this unit by October 1943. |
|
W |
6007 |
Short |
Blackburn at Dunbarton |
Sunderland |
Mk. III |
|
Operated by No. 423 (GR) Squadron, RCAF from 8
September 1942, coded "G".
Left this unit by May 1942.
Survived the war, sold as scrap in 1947. |
|
W |
6008 |
Short |
Blackburn at Dunbarton |
Sunderland |
Mk. III |
|
Operated by No. 423 (GR) Squadron, RCAF from 3
September 1942, coded "H".
Escorted Convoy HX229, out of New York, on 20 January 1943. Sighted one U-boat, submerged before it was
attacked. Escorted Convoy TA39 on 5
April 1943. Sighted and attacked
U-boat, heavy damage observed, credited with damaging U-338. Escorted Convoy HX237 on 12 May 1943. Sighted a U-boat, made multiple
attacks. This was probably U-456, sunk
later the next day by HMCS Drumheller and HMS Lagan at 48-37N 22-39W. Ditched 12 March 1944 following engine
failure while on patrol. Ditched near
convoy, crew rescued by HMCS St. Catharines.
Attempted to tow aircraft, but this was prevented by heavy seas. Finally sunk by gunfire from HMCS St.
Catharines. |
|
W |
6009 |
Short |
Blackburn at Dunbarton |
Sunderland |
Mk. III |
|
Operated by No. 423 (GR) Squadron, RCAF from
14 October 1942, coded "J". Sighted
a U-boat on 12 November 1942, but it submerged before attack could be
completed. Left this unit by July
1943. |
|
W |
6011 |
Short |
Blackburn at Dunbarton |
Sunderland |
Mk. III |
|
Operated by No. 423 (GR) Squadron, RCAF from 3
October 1942. Escorted Convoy HX229,
out of New York, on 20 January 1943.
Sighted and attacked surfaced U-boat, large oil slick later
sighted. Believed to have damaged
U-631. Left this unit by September
1944. |
|
W |
6013 |
Short |
Blackburn at Dunbarton |
Sunderland |
Mk. III |
|
Operated by No. 423 (GR) Squadron, RCAF from
12 November 1942. Flew escort for HMS
Anson on 15 December 1942. Flew into
mountain near Ballycastle on 5 December 1943, 9
crew killed. |
|
W |
6026 |
Short |
|
Sunderland |
Mk. III |
|
Operated by No. 422 (GR) Squadron, RCAF. Allocated to this unit on 12 November,
picked up on 17 November 1942 at Wig Bay.
First operational Sunderland with this unit, ,
coded "2-C" and later "2-A". Flew this unit's first Sunderland
operational mission, convoy escort over the Atlantic, from Oban, on 1 March
1943. Later transferred to BOAC. |
|
W |
6027 |
Short |
Blackburn at Dunbarton |
Sunderland |
Mk. III |
|
Operated by No. 423 (GR) Squadron, RCAF from
19 November 1942, coded "N".
Left this unit by May 1944. |
|
W |
6028 |
Short |
|
Sunderland |
Mk. III |
|
Operated by No. 422 (GR) Squadron, RCAF from 1
November 1942, coded "C".
Ferried to Wig Bay for refitting on 11 November 1942. Flying operationally by 1 March 1943. Detached to Pembroke Docks in July
1943. While on patrol from there on 28
July, sighted wreckage at 58-21N 12-57W.
While searching for survivors sighted 2 U-boats, which were attacked
by other aircraft before this aircraft was in position. Loaned to BOAC, dates unclear. Back to No. 422 Sdn.
on 4 January 1944. Crashed near St.
