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SerialPicModel,
Factory
Notes    (click note to toggle full text)
AB280 Vb,
HPA
FF 20-12-41 8MU 2-1-42 124Sq 9-1-42 Crashed nr Bletchingley CE 19-4-42 Sgt CG Pritchard+
AB281 Vb,
HPA
FF 20-12-41 8MU 2-1-42 411Sq 8-1-42 Overshot landing Manston 28-2-42 P/O WF Ash (RCAF) safe. Aerial combat with FW190 over Comines crashed nr Calais on bomber escort to Abbeville 24-3-42 P/O WF Ash (RCAF) PoW
AB282 Vb,
HPA
FF 20-12-41 8MU 5-1-42 611Sq 7-2-42 Flew into ground at dusk o/t and u/c collapsed Drem AC 12-3-42 P/O AS Yates safe. ros 242Sq 2-6-42 SAL 27-10-42 VASM fuel syst mods wing stiff 26-4-43 131Sq 3-7-43 Taxied into obstruct... ...
AB283 Vb,
HPA
FF 23-12-41 8MU 24-12-41 72Sq 'RN-F' 2-1-42 CB 10-2-42 ASTH 411Sq 19-5-42 Struck glide indicator Digby CA 21-7-42 Sgt RJ Messenger (RCAF) safe. Caught slipstream of Lancaster and dived into ground Thornton-le-Fen CE 13-1... ...
AB284 Vb,
HPA
FF 29-12-41 8MU 2-1-42 91Sq 9-1-42 411Sq Ran out of fuel f/l in field Ockendon CB 24-3-42 FSgt WB Randall (RCAF) safe ASTH 41Sq 23-8-42 Tail hit by AR331 taxying Llanbedr CB 28-8-42 VASM mods 9-3-43 611Sq 1-7-43 Struck t... ...
AB300 PRIV,
HEA
FF 26-11-41 5MU 30-11-41 Benson 25-1-42 packed for overseas Middle East 2PRU 1-3-42 flown Gib-Malta 7-3-42 69Sq Engine lost power on PR mission over Sicily abandoned nr Agrigento 19-9-42 Sgt FR Gillions PoW SOC 20-9-42
AB301 PRIV,
HEA
FF 30-11-41 5MU 5-12-41 CB 17-12-41 HAL 23-12-41 1PRU 17-1-42 HAL 1PRU 5-4-42 Missing from PR mission to Lubeck/Hamburg 30-7-42 F/O HM Jones+
AB302 PRIV,
HEA
FF 30-11-41 (W camera) 5MU 4-12-41 1PRU 3-1-42 Belly landed St.Eval AC 15-2-42 Sgt FHC Efford safe 541Sq 30-9-42 8OTU 21-6-43 VASM external sump wing oil tank 31-12-43 SOC 26-3-45
AB303 PRIV,
HEA
FF 30-11-41 5MU 5-12-41 1PRU 31-1-42 542Sq 20-9-42 309FTU 542Sq Heavy landing u/c collapsed Heston AC 4-11-43 F/O H Reeves safe Benson 23-12-43 8OTU 7-1-44 Tyre burst after landing swung and tipped on nose Dyce CA 1-1-45... ...
AB304 PRIV,
HEA
FF 5-12-41 5MU 7-12-41 1PRU Benson 28-1-42 packed for overseas Middle East 2PRU 19-3-42 Gibraltar Hit by Wellington DV517 while parked Gibraltar CE 1-4-42
AB305 PRIV,
HEA
FF 5-12-41 (Y camera) 6MU 7-12-41 1PRU 17-1-42 Heavy landing u/c collapsed Benson CB 13-3-42 FSgt LG Wilson (RCAF) safe HAL 18-3-42 Tyre burst swung into ditch on nose and u/c collapsed Benson CB 23-6-42 P/O NJ Bonnar sa... ...
AB306 PRIV,
HEA
FF 6-12-41 (W camera) 6MU 7-12-41 Benson 26-8-42 1PRU 14-9-42 543Sq 20-9-42 AAEE trls with mod csu and DeH Hydromatic prop 16-12-42 521Sq 5-1-43 Swung on landing stb u/c collapsed Bircham Newton CB 24-2-43 F/O A Bispham... ...
AB307 PRIV,
HEA
FF 12-12-41 6MU 15-12-41 1PRU 17-1-42 Shot down crashed Hammervand lake on PR mission to Trondheim 10-4-42 FH38 F/O PGC Gimson+
AB308 PRIV,
HEA
FF 12-12-41 6MU 15-12-41 Benson 19-9-42 RAE 11-42 photo trls 543Sq 21-2-43 Belly landed Benson AC 6-9-43 Sgt JR McLaughlin (RCAF) safe 8OTU 7-1-44 SOC 16-3-45
AB309 PRIV,
HEA
FF 15-12-41 (Y camera) 6MU 17-12-41 1PRU 9-3-42 541Sq 30-9-42 Missing on PR mission Cherbourg - Le Havre believed shot down by flak nr Caen 6-11-42 P/O LJE Claert (Belg) evaded
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