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X 1599 Vickers   Wellington  B. Mk. III   Reported  with No. 426 (B) Squadron, RCAF, coded "OW*E", in "RCAF Squadrons and Aircraft".  This serial number never used, believed to actually be Z1599 (which see).
X 3051 Handley Page English Electric Hampden Mk.I   Served with No. 408 (B) Squadron, RCAF from Balderton, UK, coded "EQ*U".  Lost without a trace on mission to Bremen on 21/22 January 1942.
X 3057 Handley Page English Electric Hampton Mk. I   Operated by No. 420 (B) Squadron, RCAF, coded "PT*C".
X 3149 Handley Page English Electric Hampden     Served with No. 420 Squadron, RCAF, coded "PT*B".  Struck by Lancaster from 44 Squadron, RAF, while parked at Waddington on 20 May 1942.  Repaired, converted to Torpedo Bomber, and transferred to RCAF for use at No. 32 Operational Training Unit on west coast.
X 3201 Vickers Vickers, Blackpool Wellington Mk. IC   Served with No. 419 Squadron, RCAF, from 9 January 1942.
X 3277 Vickers Vickers, Blackpool Wellington Mk. III   Served with No. 419 Squadron, RCAF, coded "VR*F".
X 3284 Vickers Vickers, Blackpool Wellington Mk. III   Served with No. 426 Squadron, RCAF, coded "OW*X" and "OW*R".  Reported as failed to return from mission to Munich on 9/10 March 1943, no survivors.  Also reported as lost on mining mission, same date.
X 3308 Vickers Vickers, Blackpool Wellington Mk. III   Served with No. 419 Squadron, RCAF, coded "VR*O".  Hit by flak twice over target on mission to Bremen on 13/14 September 1942.  Ditched 3 miles off Southwold, Suffolk.
X 3344 Vickers Vickers, Blackpool Wellington Mk. III   Served with No. 419 Squadron, RCAF.
X 3348 Vickers Vickers, Blackpool Wellington Mk. III   Served with No. 427 (B) Squadron, RCAF, coded "ZL*Z".  Crash-landed at 23:32 on 26 January 1943, at  Blackden Edge, on Kinder approx 2 mile north of Edale,  High Peak region of Derbyshire. Was returning to RAF Croft from a raid on Lorient, 2 crew injured.
X 3357 Vickers Vickers, Blackpool Wellington Mk. III   Served with No. 419 (B) Squadron, RCAF in 1942, coded "VR*T".
X 3360 Vickers Vickers, Blackpool Wellington Mk. III   Served with No. 419 Squadron, RCAF, coded "VR*R".  Hit by flak twice over target on mission to Bremen on 13/14 September 1942.  Ditched 3 miles off Southwold, Suffolk.  Crashed at Budberg, 9 km NW of Duisburg, on 5/6 August 1942, on raid on Essen.
X 3361 Vickers Vickers, Blackpool Wellington Mk. III   Assigned No. 425 Squadron, RCAF.  Crashed on ferry flight from No. 43 Maintenance Unit to this unit, on 1 February 1943.
X 3364 Vickers Vickers, Blackpool Wellington Mk. III   Served with No. 425 (B) Squadron, RCAF, in the UK, coded "KW*J".  Crashed on takeoff for mining mission to Frisian Islands on 27 February 1943, no injuries.  Serving with No. 426 Squadron, RCAF at time of crash.  Accident cause was airspeed indicator failure.
X 3390 Vickers Vickers, Blackpool Wellington Mk. III   Served with No. 427 Squadron, RCAF, coded "ZL*W".  Failed to return from mining mission to Frisian Islands on 2/3 March 1943, no survivors.
X 3392 Vickers Vickers, Blackpool Wellington Mk. III   Served with No. 420 Squadron, RCAF, coded "PT*C".
X 3399 Vickers Vickers, Blackpool Wellington Mk. III   Served with No. 428 Squadron, RCAF.  Operations flown include L'Orient on 16 February 1943; Wilhelmshaven on 19 February; Cologne on 26 February (returned early after being late for rendevous);  mining operation on 2 March; Hamburg on 3 March (returned early); Essen on 5 March; mining operation on 7 March and 9 March; air sea search on 10 March; and Essen on 12 March.  Damaged by flak over target on this mission.
X 3401 Vickers Vickers, Blackpool Wellington Mk. III   Served with No. 424 Squadron, RCAF, coded "QB*E", in the UK 1942/43.
X 3409 Vickers Vickers, Blackpool Wellington Mk. III   Served with No. 424 Squadron, RCAF, coded "QB*J".  Attacked Lorient, France 15/16 January 1943.  Landed at Tangmere on return, due to bad weather.
X 3416 Vickers Vickers, Blackpool Wellington Mk. III   Served with No. 419 (B) Squadron, RCAF in 1942, coded "VR*J".  Lost without a trace on mission to Duisburg on 13/14 July 1942, out of Mildenhall.
X 3420 Vickers Vickers, Blackpool Wellington Mk. III   Served with No. 426 Squadron, RCAF, coded "OW*H".  Attacked Lorient, France 14/15  January 1943.  Shot down at 21:06 on 14 February 1943, by Hptm Manfred Meurer of  I./NJG1, near Heel and Beegan during mission to Cologne, no survivors.
X 3426 Vickers Vickers, Blackpool Wellington  B. Mk. III   Served with No. 424 (B) Squadron, RCAF, coded "QB*D".
X 3467 Vickers Vickers, Blackpool Wellington Mk. III   Served with No. 419 (B) Squadron, RCAF in 1942, coded "VR*N".  Crew bailed out after both engines set on fire on mission to Hamburg, 8/9 April 1942.  Crashed at 01:32  on marshy ground between Roggenburg and Barssel, 18 km SE of Leer.
X 3470 Vickers Vickers, Blackpool Wellington Mk. III   Served with No. 419 (B) Squadron, RCAF in 1942, coded "VR*E".
X 3477 Vickers Vickers, Blackpool Wellington Mk. III   Served with No. 419 (B) Squadron, RCAF in 1942, coded "VR*G".  Shot down, by at least two Me110s, on raid to Lubeck on 28/29 May 1942.   Crashed at high speed on coastal marshes near Wilhelmshaven.