Angelo, Fermanagh on 19 February 1944 during fighter affiliation training, 2 fatalities. |
|
W |
6029 |
Short |
|
Sunderland |
Mk. III |
|
Operated by No. 422 (GR) Squadron, RCAF from
11 November 1942, when it was ferried to Wig Bay for refitting. Operational by 30 November 1942, coded
"D". Crashed on 19 December
1942, 7 killed and 14 injured. Was
returning from patrol when bad weather forced diversion from Oban to
Invergordon. Crashed while attempting
to land in the Firth of Lorne. |
|
W |
6030 |
Short |
Blackburn, Dunbarton |
Sunderland |
Mk. III |
|
Operated by No. 422 (GR) Squadron, RCAF from
11 December 1942, coded "F". |
|
W |
6031 |
Short |
Blackburn, Dunbarton |
Sunderland |
Mk. III |
|
Operated by No. 422 (GR) Squadron, RCAF from
12 December 1942, coded "G".
Operating from Castle Archdale on 16 June 1943, when it sighted 3
U-boats near 44-04N 13-42W, but lost them in haze before an attack could be
started. Escorted convoys returning
from Africa on 20(?) November 1943.
Transmitted an SOS from 45-00N 19-20W, after being damaged by AA from
U-618. Lost without a trace. |
|
W |
6032 |
Short |
Blackburn, Dunbarton |
Sunderland |
Mk. III |
|
Operated by No. 422 (GR) Squadron, RCAF from 9
December 1942, coded "H".
Escorted convoy ONS169 on 1 March 1943. |
|
W |
6033 |
Short |
Blackburn, Dunbarton |
Sunderland |
Mk. III |
|
Operated by No. 422 (GR) Squadron, RCAF from
27 December 1942, coded "J".
Operated on patrol from Castle Archdale on 4 August 1943, then from
Reykjavik on 5 August 1943. Crashed
near Kaldadarnes, near the entrance to Hvalfjord, Iceland at 09:10 on 28 September 1943. Aircraft beached, no injuries. |
|
W |
6052 |
Short |
Short & Harland |
Sunderland |
Mk. II |
|
Operated by No. 423 (GR) Squadron, RCAF at
Stornoway from 22 July 1942, coded "D". Flew one of the first long patrols by this
unit, from 19:09 on 4 August to 07:31 on 5 August 1942. Engaged a Ju 88
while escorting convoy MKS9 on 21 November 1942, driving it off. |
|
W |
6053 |
Short |
Short & Harland |
Sunderland |
Mk. II |
|
Operated by No. 423 (GR) Squadron, RCAF, coded
"AB*E". First Sunderland
received by this unit, on 7 August 1942.
Flew this unit's first operation, a 13 hour anti-submarine patrol from
Oban, on 23 August 1942. Escorted
Convoy HX229, out of New York, 20 January 1943. Sighted 2 U-boats during this mission,
attacked second one, no observed results.
Attacked U-338 on 19 March 1943, inflicted extensive damage. Sighted and attacked U-boat on 8 April
1943, no observed results. |
|
W |
6058 |
Short |
Short & Harland |
Sunderland |
Mk. II |
|
Operated by No. 422 (GR) Squadron, RCAF. |
|
W |
6061 |
Short |
Short & Harland |
Sunderland |
Mk. II |
|
Operated by No. 423 (GR) Squadron, RCAF, coded
"K". |
|
W |
6064 |
Short |
Short & Harland |
Sunderland |
Mk. II |
|
Operated by No. 423 (GR) Squadron, RCAF from
26 January 1943. |
|
W |
6066 |
Short |
Short & Harland |
Sunderland |
Mk. III |
|
Operated by No. 422 (GR) Squadron, RCAF from 4
May 1943. Left this unit by May
1944. Survived the war, sold as scrap
on 25 February 1947. |
|
W |
6068 |
Short |
Short & Harland |
Sunderland |
Mk. III |
|
Operated by No. 422 (GR) Squadron, RCAF from 9
May 1943, coded "N". Located
life boat on 15 May 1943, dropped supplies, and attempted to direct
escorts. Contact lost in bad weather,
life boat never seen again. Left this
unit by August 1944. Survived the war,
sold as scrap on 25 February 1947. |
|
W |
7703 |
Handley Page |
|
Halifax |
B. Mk. II |
|
Served with No. 405 (B) Squadron, RCAF in
1942/43, coded "LQ*Q".
