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BS471 IX,
EA
FF 26-9-42 331Sq 'FN-T' 27-9-42 ASTH 31-1-43 Diversionary sweep missing 6ml W of Vlissingen 2-5-43 Sgt F Eitzen+
BS472 VI,
EA
(PC)SR FF 11-10-42 38MU 15-10-42 602Sq 17-11-42 129Sq 29-11-42 234Sq 22-1-43 66Sq 12-5-43 313Sq 4-7-43 310Sq 29-7-43 504Sq 24-9-43 39MU nea 10-6-44 SOC 12-3-45
BS473 IX,
EA
FF 29-9-42 543Sq 1-10-42 Cv PRU standards by VAWD wts and CG load at WD 27-10-42 47MU 21-2-43 'Llanberis' 11-3-43 Gibraltar 24-3-43 NWAfrica 30-4-43 682Sq 17-4-43 Struck obstruction La Marsa CA 18-6-43 P/O BJ O'Connell (... ...
BS474 IX,
EA
FF 2-10-42 401Sq 8-10-42 403Sq 25-1-43 AST mods AC 17-6-43 ros 501Sq 8-3-44 274Sq 'JJ-N' 29-5-44 to 5955M 15-6-46
BS489 PRIVT,
HEA
FF 16-10-42 1PRU 18-10-42 1OADU Portreath 29-11-42 Middle East 1-12-42 NAfrica 6-12-42 682Sq e/f f/l Djidjelli 18-12-42
BS490 PRIVT,
HEA
FF 17-10-42 1PRU 21-10-42 1OADU Portreath 29-11-42 Middle East 1-12-42 NAfrica 6-12-42 AC 4PRU FTR Tunisia 17-12-42 FSgt JP Iredale+ SOC 31-12-42
BS491 PRIVT,
HEA
FF 22-10-42 1PRU 27-10-42 544Sq 541Sq 29-11-42 Gibraltar HAL 24-6-43 Crashed on transit from Gib Wraxall Somerset CE 16-12-43 FLt RP Johnson+ (presume abandoned but hit part of aircraft on exit)
BS492 PRIVT,
HEA
FF 27-10-42 1PRU 1-11-42 544Sq 6-12-42 Gibraltar HAL 11-8-43 SOC 22-5-45
BS493 PRIVT,
HEA
FF 31-10-42 1PRU 2-11-42 47MU 17-12-42 'Inchanga' 11-1-43 Takoradi 7-2-43 680Sq 1-7-43 74OTU 3-44 SOC 13-9-45
BS494 PRIVT,
HEA
FF 31-10-42 1PRU 2-11-42 1OADU Gibraltar 25-12-42 NAfrica 23-12-42 4PRU Swung on landing and tipped on nose Maison Blanche CB 5-1-43 P/O RC Buchanan (RNZAF) safe 682Sq Collided with Hurricane HW138 on approach o/t and ca... ...
BS495 PRIVT,
HEA
FF 6-11-42 1PRU 13-11-42 1OADU Portreath 6-12-42 Malta 12-12-42[sic] 4PRU 682Sq Missing (Bizerte) captured Ferryville 17-12-42 P/O R Clark (RAAF) PoW SOC 31-12-42
BS496 PRIVT,
HEA
FF 21-11-42 1PRU Portreath 3-12-42 Malta 7-12-42 683Sq Engine caught fire abandoned over sea off Malta CE 2-3-43 F/O PL Hanson-Lester rescued by HSL128
BS497 PRXI,
HEA
1PRU Benson wts and CG loading of first Cv at WD 17-11-42 FF 21-11-42 Y camera install 1PRU 23-11-42 542Sq 3-12-42 543Sq 26-7-43 HAL 23-10-43 8OTU 2-7-45 dived into ground nr Newmarket CE 25-7-46 F/O WG Strachan+ SOC 28-... ...
BS498 PRXI,
HEA
FF 25-11-42 1PRU Benson 7-12-42 541Sq 3-43 Overshot landing Benson CA 23-3-43 Sgt VB White safe. Missing (Dortmund-Ems Canal) believed shot down Rhudenhall area 13-6-43 Sgt W Johnson PoW
BS499 PRXI,
HEA
FF 29-11-42 1PRU Benson 7-12-42 541Sq 13-12-42 VASM universal camera install 27-9-43 Benson 18-6-44 HAL 27-9-44 to 5933M 28-2-47
BS500 PRIVT,
HEA
FF 25-11-42 1PRU Benson 30-11-42 1OADU Portreath 9-12-42 Malta 69Sq Missing on PR from Malta 11-1-43 F/O JA Frazer (RAAF)+
BS501 PRXI,
BEN
FF 1-12-42 1PRU Benson 7-12-42 542Sq 14-12-42 [VASM universal camera install 27-9-43 541Sq 16-10-43] Missing (Essen) 6-3-43 FSgt FR Duxbury+
BS502 PRXI,
HEA
FF 6-12-42 1PRU Benson 7-12-42 542Sq 14-12-42 VASM universal camera install 27-9-43 Missing (V-sites) Pas de Calais 25-2-44 FSgt HF Buckingham+
BS503 PRIVT,
CHA
FF 8-1-43 6MU 11-1-43 Benson 29-3-43 1OADU Portreath 5-5-43 India 31-5-43 681Sq 'A' SOC 5-1-45
BS504 PRIVT,
CHA
FF 8-1-43 6MU 11-1-43 1PRU 10-2-43 1OADU Portreath 18-3-43 Missing on transit flight between Gibraltar and North Africa CE 29-3-43 FSgt GJ Darling (RCAF)+
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