X 3483 Vickers Vickers, Blackpool Wellington Mk. III   Served with No. 419 (B) Squadron, RCAF in 1942, coded "VR*S".
X 3484 Vickers Vickers, Blackpool Wellington Mk. III   Served with No. 419 (B) Squadron, RCAF in 1942, coded "VR*O".  Lost without a trace on raid on Doertmund, from Mildenhall.
X 3486 Vickers Vickers, Blackpool Wellington Mk. III   Served with No. 419 (B) Squadron, RCAF in 1942, coded "VR*U".  Lost without a trace on raid to Essen, 5/6 June 1942.  Based at Mildenhall at that time.
X 3488 Vickers Vickers, Blackpool Wellington Mk. III   Served with No. 419 (B) Squadron, RCAF in 1942, coded "VR*H".  Lost on raid to Hamburg on 26/27 July 1942.  Reported being attacked by fighter, believed to have crashed in North Sea.
X 3541 Vickers Vickers, Blackpool Wellington Mk. III   Served with No. 428 (B) Squadron, RCAF, coded "NA*N".
X 3543 Vickers Vickers, Blackpool Wellington Mk. III   Served with No. 428 (B) Squadron, RCAF.
X 3545 Vickers Vickers, Blackpool Wellington Mk. III   Served with No. 428 (B) Squadron, RCAF.
X 3546 Vickers Vickers, Blackpool Wellington Mk. III   Served with No. 428 (B) Squadron, RCAF.
X 3550 Vickers Vickers, Blackpool Wellington Mk. III   Served with No. 428 (B) Squadron, RCAF.
X 3550 Vickers Vickers, Blackpool Wellington Mk. III   Served with No. 428 Squadron, RCAF, coded "NA*J".   Attacked Kiel, 4/5 April 1943.
X 3556 Vickers Vickers, Blackpool Wellington Mk. III   Served with No. 419 (B) Squadron, RCAF.
X 3563 Vickers Vickers, Blackpool Wellington Mk. III   Served with No. 419 (B) Squadron, RCAF, coded "VR*T".  Served with No. 427 Squadron, RCAF, coded "ZL*T" when lost on 1 March 1943.  Crew bailed out over Ireland after attack on St. Nazaire, all interned.  Aircraft crashed in plowed field near Ballybane-Milltown, near Ballinlough in County Roscommon.
X 3592 Vickers Vickers, Blackpool Wellington Mk. III   Served with No. 419 (B) Squadron, RCAF in 1942, coded "VR*E".
X 3600 Vickers Vickers, Blackpool Wellington Mk. III   Served with No. 426 Squadron, RCAF.
X 3648 Vickers Vickers, Blackpool Wellington Mk. III   Served with No. 425 Squadron, RCAF, coded "KW*R".  Mining operation near Frisian Islands, 9/10 January 1943.  Attacked docks at Lorient, France 29/30 January 1943.
X 3659 Vickers Vickers, Blackpool Wellington Mk. III   Served with No. 419 (B) Squadron, RCAF in 1942, coded "VR*B".
X 3696 Vickers Vickers, Blackpool Wellington Mk. III   Served with No. 426 (B) Squadron, RCAF.  Mission to Lorient 14/15 January 1943 as "OW*J", but returned to base with u/s rear turret.  Lost over North Sea on 27 March 1943, as "OW*T" (or "OW*Y"?), during mission to Duisberg, no survivors.  Belived to have crashed in North Sea near Wilthernsea, Yorkshire.
X 3699 Vickers Vickers, Blackpool Wellington Mk. III   Served with No. 419 Squadron, RCAF.  Coded "VR*Q".  With No. 426 Squadron, coded "OW*Q", when it attacked Lorient, France on 14/15 January 1943, flown by crew from No. 425 Squadron.  Mining operation near Frisian Islands 21/22 January 1943.  Attacked Oldenburg in daylight, 30 January 1943.  Mission to Essen 12/13 March 1943.  Lost on raid on Kiel on 4/5 April 1943, after flak damage and fighter attack.  Ditched 10 miles off Cromer, Norfolk, 3 crew KIA.
X 3703 Vickers Vickers, Blackpool Wellington Mk. III   Served with No. 419 (B) Squadron, RCAF coded "VR*Q".  Failed to return from raid on Warnemunde.
X 3704 Vickers Vickers, Blackpool Wellington Mk. III   Served with No. 419 (B) Squadron, RCAF.  Bombed St. Nazaire on 28 March 1943.  Bombed Kiel on 4 April 1943.  Launched to Duisburg on 8 april 1943, returned early due to icing.  Bombed Frankfurt 10 April 1943.
X 3711 Vickers Vickers, Blackpool Wellington Mk. III   Served with No. 419 (B) Squadron, RCAF in 1942, coded "VR*R".  Shot down by a night-fighter, Oblt Martinek of  I./NJG4 on raid to Karlsruhe on 23 September 1942,  and crashed at 02:10 near Warnant (Namur), 9 km NNW of Dinant, Belgium.
X 3712 Vickers Vickers, Blackpool Wellington Mk. III   Served with No. 419 (B) Squadron, RCAF in 1942, coded "VR*D".  Lost on raqid to Saarbrucken on 29/30 July 1942.  Believed shot down by a night-fighter, Hptm Bietmann of 5./NJG1, and crashed at 01:32 at Porcheresse (Namur), 11 km NE of Ciney, Belgium.
X 3715 Vickers Vickers, Blackpool Wellington Mk. III   Served with No. 419 (B) Squadron, RCAF in 1942, coded "VR*G".  Lost on raid to Gennevilliers on 29/30 May 1942.  Crashed at Argenteuil, 7 km NW of Gennevilliers in the NW suburbs of Paris.
X 3717 Vickers Vickers, Blackpool Wellington Mk. III   Served with No. 419 (B) Squadron, RCAF in 1942, coded "VR*C".  Lost on raid on Stuttgart on 6/7 May 1942.  Crashed in the vicinity of Mannheim.
