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R5679

Avro 683 Lancaster I

Built by:

Avro, Manchester

Contract:

B.69274/40

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R5679

O

QR

Works Order:

7671

Delivered:

1942-06-19

Struck off:

1942-09-25

Missing

Fate:

Memorial:
Kay Crew.jpg
Story

Served with 61 Sqn for three months before going missing on a Gardening op in the Baltic.

Last Flight Details (if lost)

Home Base:

Syerston

Mission:

Gardening

Squadron:

61

Role

Pilot

Flt Eng

Nav

WOp/AG

Bomb Aimer

Air Gunner

Air Gunner

Rank

Sgt

Sgt

Flt Sgt

Sgt

Sgt

Flt Sgt

Sgt

Name

LW

CN

JA

E

AM

WY

TR

Morrison

Coldicott

Duffield

Dyson

Cormack

Emerslund

Bevan

Service No.

Service

Fate

IBCC Link

656649

Killed

RAFVR

570285

Killed

RAF

R/68670

Killed

RCAF

1059428

Killed

RAFVR

1290672

Killed

RAFVR

R/92023

Killed

RCAF

1317942

Killed

RAFVR

Missions Flown
Click on date to see op details

Memorial

Serial
Date
Sqn
Code
Base
Mission
T/O
Land
R5679
1942-06-25
61
QR
O
Syerston
Bremen
2350
0530
R5679
1942-06-27
61
QR
O
Syerston
Bremen
2335
0410
R5679
1942-06-29
61
QR
O
Syerston
Bremen
2350
0455
R5679
1942-07-02
61
QR
O
Syerston
Bremen
2345
0505
R5679
1942-07-08
61
QR
O
Syerston
Wilhelmshaven
2359
0455
R5679
1942-07-11
61
QR
O
Syerston
Danzig
1710
0300
R5679
1942-07-26
61
QR
O
Syerston
Anti Submarine
0700
1640
R5679
1942-07-29
61
QR
O
Syerston
Saarbrucken
0010
0525
R5679
1942-08-01
61
QR
O
Syerston
Dusseldorf
0115
0510
R5679
1942-08-13
61
QR
O
Syerston
Anti Submarine
0945
1925
R5679
1942-08-16
61
QR
O
Syerston
Anti Submarine
0630
1610
R5679
1942-08-19
61
QR
O
Syerston
Tanker Attack
1505
2135
R5679
1942-09-01
61
QR
O
Syerston
Saarbrucken
0015
0530
R5679
1942-09-02
61
QR
O
Syerston
Karlsruhe
2330
0550
R5679
1942-09-04
61
QR
O
Syerston
Bremen
0025
0440
R5679
1942-09-06
61
QR
O
Syerston
Duisberg
0125
0535
R5679
1942-09-10
61
QR
O
Syerston
Dusseldorf
2025
0040
R5679
1942-09-13
61
QR
O
Syerston
Bremen
2320
0345
R5679
1942-09-19
61
QR
O
Syerston
Munich
2005
0425
R5679
1942-09-24
61
QR
O
Syerston
Gardening (Baltic)
1950
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