Crashed at Wrotham, Kent on 5/6 October 1942, attempting to land at
West Malling after completing mission to Aachen. Apparently stalled on go around. |
|
W |
7704 |
Handley Page |
|
Halifax |
B. Mk. II |
|
Served with No. 405 (B) Squadron, RCAF, coded
"LQ*M". |
|
W |
7707 |
Handley Page |
|
Halifax |
B. Mk. II |
|
Served with No. 405 (B) Squadron, RCAF in
1942/43, coded "LQ*K". Lost
without a trace on mission to Koln, from Pocklington, on 30/31 May 1942. |
|
W |
7708 |
Handley Page |
|
Halifax |
B. Mk. II |
|
Served with No. 405 (B) Squadron, RCAF, coded
"LQ*H". Shot down at 04:30
on 8 June 1942 by night fighter, 11 km WSW of Arnhem, Holland, all survived. |
|
W |
7709 |
Handley Page |
|
Halifax |
B. Mk. II |
|
Served with No. 405 (B) Squadron, RCAF in
1942/43, coded "LQ*J". Shot
down by a night-fighter and crashed at 03:42 on 10 August 1942 alongside a
farmhouse, owned by Mr. Van Der Steeg, at Oploo (Noord Brabant), 20
km NE of Helmond, Holland. Was
on mission to Osnabruck, from Topcliffe. Medals from crew member F/L D.J. Bain
reported for sale on-line in 2006. |
|
W |
7710 |
Handley Page |
|
Halifax |
B. Mk. II Series I |
|
Served with No. 405 (B) Squadron, RCAF, coded
"LQ*R". Named "Ruhr
Valley Express" late 1942. Photo
of this aircraft on page 90 of "RCAF Squadrons and Aircraft". Lost on 1/2 October 1942, on mission to
Flensburg, from Topcliffe. Crashed at Liehuus,
6 km NNW of Flensburg, very close to Germany's border with Denmark. |
|
W |
7713 |
Handley Page |
|
Halifax |
B. Mk. II |
|
With No. 405 (B) Squadron, RCAF, coded
"LQ*T",
when lost on 1/2 June
1942. Had departed Pocklington for
mission to Essen. Crashed near
Krefeld, Germany. |
|
W |
7714 |
Handley Page |
|
Halifax |
B. Mk. II |
|
Served with No. 405 (B) Squadron, RCAF in 1942/43,
coded "LQ*K". Shot down by a
night-fighter and crashed at 02:14 on 30 June 1942 at Deersum
(Friesland). Was on mission to Bremen,
from Pocklington. All 7 crew
killed. One of three aircraft lost by
405 Squadron on this mission. |
|
W |
7715 |
Handley Page |
|
Halifax |
B. Mk. II |
|
With No. 405 (B) Squadron, RCAF, coded
"LQ*H", when lost on 29/30 June 1942, on mission to Bremen. Crashed at Bimolten,
7 km NNW of Nordhorn. One crew POW, rest
killed. One of three aircraft lost by
405 Squadron on this mission. |
|
W |
7718 |
Handley Page |
|
Halifax |
B. Mk. II |
|
With No. 405 (B) Squadron, RCAF, coded
"LQ*T", when lost on raid to Dusseldorf on 1 August 1942. Crashed, on fire, at 03:05 2 km SE of Heppeneert, Limburg, in Belgium. |
|
W |
7748 |
Handley Page |
|
Halifax |
B. Mk. II |
|
With No. 405 (B) Squadron, RCAF, coded
"LQ*D", when lost on 11/12 August 1942. Crashed near Duisburg-Neuenkamp,
on raid to Mainz. |
|
W |
7763 |
Handley Page |
|
Halifax |
B. Mk. II |
|
With No. 405 (B) Squadron, RCAF, coded
"LQ*C", when shot down by a night-fighter and crashed at
23:55, 7 October 1942, in the estate
of Prattenburg between Veenendaal
and Rhenen (Utrecht), Holland. On a raid to Osnabruck, from Topcliffe, UK. |
|
W |
7768 |
Handley Page |
|
Halifax |
B. Mk. II |
|
With No. 405 (B) Squadron, RCAF when this unit was detached
to Coastal Command at Beaulieu.
Crashed on the Isle of Wight on 20 December 1942. Had suffered engine failure while on
anti-submarine patrol. Dove into the
ground near Calbourne. All 6 crew killed. |
|
W |
7769 |
Handley Page |
|
Halifax |
B. Mk. II |
|
With No. 405 (B) Squadron, RCAF, coded
"LQ*K", when it crashed while attempting to land after returning
from raid on Dusiburg, 23/24 July 1942. Engine failed, crashed into New Street, in
Pocklington village, while circling to land.