X 3723 Vickers Vickers, Blackpool Wellington Mk. III   Served with No. 419 (B) Squadron, RCAF, coded "VR*N".  Lost on raid to Essen on 16/17 June 1942.  Reported engines over heating, and flak damage.  Crashed near Wuustwezel (Antwerpen), 16 km NNE of Antwerpen.
X 3752 Vickers Vickers, Blackpool Wellington Mk. III   Served with No. 427 Squadron, RCAF, coded "ZL*P".  Attacked Oldenburg in daylight, 30 January 1943.
X 3763 Vickers Vickers, Blackpool Wellington Mk. III   Served with No. 425 Squadron, RCAF in the UK from September 1942, coded "KW*E".  Failed to return from mission to Stuttgart on 15 April 1943.  Crashed at Mussey-sur-Marne  (Haute Marne), on the W bank of the Marne, 8 km south of Joinville, France.
X 3789 Vickers Vickers, Blackpool Wellington Mk. III   Served with No. 424 Squadron, RCAF in the UK, coded "QB*N".  Bombed Lorient on 15/16 January 1943.  Mining operation to Frisian Islands on 21/23 January 1943.
X 3790 Vickers Vickers, Blackpool Wellington  B. Mk. III   Served with No. 424 (B) Squadron, RCAF, coded "QB*H".
X 3796 Vickers Vickers, Blackpool Wellington Mk. III   Served with No. 419 (B) Squadron, RCAF in 1942, coded "VR*C".  Crashed while on air test on 15 September 1942.  Crashed 3 miles SW of Grimsthorpe, 12 miles W of Spalding, Lincolnshire, after failing to recover from a steep dive.
X 3800 Vickers Vickers, Blackpool Wellington Mk. III   Served with No. 420 Squadron, RCAF in the UK, coded "PT*Z".  Mining operation to Frisian Islands on 9/10 January 1943.  Returned without dropping mine, could not locate target.
X 3803 Vickers Vickers, Blackpool Wellington Mk. III   Served with No. 425 Squadron, RCAF in the UK from September 1942, coded "KW*H".  One of 5 aircraft that flew this unit's first operation, against Aachen on 5/6 October 1942.  Mining mission to Frisian Islands 9/10 January 1943.  Diverted to Topcliffe on return, due to bad weather.
X 3808 Vickers Vickers, Blackpool Wellington  B. Mk. III   Operated by No. 420 (B) Squadron, RCAF, in the UK, coded "PT*B".  Lost om raid on Koln on 15/15 October 1942.
X 3809 Vickers Vickers, Blackpool Wellington Mk. III   Served with No. 420 Squadron, RCAF in the UK, coded "PT*C".  Bombed Norden in daylight on 15 January 1943.
X 3814 Vickers Vickers, Blackpool Wellington Mk. III   Served with No. 420 Squadron, RCAF in the UK, coded "PT*P".  Attacked Essen on 12/13 March 1943.  Failed to return from mission to Berlin (or Bochum?) on 29/30 March 1943, no survivors.  Crashed at Metzkausen, 11 km ENE of Dusseldorf.
X 3840 Vickers Vickers, Blackpool Wellington Mk. III   Served with No. 419 Squadron, RCAF in the UK, coded "VR*J".  Lost on mission to Warnemunde on 8/9 May 1942.  Attacked by night fighter piloted by Oberfeldwebel Paul Gildner of II./NJG 2 over Denmark.  With wounded and dead crew, and losing fuel, aircraft was belly landed near Rejsby.  Crew set aircraft on fire.  1 crew killed, 4 POW.  Another report of the engagement has the aircraft struck by flak, and ditching off Rejsby.
X 3872 Vickers Vickers, Blackpool Wellington Mk. III   Served with No. 425 Squadron, RCAF in the UK, coded "KW*A".  Returned early from mining mission to Frisian Islands on 9/10 January 1943, after starboard engine failure.  Bombed Essen in daylight on 23 January 1943, slight flak damage.  Bombed Oldenburg on 30 January 1943, slight damage from fighter attack.  Crew credited with one Bf 109 damaged on this mission.
X 3873 Vickers Vickers, Blackpool Wellington Mk. III   Served with No. 427 Squadron, RCAF in the UK, coded "ZL*R".  Bombed Lorient on 15/16 January 1943.  Failed to return from mining operation to Frisian Islands on 21/22 January 1943, no survivors.
X 3876 Vickers Vickers, Blackpool Wellington Mk. III   Served with No. 425 Squadron, RCAF in the UK, coded "KW*D".  Launched on daylight raid on Oldenburg on 30 January 1943, returned early because of no cloud cover.
X 3926 Vickers Vickers, Blackpool Wellington Mk. III   Served with No. 420 Squadron, RCAF in the UK, coded "PT*A".  Returned early from mining operation to Frisian Islands on 9/10 January 1943, after engine failure.  Bombed Lorient on 15/16 January 1943.
X 3943 Vickers Vickers, Blackpool Wellington Mk. III   Served with No. 425 Squadron, RCAF in the UK, coded "KW*G".  Crashed while returning from raid on Aachen on 5/6 October 1942, at Bowton Farm,, 8 miles NE of Braintree, Essex.
X 3963 Vickers Vickers, Blackpool Wellington  B. Mk. III   Operated by No. 420 (B) Squadron, RCAF, in the UK, coded "PT*D".  Overshot and crashed while landing at Docking, Norfolk on 14 October 1942.  Was returning from raid on Kiel.  No serious injuries.
X 4010 Supermarine   Spitfire Mk. I   With No. 412 (F) Squadron, RCAF in the UK, from 9 July 1941.
X 4026 Supermarine   Spitfire Mk. I   Used by No. 403 (F) Squadron, RCAF,  from 29 May 1941.  Coded "KH*J".  Had left this unit by September 1941.
X 4030 Supermarine   Spitfire Mk. Ia   Used by No. 403 (F) Squadron, RCAF,  from 27 May 1941.  Had left this unit by October 1941.
X 4033 Supermarine   Spitfire Mk. Ia   Used by No. 403 (F) Squadron, RCAF,  from 27 May 1941.  Had left this unit by July 1941.
X 4106 Supermarine   Spitfire Mk. Ia   Used by No. 401 (F) Squadron, RCAF,  from 26 October 1941.  Had left this unit by March 1942.  Later with No. 443 (F) Squadron, RCAF, from 25 February 1944.  Survived the war, sold as scrap on 8 January 1948.
