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SerialPicModel,
Factory
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ES285 Vc,
CBAF
12MU 24-1-43 222MU 4-2-43 'R.657' 19-2-43 Gibraltar 9-3-43 Malta 126Sq 73Sq MAAF census 21-6-45 Armee de l'Air 28-2-46
ES286 Vb,
CBAF
46MU 10-12-42 215MU 23-12-42 'Inchanga' 11-1-43 Takoradi 7-2-43 2FU u/c not locked collapsed landing Geneina CA 11-3-43 Sgt DG Page safe 93Sq Middle East 1-6-43 80Sq Damaged by flak and f/l nr Aquila 2-3-44 SqLdr JH Curr... ...
ES287 Vc,
CBAF
46MU 28-11-42 AC 8-12-42 82MU 13-12-42 'R.652' 2-1-43 Gibraltar 18-1-43 NWAfrica 43Sq 17-2-43 Malta 1-7-43 87Sq Sicily NWAfrica 1-11-43 Flew into ground attacking MT nr Fier Albania 10-3-44 FLt JD Ramsay+
ES288 Vc,
CBAF
6FPP Swung and nosed over Llandow CA 5-12-42 F/O AC Irwin safe 38MU 6-12-42 GAL 18-12-42 82MU 24-1-43 'LS.230' 9-2-43 Takoradi 28-3-43 Middle East 28-4-43 185Sq Malta SOC 21-5-43
ES289 Vc,
CBAF
46MU 4-12-42 222MU 9-12-42 Ellesmere 'Empire Tower' 23-12-42 Gibraltar 13-1-43 NAfrica 31-10-43 CE 22-1-44
ES290 Vc,
CBAF
45MU 4-12-42 222MU 18-12-42 'R.652' 2-1-43 Gibraltar 18-1-43 NWAfrica 87Sq Middle East 31-1-45
ES291 Vc,
CBAF
R-RH Cv IX M63 332Sq 16-2-43 Escort B-24s to Haamstede Engaged by Fw190s 5-4-43 Sgt SN Larssen+
ES292 Vc,
CBAF
46MU 10-12-42 76MU 21-12-42 'R.652' 3-1-43 Gibraltar 18-1-43 NWAfrica 43Sq 5-3-43 Brakes and flaps failed overshot and u/c collapsed Hal Far CB 13-7-43 W/O RW Leeming (RAAF) safe 4SAAF Middle East 1-10-43 Hit by flak and... ...
ES293 Vc,
CBAF
33MU 9-12-42 82MU 20-12-42 'R.652' 2-1-43 Gibraltar 18-1-43 NWAfrica CE 31-7-43 1565Flt 3FU Tipped on nose taxying El Adem CA 9-2-43 FSgt Chandler safe. Middle East 15-3-45 SOC 29-8-46
ES294 Vc,
CBAF
6MU 29-11-42 222MU 5-12-42 'R.647' 19-12-42 Gibraltar 6-2-43 43Sq 25-2-43 NWAfrica 28-2-43 111Sq Malta 1-7-43 Sicily SOC 8-3-44 bboc 21-6-45 Armee de l'Air 10-6-47
ES295 Vc,
CBAF
45MU 9-12-42 82MU 9-1-43 'Atlantic City' 20-1-43 Takoradi 11-3-43 Middle East 28-4-43 145Sq Malta 1-7-43 Sicily Taxied into JK449 Lentini West CB 28-7-43 FSgt AS Martyn safe NWAfrica 1-11-43 Turkey 29-3-45
ES296 Vc,
CBAF
12MU 29-11-42 82MU 13-12-42 'Hamble VII' 30-12-42 Gibraltar 18-1-43 USAAF 31-12-43 SOC 27-2-44
ES297 Vc,
CBAF
45MU 10-12-42 76MU 23-12-42 'R.652' 3-1-43 Gibraltar 18-1-43 242Sq NWAfrica 28-2-43 USAAF 31-10-43
ES298 Vc,
CBAF
38MU 15-12-42 222MU 21-12-42 'R.652' 2-1-43 Gibraltar 18-1-43 NWAfrica 225Sq 26-3-43 Destroyed in air raid Souk-el-Arba 3-4-43
ES299 Vc,
CBAF
6MU 9-12-42 82MU 12-12-42 'R.652' 2-1-43 Gibraltar 18-1-43 43Sq u/c found to be damaged on inspection Maison Blanche 15-2-43 P/O J Misseldine safe NWAfrica 28-2-43 249Sq FTR ops Yugoslavia 23-6-44 FLt CF Jacobsen (RNZAF)... ...
ES300 Vc,
CBAF
33MU 9-12-42 222MU 20-12-42 'R.652' 2-1-43 Gibraltar 18-1-43 NWAfrica 87Sq Malta 1-8-43 Middle East 30-11-44 Turkey 28-12-44
ES301 Vb,
CBAF
6MU 22-11-42 82MU 22-12-42 'Hamble VII' 30-12-42 Gibraltar 18-1-43 SOC 26-4-45
ES302 Vc,
CBAF
38MU 6-12-42 222MU 9-12-42 'Empire Tower' 23-12-42 Gibraltar 13-1-43 NWAfrica 152Sq Shot down by flak nr Sedjenane 20-3-43 Sgt K Roberts+
ES303 Vc,
CBAF
12MU 29-11-42 76MU 29-12-42 'Atlantic City' 20-1-43 Takoradi 11-3-43 Middle East 6-5-43 80Sq 335Sq NWAfrica 30-11-43 [SOC 8-3-44] 73OTU Swung on landing and tipped on nose Fayid CB 8-1-45 Sgt WD Penrose safe
ES304 Vc,
CBAF
6MU 29-11-42 222MU 5-12-42 'R.647' 19-12-42 Gibraltar 6-2-43 NWAfrica 28-2-43 152Sq Hit by flak and abandoned over Gulf of Tunis 2-5-43 FSgt AH Spire safe
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