Ended up in a school, in flames. |
|
W |
7770 |
Handley Page |
|
Halifax |
B. Mk. II |
|
With No. 405 (B) Squadron, RCAF, coded
"LQ*E", when lost on a raid to Essen on 15 September 1942. Despite engine and oxygen problems, target
was attacked. Attacked by night
fighter on return, starting fire in port wing. Crashed near Maubeuge,
France. |
|
W |
7780 |
Handley Page |
|
Halifax |
B. Mk. II |
|
With No. 405 (B) Squadron, RCAF, coded
"LQ*Q". Was flown by crew
from 425 Sdn. on 1/2 October 1942, when it was lost
on raid on Flensburg. Crashed near
Flensburg. |
|
W |
7802 |
Handley Page |
|
Halifax |
B. Mk. II |
|
With No. 405 (B) Squadron, RCAF, coded
"LQ*T", when lost on 1/2 October 1942. Was on a raid to Flensburg, crashed near Bohlberg. |
|
W |
7803 |
Handley Page |
|
Halifax |
B. Mk. II |
|
Served with No. 405 (B) Squadron, RCAF, coded
"LQ*B". Failed to return
from mission to Stuttgart on 11/12 March 1943, no survivors. Crashed at la Malmaison,
Aisne, France. |
|
W |
7817 |
Handley Page |
|
Halifax |
B. Mk. II |
|
Served with No. 419 (B) Squadron, RCAF, coded
"VR*A". Bombed Pilsen on 16
/ 17 April 1943. Shot down by night
fighter during mission to Dortmund on 4/5 May 1943. Crashed near Zwolle, Holland. 6 POW, 1 fatality. |
|
W |
7854 |
Handley Page |
|
Halifax |
B. Mk. II |
|
Served with No. 419 (B) Squadron, RCAF, coded
"VR*T". Lost on operation to
Koln on 15/15 October 1942. Shot down
by Oblt Rudolf Altendorf,
of I./NJG4, and crashed at Waterloo (Brabant), 15 km
SSE of Brussels. |
|
W |
7857 |
Handley Page |
|
Halifax |
B. Mk. II |
|
Served with No. 419 (B) Squadron, RCAF, coded
"VR*O". Failed to return
from mining operation near Frisian Islands on 9/10 January 1943, no
survivors. One of 5 No. 419 Sdn. Aircraft on this mission, only loss. |
|
W |
7869 |
Handley Page |
|
Halifax |
B. Mk. II |
|
Served with No. 419 (B) Squadron, RCAF. |
|
W |
8261 |
Douglas |
|
Boston |
Mk. III |
|
Converted to intruder configuration. Served with No. 418 (I) Squadron,
RCAF. Left this unit on 6 August 1943. |
|
W |
8262 |
Douglas |
|
Boston |
Mk. III |
|
Converted to intruder configuration. With No. 418 (I) Squadron, RCAF, at Bradwell Bay, Essex.
Lost on 27/28 August 1942, on intruder mission to Montdidier. 3 crew KIA. |
|
W |
8263 |
Douglas |
|
Boston |
Mk. III |
|
Converted to intruder configuration. Used by No. 418 (I) Squadron, RCAF from 23
April 1943, coded "TH*P".
Still with this unit in July 1943. |
|
W |
8264 |
Douglas |
|
Boston |
Mk. III |
|
Converted to intruder configuration. With No. 418 (I) Squadron, RCAF, at Bradwell Bay, Essex.