X 4161 Supermarine   Spitfire Mk. Ia   Used by No. 403 (F) Squadron, RCAF,  from 28 May 1941.  Damaged in a flying accident on 3 June 1941, repaired by de Havilland.  Survived the war, and was struck off on 30 September 1945.
X 4172 Supermarine   Spitfire Mk. Ia   Used by No. 421 (F) Squadron, RCAF,  from 24 May 1942.  Had left this unit by September 1942.
X 4180 Supermarine   Spitfire Mk. Ia   Used by No. 403 (F) Squadron, RCAF,  from 31 December 1941.  Had left this unit by February 1942.
X 4251 Supermarine   Spitfire Mk. Ia   Used by No. 411 (F) Squadron, RCAF,  from 25 July 1941.  Had left this unit by 8 August 1941..
X 4257 Supermarine   Spitfire Mk. Vb   First Spitfire built with "B" type wing.  Served with No. 411 (F) Squadron, RCAF, from 8 November 1941, coded "DB*J".  Had left this unit by January 1942, when it was being used for radio trials at Boscombe Down.
X 4319 Supermarine   Spitfire Mk. I   Used by No. 403 (F) Squadron, RCAF,  from 7 June 1941.  Coded "KH*M".  Had left this unit by 21 July 1941.
X 4329 Supermarine   Spitfire Mk. I   Used by No. 403 (F) Squadron, RCAF,  from 21 May 1941.  Coded "KH*C".
X 4382 Supermarine   Spitfire Mk. Ia   Used by No. 412 (F) Squadron, RCAF,  from 19 July 1941.  Had left this unit by 7 August 1941.
X 4390 Supermarine   Spitfire Mk. Ia   Used by No. 412 (F) Squadron, RCAF,  from 19 July 1941.  Had left this unit by 3 August 1941..
X 4472 Supermarine   Spitfire Mk. Ia   Reported with No. 411 (F) Squadron, RCAF, June to September 1941 in "Fighter Squadrons and Aircraft", but not supported by RAF movement card.
X 4488 Supermarine   Spitfire Mk. Ia / V   Used by No. 411 (F) Squadron, RCAF,  from 22 June 1941.  Had left this unit by August 1941.  Later converted to Mk. V.
X 4644 Supermarine   Spitfire Mk. Ia   Named "Sarkar I Tirhut".  With No. 403 (F) Squadron, RCAF from 22 June to 24 July 1941.
X 4666 Supermarine   Spitfire Mk. Ia   Named "Kaffaria I".  With No. 401 (F) Squadron, RCAF, from 10 January 1942.  Shot down by Fw190s off Ostend on 28 January 1942, during Ramrod 12.  Sgt. G.F. Clark KIA.
X 4674 Supermarine   Spitfire Mk. I   Used by No. 403 (F) Squadron, RCAF,  from 29 June to 21 July 1941.  Coded "KH*R".
X 4713 Supermarine   Spitfire Mk. Ia   With No. 411 (F) Squadron, RCAF from 22 June to 14 August 1941.
X 4766 Supermarine   Spitfire Mk. I   Used by No. 403 (F) Squadron, RCAF,  mid 1941.  Coded "KH*H".
X 4821 Supermarine   Spitfire Mk. Ia / Va   Converted to Mk. Va in July 1941.  With No. 421 (F) Squadron, RCAF from 13 April to 22 august 1942.
X 4827 Supermarine   Spitfire Mk. Ia   With No. 411 (F) Squadron, RCAF from 22 June to 23 July 1941.
X 4850 Supermarine   Spitfire Mk. Ia   With No. 411 (F) Squadron, RCAF from 22 June to 10 August 1941.
X 4856 Supermarine   Spitfire Mk. I   Used by No. 403 (F) Squadron, RCAF,  July 1941.  Coded "KH*L".
X 4913 Supermarine   Spitfire Mk. Ia   Named "Flying Scotsman".  With No. 411 (F) Squadron, RCAF from 22 June to 22 July 1941.
X 4915 Supermarine   Spitfire Mk. Ia   Named "City of Hull II".  With No. 403 (F) Squadron, RCAF from 7 June to 21 July 1941.
X 4923 Supermarine   Spitfire Mk. Ia   Named "Nix Over six Secundus".  With No. 411 (F) Squadron, RCAF from 22 June to 8 August 1941.
X 4924 Supermarine   Spitfire Mk. Ia   Named "Sir Harry and Lady Oaks I".  With No. 403 (F) Squadron, RCAF in July 1941.
X 4924 Supermarine   Spitfire Mk. Ia   Named "Sir Harry and Lady Oaks II".  With No. 403 (F) Squadron, RCAF from 22 June to 8 August 1941.
X 4937 Supermarine   Spitfire Mk. Ia   With No. 403 (F) Squadron, RCAF in May 1941.
X 7882 Bristol Old Mixon shadow factory Beaufighter Mk. VIf   With No. 406 (NF) Squadron, RCAF.
X 7893 Bristol Old Mixon shadow factory Beaufighter Mk. VIf   With No. 409 (NF) Squadron, RCAF.  Lost on Ranger mission to Vlieland, evening of 18 February 1943.  2 crew killed.
X 7924 Bristol Old Mixon shadow factory Beaufighter Mk. VIf   With No. 406 (NF) Squadron, RCAF.
X 7949 Bristol Old Mixon shadow factory Beaufighter Mk. VIf   With No. 406 (NF) Squadron, RCAF.
X 7974 Bristol Old Mixon shadow factory Beaufighter Mk. VIf   With No. 406 (NF) Squadron, RCAF.
X 8004 Bristol Old Mixon shadow factory Beaufighter Mk. VIf   With No. 406 (NF) Squadron, RCAF.
X 8028 Bristol Old Mixon shadow factory Beaufighter Mk. VIf   With No. 406 (NF) Squadron, RCAF.
X 8102 Bristol Old Mixon shadow factory Beaufighter Mk. VIf   With No. 406 (NF) Squadron, RCAF.
