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SerialPicModel,
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BS162 VcT,
CHA
FF 21-6-42 6MU 22-6-42 47MU 16-7-42 'Euryades' 30-7-42 Australia 18-10-42 RAAF as A58-12 452Sq 'QY-F' Crashed into sea during combat nr Perrin Island 2-5-43 F/O AC McNab (RAAF)+
BS163 VcT,
CHA
FF 21-6-42 6MU 22-6-42 47MU 16-7-42 'Hoperidge' 4-8-42 Australia 25-10-42 RAAF as A58-62 452Sq 'B' Swung on landing struck pipeline u/c torn off Strauss 22-3-43 Sgt WM Coombes slt inj. rtp 19-6-43
BS164 VcT,
CHA
FF 21-6-42 8MU 22-6-42 215MU 19-7-42 'Hoperidge' 4-8-42 Australia 25-10-42 RAAF as A58-63 54Sq 'DL-K' Collided in air with A58-214 nr Strauss strip 13-1-44 FSgt JB Gibbs+
BS165 VcT,
CHA
FF 24-6-42 39MU 26-6-42 47MU 16-7-42 'Hoperidge' 4-8-42 Australia 25-10-42 RAAF as A58-13 54Sq e/f abandoned crashed nr Catfish Creek NSW CE 25-11-42 Sgt WK Reid+ (baled out too low)
BS166 VcT,
CHA
FF 25-6-42 39MU 26-6-42 47MU 16-7-42 'Hoperidge' 4-8-42 Australia 25-10-42 RAAF as A58-64 54Sq Crashed landing Tennant Creek 30-1-44 FSgt Watts safe. rtp 10-3-44
BS168 VcT,
CHA
FF 25-6-42 39MU 26-6-42 52MU 10-7-42 'Empire Clive' 19-7-42 Gibraltar 3-8-42 flown off 'HMS Furious' to Malta 17-8-42 185Sq NAfrica 1-6-43 Struck wave while strafing Malta CA 10-10-43 FSgt K Russum safe SOC 30-6-45
BS169 VcT,
CHA
FF 27-6-42 39MU 28-6-42 47MU 26-7-42 'Hoperidge' 4-8-42 Australia 25-10-42 RAAF as A58-65 452Sq e/f f/l Palm Beach Sydney 13-12-42 F/O DF Evans safe. Landed short and tipped on nose Wooloomanta 5-5-43 F/O WJ Wilkinson sa... ...
BS171 VcT,
CHA
FF 30-6-42 39MU 3-7-42 215MU 19-7-42 6FPP Tyre burst on landing Dumfries CA 20-7-42 S/O RM Badhe (Indian) safe. 'Hoperidge' 4-8-42 Australia 25-10-42 RAAF as A58-66 457Sq 'ZP-B' Taxied into by BR568 Livingstone 19-3-43 e... ...
BS173 VcT,
CHA
FF 2-7-42 15MU 3-7-42 47MU 29-7-42 'Hoperidge' 4-8-42 Australia 25-10-42 RAAF as A58-67 457Sq 'ZP-G' Swung on landing hit pipeline Livingstone 19-3-43 W/O CR Briggs safe. Missing on ops in Darwin area 2-5-43 F/O GLC Giff... ...
BS174 VcT,
CHA
FF 2-7-42 15MU 3-7-42 47MU 31-7-42 'Hoperidge' 4-8-42 Australia 25-10-42 RAAF as A58-68 452Sq 'QY-W' damaged during ops Adam Bay 20-6-43 FSgt AT Ruskin-Rowe (RAAF)+
BS175 VcT,
CHA
FF 5-7-42 15MU 6-7-42 47MU 28-7-42 'Hoperidge' 4-8-42 Australia 25-10-42 RAAF as A58-69 452Sq Crashed enroute Strauss strip-Wyndham 27-2-43 F/O WH Ford (RAAF)+
BS178 VcT,
CHA
FF 8-7-42 6MU 11-7-42 47MU 25-7-42 'Hoperidge' 4-8-42 Australia 25-10-42 RAAF as A58-70 457Sq 'ZP-D' Swung on landing hit trees Livingstone strip 31-8-43 F/O IS Mackenzie safe. rtp 22-11-43
BS181 VcT,
CHA
FF 11-7-42 8MU 13-7-42 47MU 25-7-42 'Hoperidge' 4-8-42 Australia 25-10-42 RAAF as A58-71 54Sq 452Sq 1-2-44 457Sq 'ZP-J' 7-4-44 e/f belly landing Sattler strip 9-7-44 FSgt GC Marks inj. rtp 31-7-44
BS182 VcT,
CHA
FF 11-7-42 8MU 13-7-42 47MU 25-7-42 'Hoperidge' 4-8-42 Australia 25-10-42 RAAF as A58-72 54Sq 'S' later 'DL-S' 452Sq 9-3-44 85Sq 'SH-N' 17-9-44 rtp approved 27-8-45
BS184 VcT,
CHA
FF 11-7-42 39MU 13-7-42 47MU 25-7-42 'Hoperidge' 4-8-42 Australia 25-10-42 RAAF as A58-73 452Sq Collided in air with A58-55 Coomalie Creek 27-1-43 Sgt EE Hutchinson (RAAF)+
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