Lost on 1/2 August 1942, on intruder mission to Rouen. 3 crew KIA. |
|
W |
8268 |
Douglas |
|
Boston |
Mk. III |
|
Converted to intruder configuration. Used by No. 418 (I) Squadron, RCAF, coded
"TH*O". Named
"Ottawa". Photo in "Canadian
Squadrons and Aircraft". Lost on
19/20 May 1942, on night intruder mission to Soesterberg. 3 crew KIA. |
|
W |
8271 |
Douglas |
|
Boston |
Mk. III |
|
Served with No. 418 (I) Squadron, RCAF. Left this unit for Tollerton
Aircraft on 12 June 1943. |
|
W |
8278 |
Douglas |
|
Boston |
Mk. III |
|
Converted to intruder configuration. With No. 418 (I) Squadron, RCAF. Took part in this unit's first operation on
26 March 1942, bombing of oil refineries and tanks at Ertvelde,
Belgium. Burned after taxiing accident
at Bradwell on 17 April 1943. |
|
W |
8281 |
Douglas |
|
Boston |
Mk. III |
|
Converted to intruder configuration. With No. 418 (I) Squadron, RCAF, at Bradwell Bay, Essex.
Lost on night intruder mission to Soesterberg/Schiphol
on 19/20 May 1942. 3 crew KIA. |
|
W |
8284 |
Douglas |
|
Boston |
Mk. III |
|
Converted to intruder configuration. With No. 418 (I) Squadron, RCAF, at Bradwell Bay, Essex.
Lost on 7/8 September 1942, on night mission in Somme area. 3 crew KIA or MIA. |
|
W |
8292 |
Douglas |
|
Boston |
Mk. III |
|
Converted to intruder configuration. With No. 418 (I) Squadron, RCAF. Crashed northeast of Southminster,
UK on 2 January 1943. Pilot P/O J.J.
Field killed. |
|
W |
8298 |
Douglas |
|
Boston |
Mk. III |
|
Converted to intruder configuration. With No. 418 (I) Squadron, RCAF, at Bradwell Bay, Essex.
One of first two Bostons to this unit, arriving
on 22 November 1941. Lost on raid on
Dieppe on 19 August 1942, during Operation Jubilee. Shot down by Fw
190s. One crew KIA, 1 crew rescued,
and 1 POW. |
|
W |
8302 |
Douglas |
|
Boston |
Mk. III |
|
With No. 418 (I) Squadron, RCAF from 27
November 1941. |
|
W |
8303 |
Douglas |
|
Boston |
Mk. III |
|
Converted to intruder configuration. With No. 418 (I) Squadron, RCAF, left this
unit on 6 July 1943. |
|
W |
8304 |
Douglas |
|
Boston |
Mk. III |
|
Converted to intruder configuration. With No. 418 (I) Squadron, RCAF, at Bradwell Bay, Essex from 30 November 1941. Lost on night mission to Gilze-Rijen, Holland on 9/10 July 1942. Believed lost at sea. 3 crew KIA. |
|
W |
8314 |
Douglas |
|
Boston |
Mk. III |
|
With No. 418 (I) Squadron, RCAF. Crashed after engine failure on takeoff at
Debden, UK on 9 March 1942. No
injuries. |
|
W |
8317 |
Douglas |
|
Havoc |
N.F. Mk. II |
|
Delivered to No. 418 Squadron, RCAF, at
Debden, Essex, in 1941. Took part in
this unit's first operation on 27 March 1942, bombing oil refinery and tanks
near Ertvelde, Belgium. Coded "V-TH", named
"Victoria". Also reported as
aircraft "S" on 2 September 1943. |
|
W |
8318 |
Douglas |
|
Boston |
Mk. III |
|
With No. 418 (I) Squadron, RCAF, at Bradwell Bay, Essex.
Lost on 17/18 May 1942 on mission to Leeuwarden. 3 crew KIA, pilot POW. Some research suggests the aircraft was
struck by flak over Germany and then crashed at Akkerwoude,
15 kilometres to the north-east of Leeuwarden. |
|
W |
8321 |
Douglas |
|
Boston |
Mk. III |
|
Converted to intruder configuration. Used by No. 418 (I) Squadron, RCAF, coded
"TH*G". Left this unit on 2
October 1943. |
|
W |
8325 |
Douglas |
|
Boston |
Mk. III |
|
With No. 418 (I) Squadron, RCAF. Lost on 9 April 1943, on mission to Melun,
3 crew KIA. Collided
with Dornier Do217E-4 "U5+TW", from I/KG2 at St. Andre airfield,
both aircraft came down on edge of airfield and were destroyed by fire. At least 3 fatalities on German aircraft as
well. |
|
W |
8326 |
Douglas |
|
Boston |
Mk. III |
|
With No. 418 (I) Squadron, RCAF, at Bradwell Bay, Essex.