X 8104 Bristol Old Mixon shadow factory Beaufighter Mk. VIf   Served with No. 409 (NF) Squadron, RCAF, coded "KP*T".
X 8111 Bristol   Beaufighter     Reported with No. 409 (NF) Squadron, RCAF, coded "KP*V".  This serial number not allocated, probably a typo.
X 8135 Bristol Old Mixon shadow factory Beaufighter Mk. VIf   With No. 406 (NF) Squadron, RCAF.
X 8220 Bristol Old Mixon shadow factory Beaufighter Mk. VIf   With No. 406 (NF) Squadron, RCAF.
X 8222 Bristol Old Mixon shadow factory Beaufighter Mk. VIf   With No. 406 (NF) Squadron, RCAF.  Shot down one aircraft on night interception on 28 / 29 August 1942, but crashed while attempting single engine overshoot in fog, stricking a house at the end of the runway at Scorton.  2 crew killed.
X 8229 Bristol Old Mixon shadow factory Beaufighter Mk. VIf   With No. 406 (NF) Squadron, RCAF.
X 8231 Bristol   Beaufighter     Reported with No. 409 (NF) Squadron, RCAF, coded "KP*M".  This serial number not allocated.
X 8918 Bristol   Beaufighter     Served with No. 409 (NF) Squadron, RCAF, coded "KP*N".
X 9748 Vickers Vickers, Chester Wellington IC   Served with No. 419 (B) Squadron, RCAF from 2 January 1942, coded "VR*B".  One of 2 aircraft that flew this unit's first operational mission, bombing Brest on 11 January 1942.
X 9757 Vickers Vickers, Chester Wellington Mk. IC   Served with No. 419 Squadron, RCAF from 8 January 1942.
X 9874 Vickers Vickers, Chester Wellington IC   Served with No. 419 Squadron, RCAF from 9 January 1942.
X 9920 Vickers Vickers, Chester Wellington IC   With No. 419 (B) Squadron, RCAF.  Launched on 12 February 1942 to attack Scharnhorst, Gneisenau and Prinz Eugen at Brest.  Returned without locating target ships.
Z 1053 Vickers Vickers, Chester Wellington IC   Served with No. 419 (B) Squadron, RCAF from 9 January 1942, coded "VR*F".
Z 1067 Vickers Vickers, Chester Wellington IC   Served with No. 419 (B) Squadron, RCAF in 1942, coded "VR*C".
Z 1077 Vickers Vickers, Chester Wellington IC   Served with No. 419 (B) Squadron, RCAF from 8 January 1942, coded "VR*P".  Crashed on returning to Mildenhall on 10 March 1942, after raid on Essen.  Landed down wind, overran runway, hit air raid shelter.  No serious injuries.
Z 1083 Vickers Vickers, Chester Wellington IC   Served with No. 419 (B) Squadron, RCAF from 8 January 1942, coded "VR*O".
Z 1085 Vickers Vickers, Chester Wellington IC   Served with No. 419 Squadron, RCAF.
Z 1091 Vickers Vickers, Chester Wellington IC   Served with No. 419 (B) Squadron, RCAF in 1942, coded "VR*A".  Based at mildenhall when it was lost without trace on mission to Fuller, 21 / 22 January 1942.
Z 1095 Vickers Vickers, Chester Wellington IC   Served with No. 419 (B) Squadron, RCAF in 1942, coded "VR*Q".
Z 1145 Vickers Vickers, Chester Wellington IC   Served with No. 419 (B) Squadron, RCAF from 3 January 1942, coded "VR*B".  Based at Mildenhall.  One of 2 aircraft that flew this unit's first operational mission, bombing Brest on 11 January 1942.  Lost on 15 / 16 January 1942, on raid to Hamburg.  Damaged by enemy action, ran out of fuel on return and ditched off Spurn Head.  2 survivors.
Z 1146 Vickers Vickers, Chester Wellington IC   Served with No. 419 (B) Squadron, RCAF in 1942, coded "VR*E" or "VR*A"?  Lost without a trace on 21 / 22 January 1942 on mission to Fuller.
Z 1185 Vickers   Wellington Mk. IC   Reported with No. 419 (B) Squadron, RCAF.  This serial not allocated, may be typo.
Z 1562 Vickers Vickers, Chester Wellington Mk. III   With No. 419 (B) Squadron, RCAF, based at Mildenhall, coded "VR*N".  Lost without a trace on a mining mission on 17 / 18 May 1942.
Z 1572 Vickers Vickers, Chester Wellington Mk. III   Served with No. 419 Squadron, RCAF, coded "VR*Q", in May 1942.  Later with No. 427 Squadron, coded "ZL*Q", when it attacked Essen, 5/6 March 1943.  Damaged by night fighter, returned to base on port engine only.
Z 1573 Vickers Vickers, Chester Wellington Mk. III   Served with No. 427 (B) Squadron, RCAF.  Later to No. 75 Squadron, lost on 8 / 9 June 1942.
Z 1597 Vickers Vickers, Chester Wellington Mk. III   Served with No. 419 (B) Squadron, RCAF.
Z 1599 Vickers Vickers, Chester Wellington Mk. III   Served with No. 426 Squadron, RCAF, in the UK in 1942 and 1943. Coded "OW*M".   Attacked Lorient, France on 14/15 January 1943.   Attacked by a Ju-88, but returned to England without damage.  Mining operation to Frisian Islands on 21/22 January 1943, light flak damage.  Was coded "OW*B" when it was shot down by a night fighter on raid to Cologne on 26 / 27 February 1942.  Crashed at  Boerdonk (Noord Brabant) 8 km SE of Veghel.
Z 1603 Vickers Vickers, Chester Wellington Mk. III   Served with No. 425 Squadron, RCAF.  Coded "KW*C" when it attacked Essen on 12/13 March 1943.  Also coded "KW*L", dates unknown.
Z 1604 Vickers Vickers, Chester Wellington Mk. III   Served with No. 419 Squadron, RCAF, dates unknown, and with No. 427 Squadron, RCAF, coded "ZL*U" and "ZL*P".  Mining operation on 2/3 January 1943 as "ZL*U", first 427 Sdn. operation under No. 6 Group control.  Returned without mining, due to poor weather.
Z 1623 Vickers Vickers, Chester Wellington Mk. III   Served with No. 419 (B) Squadron, RCAF, coded "VR*V".  Based at Croft.  Lost without a trace om mission to Aachen, 5 / 6 Ocotber 1942.
Z 1626 Vickers Vickers, Chester Wellington Mk. III   Served with No. 419 Squadron, RCAF, coded "VR*G";  and later with No. 427 Squadron, RCAF, coded "ZL*G".  Mining operation on 2/3 January 1943 as "ZL*G", first 427 Sdn. operation under No. 6 Group control.  Returned without mining, due to poor weather.  Mining operation to Frisian Islands on 9/10 January 1943.  Returned without dropping mine, due to bad weather.  Bombed Lorient on 15/16 January 1943.
Z 1670 Vickers Vickers, Chester Wellington Mk. III   With No. 429 (B) Squadron, RCAF.  Bombed Wilhelmshaven on 19 February 1943.  Mining mission on 25 February 1943.  Bombed Cologne 26 February 1943.  Took part is search on 4 March 1943.  Mining Operation on 7 March 1943.  Mining mission on 9 March 1943, returned early with compass failure.  Mining mission on 14 March 1943.   Mining mission on 22 March 1943.  Launched to Bochum on 29 March 1943, returned early with engine failure.  Lost on 3 April 1943, when it clipped a power line during air test on 3 April 1943.  Crashed at Broad Farm, South Kilvington.
Z 1674 Vickers Vickers, Chester Wellington Mk. III   Served with No. 424 Squadron, RCAF, coded "QB*G", in the UK 1942/43.  Bombed Lorient, France on 15/16 January 1943.
Z 1676 Vickers Vickers, Chester Wellington Mk. III   Served with No. 427 Squadron, RCAF, coded "ZL*S".  Mining operation to the Frisian Islands on 9/10 January 1943.  Returned without dropping mine, due to bad weather.  During attack on Lorient, 16 / 17 February 1943, hit by flak, destroying all navigation systems, then force landed in Ireland at Kilbarry.  Crew burned their aircraft, and all were interned.
Z 1679 Vickers Vickers, Chester Wellington Mk. III   Operated by No. 420 (B) Squadron, RCAF, in the UK, coded "PT*B".  Based at Middleton St. Geroge.  Crashed in sea off Pellworm on 9 / 10 November 1942, during mission to Hamburg.
Z 1680 Vickers Vickers, Chester Wellington Mk. III   Served with No. 426 (B) Squadron, RCAF, coded "OW*R".  Bombed Lorient on 15/16 January 1943.  Lost on 30 January 1943, on raid to Hamburg.  Crashed in North Sea, all killed.  Some crew washed up on Fano Island (Denmark?).
Z 1689 Vickers Vickers, Chester Wellington Mk. III   Served with No. 426 Squadron, RCAF, coded "OW*R".  Failed to return from attack at Oldenburg on 30 January 1943 in daylight,  crew gave a position report over the sea, all were lost.
Z 1691 Vickers Vickers, Chester Wellington Mk. III   Served with No. 424 Squadron, RCAF, coded "QB*R".  Bombed Oldenburg in daylight, 30 January 1943.  Bombed Cologne on 14/15 February 1943.
Z 1692 Vickers Vickers, Chester Wellington Mk. III   Served with No. 424 Squadron, RCAF, coded "QB*L".
Z 1696 Vickers Vickers, Chester Wellington Mk. III   Served with No. 428 (B) Squadron, RCAF.  With no. 429 (B) Squadron when it took part in search on 21 January 1943.  Struck by flak on raid on L'Orient on 26 January 1943, returned without bombing tarhet.  Bombed L'Orient on 16 February 1943.  Bombed Cologne on 26 February 1943.  Mining mission on 27 February 1943.  Bombed St. Nazarine on 28 February 1943.
Z 1718 Vickers Vickers, Chester Wellington Mk. III   With No. 428 Squadron, RCAF.
Z 1719 Vickers Vickers, Chester Wellington Mk. III   With No. 428 Squadron, RCAF, coded "NA*P".  Bombed Wilhelmshaven on 24/25 February 1943.
Z 1722 Vickers Vickers, Chester Wellington Mk. III   With No. 428 Squadron, RCAF.
Z 1724 Vickers Vickers, Chester Wellington Mk. III   Served with No. 420 Squadron, RCAF in the UK, coded "PT*X".  Bombed Lorient on 15/16 January 1943.  Bombed Cologne on 14/15 February 1943.  Code changed to "PT*C" when it was lost on a training mission on 1 March 1943.  Crashed near Leeming airfield, Yorkshire, after loosing part of wing covering.  Aircraft entered dive, lost port wing.
Z 1727 Vickers Vickers, Chester Wellington Mk. III   Served with No. 428 (B) Squadron, RCAF, in the UK, coded "NA*K".
Z 1729 Vickers Vickers, Chester Wellington Mk. III   Served with No. 425 (B) Squadron, RCAF, in the UK, coded "KW*T".  Based at Dishforth.  Lost on raid on Duisburg on 20 / 21 December 1942.  Shot down by Hptm Werner Streib, I./NJG1, and crashed at 20:13 at Boekel (Noord Brabant), 5 km NNW of Gemert.
Z 1742 Vickers Vickers, Chester Wellington Mk. III   Served with No. 420 Squadron, RCAF, coded "PT*C".  Also with No. 425 Squadron, RCAF, coded "KW*C".  With this unit when it failed to return from mining operation, no survivors.
Z 2135 Consolidated   Catalina I   Served with No. 413 (GR) Squadron, RCAF, coded "H".
Z 2149 Consolidated   Catalina I   Served with No. 413 (GR) Squadron, RCAF, coded "V".
Z 2165 Douglas   Boston III/Intruder   Converted to Intruder version.  With No. 418 (I) Squadron, RCAF, when lost on intruder and leaflet mission to Thourout and Roulers/Roeselare on 29 November 1942.  3 crew killed.
Z 2186 Douglas   Boston III   Converted to Intruder version.  With No. 418 (I) Squadron, RCAF.  Lost on training mission on 17 October 1942.  2 killed and 12 injured, including persons on ground.  Crashed in Carnedd Dafydd in the Carneddau whilst on a cross country navigation training flight from Bradwell Bay in Essex.