Lost on 31 July 1942, during raid on Leeuwarden. 3 crew KIA. |
|
W |
8331 |
Douglas |
|
Boston |
Mk. III |
|
With No. 418 (I) Squadron, RCAF, at Bradwell Bay, Essex.
Lost on raid on Melun and Bretigny on 17 September 1942. Ditched off Essex, 3 crew KIA. |
|
W |
8333 |
Douglas |
|
Boston |
Mk. III |
|
With No. 418 (I) Squadron, RCAF. Took part in this unit's first operation on
27 March 1942, bombing oil refinery and tanks near Ertvelde,
Belgium. Crashed near Great Sampford Aerodrome during night flying test on 1 April
1942. 2 RCAF and one RAF fatalities
from crew of 3. |
|
W |
8335 |
Douglas |
|
Boston |
Mk. III |
|
With No. 418 (I) Squadron, RCAF. Crashed during training flight on 24
February 1942, first aircraft lost by this unit. 2 fatalities. |
|
W |
8340 |
Douglas |
|
Boston |
Mk. III |
|
Converted to intruder configuration. Used by No. 418 (I) Squadron, RCAF. Took part in this unit's first operation on
27 March 1942, bombing oil refinery and tanks near Ertvelde,
Belgium. Destroyed on 3 May 1942, when
it crashed as a result of undercarriage failure on take
off from West Malling, UK. Bomb
load exploded. 3 crew and 1 bystander
killed. |
|
W |
8342 |
Douglas |
|
Boston |
Mk. III |
|
With No. 418 (I) Squadron, RCAF. Failed to return from mission on 18
November 1942. |
|
W |
8345 |
Douglas |
|
Boston |
Mk. III |
|
With No. 418 (I) Squadron, RCAF. Left this unit on 12 June 1943. |
|
W |
8350 |
Douglas |
|
Boston |
Mk. III |
|
With No. 418 (I) Squadron, RCAF, at Bradwell Bay, Essex, coded "TH*R". One of the first two Bostons
to this unit, arriving on 22 November 1941.
Lost on night mission to Bretigny on 16/17
August 1942. 2 crew KIA, one POW. |
|
W |
8351 |
Douglas |
|
Boston |
Mk. III |
|
With No. 418 (I) Squadron, RCAF, at Debden,
Essex from 6 December 1941. Took part
in this unit's first operation on 27 March 1942, bombing oil refinery and
tanks near Ertvelde, Belgium. Lost on night mission to Poix airfield on 2/3 April 1942. 3 crew KIA or MIA. |
|
W |
8356 |
Douglas |
|
Boston |
Mk. III |
|
Converted to intruder configuration. Used by No. 418 (I) Squadron, RCAF, coded
"TH*D". Left this unit on 21
September 1943. |
|
W |
8358 |
Douglas |
|
Boston |
Mk. III |
|
With No. 418 (I) Squadron, RCAF, at Bradwell Bay, Essex from 6 December 1941, coded
"TH*R". Lost on night
mission to Creil on 7/8 November 1942. 2 crew KIA, one POW. |
|
W |
8359 |
Douglas |
|
Boston |
Mk. III |
|
With No. 418 (I) Squadron, RCAF. Crashed 6 October 1942, 2 fatalities. |
|
W |
8360 |
Douglas |
|
Boston |
Mk. III |
|
With No. 418 (I) Squadron, RCAF. Crashed and burned 29 March 1942, no
injuries. |
|
W |
8380 |
Douglas |
|
Boston |
Mk. III |
|
With No. 418 (I) Squadron, RCAF. Lost when it struck a tree during low level
training flight on 8 February 1943.