Z 2192 Douglas   Boston III   Used by No. 418 (I) Squadron, RCAF, coded "TH*Z".
Z 2210 Douglas   Boston III   With No. 418 (I) Squadron, RCAF.  Lost on night mission to Gilze Reijen airfield on 12 / 13 april 1942.  3 crew POW.
Z 2220 Douglas   Boston III   With No. 418 (I) Squadron, RCAF, coded "TH*F".
Z 2226 Douglas   Boston III   Used by No. 418 (I) Squadron, RCAF, coded "TH*K".
Z 2240 Douglas   Boston III   With No. 418 (I) Squadron, RCAF.  Lost on night mission to Gilze Reijen airfield on 27 / 28 April 1942.  2 crew killed, one POW.
Z 2269 Douglas   Boston III   With No. 418 (I) Squadron, RCAF, coded "TH*C".
Z 2409 Hawker Hawker Kingston, Brooklands, or Langley Hurricane IIB   Operated by No. 402 (F) Squadron, RCAF.  Scored this unit's first victory, a Ju 88 damaged, while on convoy patrol out of Martlesham Heath on 26 June 1941.
Z 2426 Hawker Hawker Kingston, Brooklands, or Langley Hurricane IIA or B or C   Operated by No. 402 (F) Squadron, RCAF.
Z 2459 Hawker Hawker Kingston, Brooklands, or Langley Hurricane IIA or B or C   Operated by No. 402 (F) Squadron, RCAF.
Z 2578 Hawker Hawker Kingston, Brooklands, or Langley Hurricane IIA or B or C   Operated by No. 402 (F) Squadron, RCAF.
Z 2639 Hawker Hawker Kingston, Brooklands, or Langley Hurricane IIA or B or C   Operated by No. 402 (F) Squadron, RCAF.
Z 2676 Hawker Hawker Kingston, Brooklands, or Langley Hurricane IIA or B or C   Operated by No. 402 (F) Squadron, RCAF.
Z 2804 Hawker Hawker Kingston, Brooklands, or Langley Hurricane IIA or B or C   Operated by No. 402 (F) Squadron, RCAF.
Z 2928 Hawker Hawker Kingston, Brooklands, or Langley Hurricane IIA or B or C   Operated by No. 402 (F) Squadron, RCAF.
Z 2993 Hawker Hawker Kingston, Brooklands, or Langley Hurricane IIA or B or C   Operated by No. 402 (F) Squadron, RCAF.
Z 3018 Hawker Hawker Kingston, Brooklands, or Langley Hurricane Mk. IIB   Used by No. 401 (F) Squadron, RCAF, summer / fall of 1941.  Coded "YO*C".
Z 3020 Hawker Hawker Kingston, Brooklands, or Langley Hurricane Mk. IIB   Used by No. 401 (F) Squadron, RCAF, summer / fall of 1941.  Coded "YO*X".
Z 3067 Hawker Hawker Kingston, Brooklands, or Langley Hurricane IIA or B or C   Operated by No. 401 (F) Squadron, RCAF.
Z 3151 Hawker Hawker Kingston, Brooklands, or Langley Hurricane IIA or B or C   Operated by No. 402 (F) Squadron, RCAF.
Z 3222 Hawker Hawker Kingston, Brooklands, or Langley Hurricane Mk. IIB   Used by No. 401 (F) Squadron, RCAF, summer / fall of 1941.  Coded "YO*Q".
Z 3230 Hawker Hawker Kingston, Brooklands, or Langley Hurricane IIA or B or C   Operated by No. 402 (F) Squadron, RCAF.
Z 3237 Hawker Hawker Kingston, Brooklands, or Langley Hurricane IIA or B or C   Operated by No. 402 (F) Squadron, RCAF.   Took part in Circus 103 on 27 September 1941.
Z 3319 Hawker Hawker Kingston, Brooklands, or Langley Hurricane IIA or B or C   Operated by No. 402 (F) Squadron, RCAF.
Z 3341 Hawker Hawker Kingston, Brooklands, or Langley Hurricane Mk. IIB   Operated by No. 402 (F) Squadron, RCAF.  Scored this unit's first kill as part of the Digby Wing, a Bf 109 over Rouen, France on 18 September 1941.
Z 3395 Hawker Hawker Kingston, Brooklands, or Langley Hurricane IIA or B or C   Operated by No. 402 (F) Squadron, RCAF.
Z 3421 Hawker Hawker Kingston, Brooklands, or Langley Hurricane IIA or B or C   Operated by No. 402 (F) Squadron, RCAF.   Pilot bailed out after being struck by flak near Marzingarbe on Circus mission on 13 October 1941.  F/L H.S. Crease POW.
Z 3424 Hawker Hawker Kingston, Brooklands, or Langley Hurricane IIA or B or C   Operated by No. 402 (F) Squadron, RCAF.   Shot down by Bf109s near St. Omar on 27 August 1941.  Sgt. D.W. Jenkin POW.
Z 3577 Hawker Hawker Kingston, Brooklands, or Langley Hurricane Mk. IIB   Used by No. 401 (F) Squadron, RCAF, summer / fall of 1941.  Coded "YO*J".  Claimed this unit's first score, by damaging a Ju 88 while patrolling off coast near Skegnes, out of Digby.  Damaged by return fire, crash landed in wheat field near Horncastle, on 8 August 1941.
Z 3585 Hawker Hawker Kingston, Brooklands, or Langley Hurricane Mk. IIB   Used by No. 401 (F) Squadron, RCAF, summer / fall of 1941.  Coded "YO*K".
Z 3589 Hawker Hawker Kingston, Brooklands, or Langley Hurricane IIA or B or C   Operated by No. 401 (F) Squadron, RCAF.
Z 3649 Hawker Hawker Kingston, Brooklands, or Langley Hurricane Mk. IIB   Used by No. 401 (F) Squadron, RCAF, summer / fall of 1941.  Coded "YO*L".
Z 3655 Hawker Hawker Kingston, Brooklands, or Langley Hurricane Mk. IIB   Used by No. 401 (F) Squadron, RCAF, summer / fall of 1941.  Coded "YO*B".
Z 3658 Hawker Hawker Kingston, Brooklands, or Langley Hurricane Mk. IIB   Used by No. 401 (F) Squadron, RCAF, summer / fall of 1941.  Coded "YO*N"
Z 3659 Hawker Hawker Kingston, Brooklands, or Langley Hurricane Mk. IIB   Used by No. 401 (F) Squadron, RCAF, summer / fall of 1941.  Coded "YO*P".
Z 3969 Hawker Hawker Kingston, Brooklands, or Langley Hurricane Mk. IIB   Used by No. 401 (F) Squadron, RCAF, summer / fall of 1941.  Coded "YO*Y".
Z 5001 Hawker Gloster Aircraft Co., Brockworth Hurricane Mk. IIB   Served with No. 401 (F) Squadron, RCAF.  May have been with no. 402 (F) Squadron, RCAF, when it collided with Spitfire over the Channel on 27 august 1941.  The pilot was posted M.I.A.
Z 5005 Hawker Gloster Aircraft Co., Brockworth Hurricane Mk. IIB   With no. 402 (F) Squadron, RCAF.  Lost on Circus mission 27 September 1941.  P/O S.A. Graham POW.
Z 5048 Hawker Gloster Aircraft Co., Brockworth Hurricane Mk. IIB   Used by No. 401 (F) Squadron, RCAF, summer / fall of 1941.  Coded "YO*T".
Z 5050 Hawker Gloster Aircraft Co., Brockworth Hurricane Mk. IIB   Used by No. 401 (F) Squadron, RCAF, summer / fall of 1941.  Coded "YO*D".
Z 5747 Bristol A.V. Roe Blenheim IV   Used by No. 404 (CF) Squadron, RCAF, coded "EE*P".
Z 5753 Bristol A.V. Roe Blenheim Ivf   Used by No. 404 (CF) Squadron, RCAF, coded "EE*T".  Scored this unit's first air to air kill on 18 December 1941 - a Ju 88 brought down by W/C Woodruff and F/S I. R. Sims.  Operating from Sumburgh, Shetland Islands, at this time.
Z 5963 Bristol A.V. Roe Blenheim IV   Used by No. 404 (CF) Squadron, RCAF, coded "EE*J".
Z 5972 Bristol A.V. Roe Blenheim IV   Used by No. 404 (CF) Squadron, RCAF, coded "EE*Z".
Z 6175 Bristol A.V. Roe Blenheim IV   Used by No. 404 (CF) Squadron, RCAF, coded "EE*H".
Z 6181 Bristol A.V. Roe Blenheim IV   Used by No. 404 (CF) Squadron, RCAF, coded "EE*B".
Z 6190 Bristol A.V. Roe Blenheim IV   Used by No. 404 (CF) Squadron, RCAF, coded "EE*E".
Z 6245 Bristol A.V. Roe Blenheim IV   Used by No. 404 (CF) Squadron, RCAF, coded "EE*L".
Z 6341 Bristol A.V. Roe Blenheim IV   Used by No. 404 (CF) Squadron, RCAF, coded "EE*Z".
Z 6343 Bristol A.V. Roe Blenheim IV   Used by No. 404 (CF) Squadron, RCAF, coded "EE*W".
Z 8329 Vickers   Wellington Mk. II   Served with No. 405 Squadron, RCAF, coded "LQ*L".  Based at Pocklington.  Lost onn mission to Bremen on 17 / 18 January 1942.  Returning early with engine failure, engine caught fire, crashed in North Sea.  2 survivors.
Z 8344 Vickers   Wellington Mk. II   Served with No. 405 Squadron, RCAF, coded "LQ*F".
Z 8358 Vickers   Wellington Mk. II   Served with No. 405 Squadron, RCAF in 1941/42, coded "LQ*B".  Based at Pocklington.  Crashed in North Sea during raid on Hamburg on 8 / 9 April 1942.
Z 8412 Vickers   Wellington Mk. II   Served with No. 405 Squadron, RCAF in 1941/42, coded "LQ*P".
Z 8414 Vickers   Wellington Mk. II   Served with No. 405 Squadron, RCAF in 1941/42, coded "LQ*U".
Z 8419 Vickers   Wellington Mk. II   Served with No. 405 Squadron, RCAF in 1941/42, coded "LQ*V".  Bombed le Havre on 22 / 23 October 1941, lost without trace on return.
Z 8421 Vickers   Wellington Mk. II   Served with No. 405 Squadron, RCAF in 1941/42, coded "LQ*T".
Z 8428 Vickers   Wellington Mk. II   Served with No. 405 Squadron, RCAF, coded "LQ*N".  Lost without a trace on mission to Essen on 10 / 11 March 1942.
Z 8431 Vickers   Wellington Mk. II   Served with No. 405 Squadron, RCAF, coded "LQ*J".  Was first RCAF Wellington to carry 4,000 pound bobme, when it bombed Emden on 17 January 1942.
Z 8527 Vickers   Wellington Mk. II   Served with No. 405 Squadron, RCAF, coded "LQ*L".  Crashed near Versailles on mission to Poissy on 1 / 2 April 1942.
Z 8530 Vickers   Wellington Mk. II   Served with No. 405 Squadron, RCAF, coded "LQ*A".  Abandoned near Petersfield, Hampshire after raid on Dortmund, date not clear.
Z 8967 Vickers   Wellington Mk. Ic   Served with No. 419 (B) Squadron, RCAF in 1942, coded "VR*E".
Z 8981 Vickers   Wellington Mk. Ic   Served with No. 419 (B) Squadron, RCAF in 1942, coded "VR*H".
Z 9757 Vickers   Wellington     Reported with No. 419 (B) Squadron, RCAF in 1942, coded "VR*N".  This serial not issued, probably typo.
Z 9894 Vickers   Wellington     Reported with No. 419 (B) Squadron, RCAF in 1942, coded "VR*G".  This serial not issued, may be typo.
Z 9920 Vickers   Wellington     Reported with No. 419 (B) Squadron, RCAF in 1942, coded "VR*D".  This serial not issued, probably typo.

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