Crashed one mile NW of Vington Hall,
UK. 3 crew killed. Unconfirmed report of a 4th person, an LAC
mechanic onboard for an unapproved flight, also being killed. |
|
W |
8385 |
Douglas |
|
Boston |
Mk. III |
|
With No. 418 (I) Squadron, RCAF. Left this unit 6 August 1943. |
|
W |
8386 |
Douglas |
|
Boston |
Mk. III |
|
With No. 418 (I) Squadron, RCAF from 6
December 1941. Crashed on landing at Bradwell on 27 April 1942. |
|
W |
8389 |
Douglas |
|
Boston |
Mk. III |
|
With No. 418 (I) Squadron, RCAF. Left this unit on 8 July 1943. |
|
W |
8390 |
Douglas |
|
Boston |
Mk. III |
|
Reported with No. 418 (I) Squadron, RCAF from
6 December 1941. May have been lost in
June 1942 over Holland, but there are conflicting reports of the actual
identity of the aircraft involved. |
|
W |
8394 |
Douglas |
|
Boston |
Mk. III |
|
With No. 418 (I) Squadron, RCAF, at Bradwell Bay, Essex.
Lost on night mission to Schiphol on 23/24 June 1942. 3 crew KIA. |
|
W |
8395 |
Douglas |
|
Boston |
Mk. III |
|
With No. 418 (I) Squadron, RCAF, possibly
coded "TH*G". Took part in
this unit's first operation on 26 March 1942, bombing mission over
Belgium. Damaged in landing accident
28 March 1942. |
|
W |
8406 |
Consolidated |
|
Catalina |
Mk. I |
|
Operated by No. 413 (GR) Squadron, RCAF, in
Ceylon, coded "AX*D" |
|
W |
8412 |
Consolidated |
|
Catalina |
Mk. I |
|
Operated by No. 413 (GR) Squadron, RCAF, in
Ceylon, coded "AX*P" prior to 1 August 1942, subsequently
"AX*B". |
|
W |
8419 |
Consolidated |
|
Catalina |
Mk. I |
|
With No. 417 (GR) Squadron, RCAF from 8 July
1941. Moved to Sullom
Voe on 5 October 1941. Damaged while moored during a gale, written
off on 15 December 1941. |
|
W |
8421 |
Consolidated |
|
Catalina |
Mk. I |
|
With No. 2 (GR) Squadron, before passing to No. 413 (GR)
Squadron, RCAF. Was coded "AX*P" on arrival in Ceylon in 1942. Shot down by Zeros from carrier Hiryu on 9 April 1942, after sighting Japanese
fleet. Unable to complete report
before being shot down. All 8 crew,
including 2 RCAF and 6 RAF, killed.
Reported coded "QL*Y" when lost. Also reported as "AX*D" on
arrival and "QL*D" when lost. |
|
W |
8422 |
Consolidated |
|
Catalina |
Mk. I |
|
With No. 413 (GR) Squadron, RCAF, at Sullom Voe in 1941. Escorted HMS King George V on 3 November
1941. |
|
W |
8426 |
Consolidated |
|
Catalina |
Mk. I |
|
With No. 417 (GR) Squadron, RCAF. Delivered an ASV beacon to Bowmore on 5 September 1941. |
|
W |
8427 |
Consolidated |
|
Catalina |
Mk. I |
|
Operated by No. 413 (GR) Squadron, RCAF in the
UK, coded "G". Ferried to
Ceylon in March/April 1942. |
|
W |
8428 |
Consolidated |
|
Catalina |
Mk. I |
|
Second aircraft on strength of No. 413 (GR)
Squadron, RCAF. Delivered to Stranraer
on 5 July 1941. Moved to Sullom Voe on 5 October
1941. Escorted convoy HX153, bound
from Halifax to UK, on 16 October 1941. |
|
W |
8434 |
Consolidated |
|
Catalina |
Mk. IB |
|
Operated by No. 413 (GR) Squadron, RCAF, in
the Shetland Islands in 1941/1942, coded "QL*F". |
|
W |
8438 |
Consolidated |
|
Catalina |
Mk. IB |
|
Reported with No. 413 (GR) Squadron, RCAF, in
the Shetland Islands in 1941/1942, but this serial is actually a Miles
Master. |
|
W |
9136 |
Hawker |
Gloster Aircraft Co., Brockworth |
Hurricane |
Mk. I |
|
With No. 402 (F) Squadron, RCAF. |
|
W |
9175 |
Hawker |
Gloster Aircraft Co., Brockworth |
Hurricane |
Mk. I |
|
With No. 402 (F) Squadron, RCAF. |
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